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Job Description: Maintenance Technicians and planned maintenance of plant, equipment, plant services, design upgrading, fabrication and installation of equipment; Deliver a high quality maintenance service to production; Resolve operational or technical equipment problems to minimise processing/manufacturing interruptions resulting from equipment breakdowns/failures; Involvement in customer technical audits; Electrical Experience; Ensure implementation of company policy with respect to: Health and Safety, Hygiene, Quality and Maintenance procedures; Adhere to Health and Safety guidelines; Work as a member of the Mechanical Maintenance team, including contributing to a positive team environment and supporting the training and development of others Requirements: 2+ years’ experience as a Maintenance Technician Ability to trouble shoot and repair damaged or poor performing equipment; Problem Solving Skills; Excellent communication and Interpersonal skills; A flexible attitude and a proven record as a strong team player; Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines; Knowledge of, and commitment to maintenance planning techniques and philosophies, including a continuous improvement approach. ABP are Recruiting in the following Location(s): ABP Bandon ABP Cahir ABP Clones ABP Nenagh ABP Rathkeale ABP Waterford ABP Slaney ICM Camolin ICM Navan Other Details: Minimum annual remuneration: €39,520 Standard working week 39 hours Training in English language skills, company operating procedures will be provided.
Continuous Improvement Lead
The Company Irish Country Meats is the specialist sheep meat division of the ABP Group, with operational sites in Camolin, Co. Wexford, Navan, Co. Meath and Liège, Belgium. The business has established market-leading positions across Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe, servicing retail, foodservice, wholesale and manufacturing customers. At Irish Country Meats, our people are at the heart of our success. We are committed to attracting and developing talented individuals who are passionate about continuous improvement, operational excellence, and delivering the highest standards across all aspects of our business. The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced and motivated Continuous Improvement Lead to drive and embed a culture of Continuous Improvement across our three operational sites. This is an exciting opportunity to influence business performance, coach leaders, and deliver measurable improvements through Lean, Six Sigma and operational excellence practices. Based in Camolin, Co. Wexford Or Mullaghboy, Navan Co. Meath the successful candidate will work closely with site leadership teams across all locations and will be required to travel regularly:
Insurance Administrator
Introduction At Pen, we don’t just underwrite risk, we unlock possibility. We’re a dynamic underwriting and distribution business backed by the strength of Gallagher and powered by a belief that every challenge has a solution. With entrepreneurial energy, niche expertise, and a bold growth mindset, we’re transforming what it means to be an MGA in today’s insurance landscape. Whether you’re shaping new products, solving complex problems, or collaborating across teams, your ideas and initiative will help deliver smarter solutions for our clients—and move the industry forward. Here, agility meets stability. Creativity meets execution. And your career meets real opportunity. At Pen, we champion innovation, value accountability, and thrive on building something better together. If you’re looking to join a team that’s rewriting the future of underwriting, we’d love to hear from you. Overview At Pen Underwriting, we're looking for an Insurance Administrator (FNOL) to join our Claims team in Wexford. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to play a key part in supporting customers at the start of their claims journey, ensuring claims are registered accurately, efficiently, and with care. Working closely with the Property Damage and Strategic Claims Lead, you'll take ownership of the First Notification of Loss (FNOL) process and provide claims administration support across a wide range of insurance products. You'll collaborate with colleagues across Claims, Underwriting and Accounts, helping to deliver a responsive service that supports both customers and business partners. If you're someone who enjoys problem-solving, building relationships, and working in a fast-paced environment where every day is different, we'd love to hear from you. At Pen Underwriting, you'll join a team of service-minded professionals who value collaboration, integrity, and continuous learning. How you'll make an impact In this role, you'll be the first point of contact when a claim is reported, helping customers navigate an important moment with professionalism and empathy. You'll manage the FNOL process from initial registration through to accurate claims administration, ensuring key deadlines and service standards are achieved. You'll work closely with insurers, loss adjusters, engineers, and other service providers to support claim progression while maintaining accurate records and documentation. You'll also partner with colleagues across the business to ensure information is shared effectively and customers receive clear, timely updates throughout the claims journey. At Pen Underwriting, you'll be part of a collaborative and supportive team where your contribution matters. The relationship builders. The problem solvers. The service-minded professionals. Together, we help deliver positive outcomes for our customers and each other.
Adult Education Officer
The starting salary for this role is €64,218 per annum pro-rata 35 hours per week 35 days per annum pro-rata Job Summary The role of the AEO is an integral part of the FET Management Team. The role of the AEO is to assist the Chief Executive and the Director of FET in the leadership and management of WWETB’s services in the areas of Further Education and Training. The AEO will have responsibility for the effective management of staff, financial and other resources and their effective use in the delivery of agreed and appropriate support and services as require by stakeholders. In the interest of organisational effectiveness and flexibility, members of the management team, including AEO’s, may be required to rotate within the general FET management team as needs arise. Key Responsibilities ▪ Strategic leadership and accountability: Manage, coordinate and be accountable for assigned FET and Youth Affairs programmes and support services, in line with WWETB’s Strategy Statement, relevant national FET and youth policies and strategies, and annual Service Plans. ▪ Strategic and service planning: Contribute to the development, implementation and review of the educational elements of WWETB’s strategic plans, annual Service Plans and Annual Reports, taking a leadership role as required. ▪ Needs assessment and responsive provision: Identify the further education and training needs of adults and relevant young people across Waterford and Wexford, and support the development of appropriate responses. ▪ Learner inclusion and participation: Promote inclusive provision and ensure learner voice informs programme planning, delivery and review, addressing barriers to access, retention and achievement. ▪ Access and progression: Strengthen access, transfer and progression pathways within FET and into higher education, apprenticeships and employment, working collaboratively with relevant colleagues and partners. ▪ Staff leadership and development: Lead, support and line-manage assigned staff, promote professional development and contribute to workforce planning and performance management. ▪ Integration and coordination: Work collaboratively with colleagues to strengthen the integration and coordination of FET programmes and support services, in line with WWETB priorities and service requirements. ▪ Service development and change: Lead assigned service development initiatives and organisational change to improve provision, learner outcomes and organisational effectiveness. ▪ Safeguarding and risk management: Oversee implementation of applicable safeguarding, health and safety, data protection and risk management policies within the assigned portfolio, ensuring significant concerns are escalated appropriately. ▪ Quality assurance and improvement: Support the development, implementation and review of WWETB’s quality assurance arrangements, programme evaluation and continuous improvement processes, in accordance with its obligations under the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012. ▪ Financial and resource management: Manage assigned budgets, funding agreements and resources, ensuring effective financial controls, expenditure monitoring and accountability. ▪ Youth funding and service oversight: Oversee assigned youth funding schemes and funded services, ensuring compliance with applicable scheme requirements, funding agreements, quality standards and reporting arrangements. ▪ Partnership development: Develop effective partnerships with statutory agencies, community organisations and employers, including the Department of Social Protection, to support learner engagement and coordinated provision. ▪ Stakeholder engagement: Liaise with local and regional stakeholders to develop programmes that respond to learner, community and employer needs, in line with Government policy. ▪ Evidence-informed planning: Monitor and analyse PLSS and other relevant data to identify trends, inform strategic responses and improve programme planning and service delivery. ▪ Reporting and evaluation: Prepare statistical analyses, reports and recommendations to inform strategic priorities, resource allocation and effective service provision. ▪ Funding-body requirements: Fulfil applicable SOLAS, DFHERIS and other funding-body requirements for programme planning, monitoring and reporting, including FARR, PLSS and European Social Fund reporting, as required. ▪ Representation and communication: Represent WWETB as required and lead communication and promotional initiatives that strengthen awareness of its programmes, services and learner opportunities. ▪ Delegated accountability: Carry out the lawful instructions of the Board and Chief Executive and fulfil any formally assigned Sub-Accounting Officer responsibilities, including accountability for designated budgets and the property, equipment and assets entrusted to the role. ▪ Other assigned duties: Undertake other duties appropriate to the AEO grade as assigned by the Chief Executive or Director of FET. This job description