Facilities Manager

Job Title: Facilities Manager

Location: Jameson Distillery Bow Street
Department: Brand Homes Operations

About Irish Distillers

Irish Distillers, a Pernod Ricard company, is a producer of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys and Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits. Irish Distillers is part of Pernod Ricard’s Aged Spirits and Champagne business, a division which brings together an exceptional and prestigious portfolio of whisk(e)y, cognac and champagne brands. Led by Jameson, our Irish whiskeys are driving the success of the category globally. Jameson, crafted for smoothness at the Midleton Distillery, is the world’s bestselling Irish whiskey, a top 3 international whiskey brand and a top 10 international spirits brand*. Our Midleton Distillery whiskeys are exported to 130+ markets around the world. We employ over 800 people across our operations in Cork, Dublin and Northern Ireland.

Role Purpose

The Facilities Manager will provide dedicated ownership of facilities, building maintenance, asset care, statutory compliance and site standards at Jameson Distillery Bow Street. The role will ensure the site is safe, compliant, well maintained and presented to a consistently high standard for employees, contractors, visitors and guests. The Facilities Manager will lead a proactive approach to planned preventative maintenance, contractor management, housekeeping governance, infrastructure risk reduction and minor capital works, while supporting operational resilience through cross-training in Duty Manager responsibilities when required.

Key Responsibilities

• Planned preventative maintenance: Own and manage the planned preventative maintenance programme, ensuring maintenance activities are scheduled, completed, recorded and reviewed to protect asset reliability and reduce reactive failures.
• Building fabric and asset management: Maintain strong oversight of the building fabric, infrastructure, equipment and facilities assets, ensuring issues are identified early, prioritised appropriately and resolved to a high standard.
• Housekeeping and site standards: Govern housekeeping, presentation and back-of-house site standards, working with internal teams and service providers to maintain a safe, clean and guest-ready environment.
• Contractor and supplier management: Manage facilities contractors and suppliers, including contractor selection, onboarding, induction, performance review, permit-to-work requirements, RAMS review and contractor safety compliance.
• Statutory compliance and inspections: Coordinate statutory inspections, servicing, testing and certification across relevant facilities systems, ensuring records are maintained and actions are closed within agreed timelines.

• Health, safety and risk management: Track facilities-related health and safety actions, support audits and inspections, contribute to corrective action closure and help maintain strong safety standards for employees, contractors and visitors.
• Site infrastructure risk management: Identify infrastructure risks, escalate material concerns and develop practical mitigation plans to reduce operational disruption and protect the guest experience.
• Minor capital projects: Scope, coordinate and deliver minor capital and improvement projects, ensuring works are planned safely, delivered within budget and aligned with operational requirements.
• Budgeting and planning: Support annual facilities budgeting, forecasting and cost control, including maintenance spend, contractor costs, service agreements and small project expenditure.
• Training coordination and records: Coordinate facilities-related training requirements and maintain appropriate records for contractors, service providers and internal colleagues where relevant.
• Operational resilience: Undertake Duty Manager responsibilities during periods of leave, absence or peak trading demand once fully trained, supporting business continuity and leadership coverage.

Key Relationships

The Facilities Manager will work closely with the Operations Manager, Duty Managers, Health & Safety colleagues, Brand Homes leadership, Finance, Procurement, IT, contractors, service providers and other site stakeholders to ensure facilities activity is coordinated, compliant and aligned with business priorities.

Skills, Experience and Competencies

• Facilities and maintenance expertise: Demonstrated experience in facilities management, building maintenance, property operations, engineering services or a comparable operational environment, ideally within a high-footfall, customer-facing site.
• Planned maintenance and asset care: Strong working knowledge of planned preventative maintenance, asset lifecycle management, building fabric upkeep and the systems required to track, schedule and evidence completed works.
• Compliance and safety focus: Practical understanding of statutory inspections, health and safety requirements, risk assessments, RAMS, permit-to-work processes and safe contractor control.
• Contractor and supplier management: Ability to manage external contractors and service providers effectively, including onboarding, performance monitoring, issue resolution and ensuring work is delivered safely, on time and to the required standard.
• Operational judgement: Confident prioritising competing demands in a live visitor-facing environment, balancing safety, guest experience, business continuity, cost and urgency when making decisions.
• Planning, organisation and record keeping: Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail, including the ability to maintain accurate compliance records, maintenance schedules, action trackers, purchase records and audit evidence.
• Budget and project coordination: Experience supporting facilities budgets, managing supplier costs and coordinating small works or minor capital projects from scoping through to completion.
• Communication and stakeholder management: Clear, confident communicator who can build trusted relationships with internal teams, contractors, suppliers and senior stakeholders, and translate technical issues into practical operational updates.
• Problem solving and continuous improvement: Proactive, practical problem solver with the ability to identify root causes, reduce repeat issues and move facilities activity from reactive response to planned, preventative management.
• Leadership and resilience: Able to provide calm, visible leadership during facilities issues, support team members and contractors, and contribute to operational resilience through flexibility and Duty Manager cover when required.

Key Success Measures

• Planned preventative maintenance activities are completed on time and accurately recorded.
• Statutory inspections, service records and compliance actions are maintained and closed within agreed timelines.
• Contractors are inducted, documented, supervised and managed in line with site safety requirements.
• Facilities issues are prioritised and resolved with minimal impact on guests, employees and operations.
• Housekeeping, presentation and back-of-house standards are consistently maintained.
• Facilities budgets, contractor costs and minor project spend are managed effectively.
• Infrastructure risks are identified early and managed through clear action plans.
• The role contributes to a more resilient leadership structure by supporting Duty Manager cover when required.

What we offer

We understand our people are our special ingredient and at different points, employees require different supports at different stages of their working lives. Our benefits, perks and programmes look to support your employee journey. We want to make you feel recognised and valued for your contribution to our shared success. Some of offerings include;

• Profit share; - An annual profit share scheme to reward your contribution to the company’s success.
• Allowance; an annual allowance to spend on our portfolio of products and merchandise, for you to enjoy responsibly.
• People Development: We enable continuous development for our people at every stage of their careers through our people development, online learning, and leadership training programmes.
• Family leave: fully paid maternity, parent and paternity leave, allowing you spend precious time with your new family member
• Parental Support: Our ‘Reconnect’ programme includes access to a workplace parenting coach, a phased return to work and a supportive environment for new parents
• Health & Wellbeing; Our Wellbeing Programme “THRIVE” supports employees across the three main pillars: Life, Body and Mind
• Charity Days: up to 2 days paid leave every year to volunteer at a charity of their choice

At Irish Distillers, we know that great spirits are crafted by blending unique ingredients, and we believe the same is true for people. We actively  welcome individuals from all walks of life, and warmly welcome those with diverse religious backgrounds, ethnicities , members of the Irish Travelling community, genders, abilities, and identities. It’s the mix of our experiences, voices, and cultures that gives us our true character.”

Learn more about working with Irish Distillers, a Pernod Ricard Company – www.irishdistillers.ie/careers

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Job Posting End Date:

2026-10-18