About ESS - Asset Care Specialists

Ray O’Neill, Managing Director

Ray O’ Neill has a Master Degree (Distinction) in Maintenance and Asset Management from the University of Manchester. Winner of the Farnell Prize for best Masters Degree, winner of the MEETA National Maintenance Manager of the Year awards (SME section), former Chairman of MEETA, the Irish Maintenance society, Ray has over 20 years of Asset Management experience.

Ray was the Irish delegate to the European Federation of National Maintenance Societies and has presented papers at the National Maintenance Conference here in Ireland and abroad in South Africa.

Ray has previously delivered maintenance training courses for both Engineer’s Ireland & the National Maintenance Centre, in addition to presenting ESS ltd. courses both in Ireland and the Far East.

Denis Fogarty, Operations Director

With over 25 years experience in Maintenance, Operations, Production and People Management roles at Senior Managerial level, Denis’s career to-date has spanned both Multinationals, SME’s and a multitude of Industries and manufacturing environments, where he has developed a considerable amount of experience in management styles and leadership.

Since 1999 Denis has been responsible for all ESS sites, working closely with client management and ESS personnel to ensure that ESS not only meets but exceeds our client’s expectations. His experience has proven to be a valuable reference source to his clients. With a background in Engineering, Denis has developed his career over the years in areas such as Training and Education, Occupational Psychology and is currently studying Life and Work Coaching.

Peter J Willmott, Non Executive Director, ESS Ltd.

ESS Ltd. were delighted to welcome Peter as a Non-Executive Director in 2008. Peter’s area of expertise includes Total Productive Maintenance (including tools such as 5S, OEE, SMED - Single Minute Exchance of Die and P-M Analysis) and has written & published two books on the subject of TPM.

In 2008, Peter was nominated for the prestigious European Federation of National Maintenance Societies Salvetti Foundation Award. Over the years Peter have chaired and/or presented papers on the subject of TPM and Maintenance Best Practice at Conferences and Seminars in over 20 Countries around the world, and has also headed five separate Manufacturing Study Tours to Japan. Peter is also retained as an External Lecturer to deliver the TPM, 5S and SMED (Single Minute Exchance of Die) modules for the Lean Enterprise Research Centre’s MSc degree in Lean Manufacturing, based at Cardiff Business School.

David Riley, Asset Strategy Manager

With a Masters Degree from Manchester University & over 20 years experience within the Operations and Maintenance Management field, David is well qualified to meet the challenges facing industry today. His level of understanding, as someone who has worked on "both sides of the fence", of the challenges involved in a modern Maintenance environment means that his core skills which include implementing and executing improvement projects are even more relevant today than ever before.

Since joining the ESS Ltd team in 2003, David has project managed many Maintenance Transformation Programmes involving improvements in both the day-to-day operations and strategic planning activities. With his ability to imbed such transformations, so as to become part of the culture and "way of working", rather than simply transitional or transient, means that David has been very successful in his desire to make improvements stick and ensure they do not slip back in demanding, fast pace environments. David promotes the use of proven methodologies such as TPM, RCM, 5S, OEE, Computer Maintenance Management Systems and Lean Maintenance philosophies to maximise the value add & minimise the assets total life cycle costs.

David states, “In all of the positions that I have held, I have continually identified opportunities for sustainable improvement by appropriate use of technology, elimination of waste by streamlining processes and managing cultural change both with client companies and my own company”.

Grainne Moran, Business Operations and HR Manager

Grainne is a vastly experienced HR manager having worked in senior positions in both the UK and Ireland. She specialises in the recruitment of Engineering and Maintenance personnel for ESS LTd. also deals with all HR issues within the company.

Since joining ESS Ltd. in 1999, Grainne has been responsible for recruiting both ESS staff and client staff across all industry sectors along with advising the ESS Ltd. Management Team on HR, employment law and employee relations issues. In 2004, Grainne was promoted to take additional responsibility for Business Operations within ESS Ltd., which entails her being a dedicated resource to oversee contract start-up and contract review at new and existing ESS client facilities.

Grainne holds a Diploma in Personnel Management from University College Cork, where in 1999 she was jointly-awarded the O’Rahilly prize for Best Student and is currently completing, an MBS in Human Resource Management (University of Limerick). Grainne is also a Graduate Member of Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD).

Brenda O’Sullivan, Training & Marketing Manager

Brenda joined ESS Ltd. in 2004 having previously worked for a marketing consultancy company in Galway and Financial Services in Cork. Having graduated from GMIT with a Degree in Business Studies (BBS), she went on to complete her MBS in Marketing at NUIG where she specialised in Services Marketing.

Since joining ESS Ltd, Brenda established and manages the training department where she runs both in-house and public training courses focusing on Best Practice in Maintenance & Engineering Asset Management for our clients. For additional information on our Maintenance training courses, please click into the ESS Ltd. Maintenance Training page or to contact Brenda please send an email to: Brenda

Brid Gallagher, Recruitment Manager

Brid joined ESS Ltd. in 2002 as a Recruitment Specialist with responsibility for recruiting Maintenance Technicians for client companies across all industry sectors. Prior to this Brid worked as a HR Specialist for a large Multi-National communications company. In her current role as Recruitment Manager, Brid takes responsibility for recruitment of all Engineering and Maintenance personnel for client companies throughout Ireland. For information on current Recruitment vacancies please visit the ESS Ltd website.

Brid holds a Diploma in Industrial Relations and a Diploma in Business, in addition to a Certificate in Training and Development. She recently completed a Degree in Business Studies (BBS) through the IPA in Dublin. Brid is also a Member of Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD).




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