Places (Real Estate and Development) Lead - Ireland

Places (Real Estate and Development) Lead - Ireland

Cork, County Cork, Ireland Corporate Functions

In Places, we don’t sit back and let things happen, we make things happen, and we do this in service to all Apple employees and customers. Our team is a diverse and nimble group that manages Apple’s retail stores, workplaces, and workplace services. We develop and manage Apple’s global real estate portfolio, lead all related capital construction projects, provide outstanding facilities and site services, develop and lead sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of all Apple facilities, including commute and renewable energy programs, and do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of all Apple personnel, facilities, and customers in our facilities around the world.

Description

We are seeking an experienced, collaborative and highly motivated leader with a demonstrated record in delivering outstanding workplaces to join our team as Places (Real Estate and Development) Lead - Ireland.

Responsibilities

- Lead an experienced team of engineering and facilities professionals to deliver, manage and maintain Apple's Corporate portfolio in Ireland.
- Represent our Places global team in Ireland and invest in developing this team.
- Oversee various programs to foster global consistency across our teams( facilities, engineering, design and real estate) in Places.
- Build and maintain relationships with facility operations, maintenance and services companies, utility companies, government agencies, architectural and design firms, and general contracting firms.
- Actively lead the portfolio to ensure compliance to local regulations.
- Be strategic to enable driving efficiencies and ensuring the real estate portfolio is future proofed to enable Apples business.
- Partner across all business units in Cork and Dublin and actively support Ireland site leadership across Places and People team initiatives.
- Deliver projects on time and within budget to the high quality that is expected of Apple’s Places team.
- Consistently operate and maintain our workplaces in Ireland providing excellence in service to our partners.
- Manage relationships with external vendors, design teams and contractors.

Minimum Qualifications

- Extensive knowledge with the upkeep and function of a complex real estate portfolio in a multinational environment.
- Excellent people leadership and communication, including experience working with all levels of an organisation, always with a positive attitude.
- Experience leading a team of professionals who diagnose, manage, and resolve maintenance issues quickly and efficiently, including experience prioritising and assigning repairs.
- CAPEX and OPEX ownership and management.
- Some travel may be necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial), or Building Construction Management equivalent.
- Experience in high-quality construction and project management of complex real estate portfolio.
- Highly motivated to succeed and provide best-in-class facilities services with demonstrated ability to balance the trade-offs between operational risk and investment, constantly seeking the highest quality and design at the best value.
- Experience with conservation and sustainable building maintenance practices.
- Demonstrated success in employee development and mentoring including fostering collaboration, continuous performance feedback and motivating the team to develop and apply tools for more efficient operations and improved customer service.
- Ability to bring cross-functional teams together within and outside a Places (Real Estate and Development) function, including Security, IS&T, Finance, Corporate Communications, and Procurement to ensure standard methodologies and continual process improvement.

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