About this role
Location: Eli Lilly, Kinsale, Co. Cork Salary: €70,000 - €75,000 per annum Contract: Full-time, Fixed-Term Contract (6 months) Are you an experienced technical services professional with a strong background in Hard Facilities Management and engineering maintenance? Sodexo is looking for a Technical Services Lead to oversee the delivery of technical services at our Eli Lilly site in Kinsale. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically skilled leader to manage a team, drive operational excellence, ensure compliance and deliver a safe, efficient and customer-focused maintenance service within a critical environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the day-to-day operational and commercial management of Hard FM services, including engineering maintenance, contractors and site operations.
- Manage and develop the technical services team, supporting performance, training, wellbeing and continuous improvement.
- Oversee Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance, helpdesk activities and technical projects.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation, environmental standards and site procedures.
- Manage the Permit to Work system and ensure safe systems of work are implemented and maintained.
- Monitor and achieve agreed KPIs and SLAs, ensuring consistent service delivery and customer satisfaction.
- Manage contract costs effectively, identify opportunities for improvement and maximise operational efficiency.
- Support energy management initiatives, asset management and innovative technical solutions.
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent recurring technical issues.
- Coordinate contractors, suppliers and specialist service providers to ensure work is completed safely and to the required standards.
What We Are Looking For
- A degree in Engineering or an equivalent relevant qualification, ideally BIFM Level 5 or similar.
- Experience in building services, plant engineering and technical maintenance.
- Previous experience managing a maintenance or technical services team and delivering against SLAs.
- Experience working in a critical environment, ideally within pharmaceutical, FMCG or manufacturing.
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation, risk assessments, COSHH and water hygiene regulations.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with Maximo, CMMS or equivalent maintenance management systems.
- Excellent communication, organisational and people management skills.
- Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to manage costs and drive service improvements.
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications