OPERATIONS DIRECTOR | EVENTS PRODUCTION | ONSITE DUBLIN

We are working with one of Irelands leading events company who build bespoke event production sets, in the appointment of an Operations Director. The Operations Director will steer the end-to-end delivery of all exhibition and live event projects, spanning premium builds to large-scale custom installations. This senior role focuses heavily on resource optimization, design-to-workshop workflows, cross-departmental team management, and logistics. Rather than building from scratch, you will inherit established internal operating systems and optimize them to drive business efficiency, profit margins, and flawless on-site delivery.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:

Exhibition & Event Delivery Oversight

• End-to-End Execution: Own the ultimate delivery accountability for all custom builds, ensuring they match design specs, structural standards, and client timelines.

• Troubleshooting: Serve as the final escalation point for any live, time-sensitive build challenges.

Team & Resource Management

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Direct, manage, and bridge workflows between three distinct internal teams:

  • Designers (structural/spatial concepts),

  • Project Managers (client delivery)

  • Workshop Staff

• Resource Optimization: Manage a dynamic workforce scheduling plan, aligning team capacity with project scale to minimize costly overtime or idle shop time.

• Performance & Culture: Foster a cohesive, high-standard working culture across both desk-based creative roles and hands-on workshop personnel.

Supplier, Procurement & Logistics Control

• Supply Chain Governance: Audit, select, and manage relationships with external suppliers, including raw material vendors (timber, plastics, metals), specialized finishers, haulage partners, and heavy plant/machinery hire companies.

• Logistics Routing: Oversee precision dispatch tracking, freight loading protocols, and vehicular transport schedules to guarantee site arrivals align perfectly with strict venue tenancy slots.

• Cost Control: Negotiate trade terms and bulk procurement rates to insulate custom project margins against material fluctuations.

System & Process Improvement

• Continuous Improvement: Review existing business operating platforms and systems to remove friction points between the initial design sign-off and physical production.

• Waste Minimization: Maintain material tracking and lean workshop practices to cut fabrication waste and increase yield on custom scenic elements.

• Health & Safety Compliance: Maintain Method Statements and Risk Assessments (RAMS), maintaining compliance with Irish event safety regulations across the workshop and on-site builds.

EXPERIENCE:

• Proven Track Record: At least 5–8 years of senior operations management experience within exhibition building, custom shop fabrication, fit-out contracting, or live event production.

• Project Scale Fluency: Comfort managing a diverse project portfolio, with proven experience tracking multiple concurrent fast-turnaround jobs alongside a major anchor builds.

• Commercial Mindset: Strong financial literacy with experience managing labor-to-material ratios to maintain target profit margins on custom builds.

Core Competencies

• Workflow Orchestration: Demonstrable ability to manage different professional disciplines, translating creative design concepts into tangible construction deliverables.

• Logistical Logic: Solid grasp of venue access, transport restrictions, and short-window event builds

• Systems Literate: Experience using, updating, or rolling out operations/project tracking systems.

For further information please contact Orla Brennan Prism Executive 0861720090/orla.brennan@prismexecutive.ie