offers a broad outline of the role’s key duties and is designed to be flexible and adaptable. It will be reviewed periodically to ensure it remains aligned with organisational needs. Essential Requirements The following outlines the essential qualifications, skills, and competencies required for candidates applying for the Adult Education Officer position. These criteria are designed to ensure that applicants possess the necessary foundation to excel in the role and contribute effectively to the organisation’s goals. The successful candidate will: ▪ Have management experience at an appropriate senior level, including leading teams and managing resources. ▪ Have relevant experience in the following: o Leadership of teaching or learning or training in adult education or further education or training or community or voluntary sectors; o Governance and management; o Performance management. ▪ Demonstrate the capacity to work as part of a management team, contribute to the implementation of strategic plans, organisational policies and procedures; ▪ Demonstrate the ability to manage and lead change and to fulfil reform requirements within the ETB; ▪ Have strong interpersonal and collaborative skills including the ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholders and to represent the ETB as required; ▪ Demonstrate that they possess the skills/competencies identified as being important for the role. These include: o Leadership: Supporting, developing, leading and managing FET staff. o Analysis & Decision Making: Programme planning, monitoring and implementation. o Management and delivery of results: Reviewing, reporting and evaluating FET programme and service delivery. o Interpersonal and communication skills: Promote, establish and maintain effective communications across all FET provision and with relevant voluntary and statutory bodies. o Specialist Knowledge, Expertise and Self-development: Possess a clear understanding of the role and how it fits into the work of the ETB and maintain a focus on self-development, seeking feedback and opportunities for growth to help carry out the specific role requirements. o Drive & Commitment to Public Service Values: Develop, manage and implement an ETBwide framework approach to the delivery of further education and training provision and service. Desirable Requirements The following outlines the desirable requirements for candidates applying for the Adult Education Officer position and may be used to facilitate shortlisting: ▪ Experience leading education, training, youth or community services; ▪ Demonstrated success in implementing strategic and operational plans, managing budgets and funding agreements, and improving service quality and outcomes. Experience overseeing publicly funded services would be advantageous. ▪ A record of building effective partnerships with statutory agencies, community organisations, employers or education providers. Strong consultation, negotiation, report-writing and presentation skills. ▪ A relevant third-level qualification in education, youth work, community development, management or a related discipline. Knowledge of FET and youth policy, quality assurance, safeguarding and funding arrangements. A leadership or management qualification would be advantageous. Eligibility to Apply Candidates must, by the date of job offer, be: ▪ A citizen of the European Economic Area. The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; or ▪ A citizen of the United Kingdom (UK); or ▪ A citizen of Switzerland pursuant to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the free movement of persons; or ▪ A non-EEA citizen who is a spouse or child of an EEA or Swiss citizen and has a stamp 4 visa; or ▪ A person awarded international protection under the International Protection Act 2015 or any family member entitled to remain in the State as a result of family reunification and has a stamp 4 visa; or ▪ A non-EEA citizen who is a parent of a dependent child who is a citizen of, and resident in, an EEA member state or Switzerland and has a stamp 4 visa
Grade IV Assistant Staff Officer
Salary: The gross salary applicable to the post of Assistant Staff Officer is currently €39,490 - €56,015 p.a. (rates effective 01/06/2026) Hours of Work: The appointee will be required to work 35 hours per week together with such additional hours as may be required from time to time for the proper discharge of their duties. Annual Leave: 23 days annual leave per annum. The ‘annual leave year’ operates from September to August. Annual Leave will be in accordance with arrangements authorised by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science from time to time. For part-time contracts or contract durations of less than 12 months, the annual leave entitlement will be calculated on a pro rata basis. Overview of Role & Context South East Technological University (SETU) is Ireland’s newest TU, designated in May 2022. The university has designed an organisational change programme that will support elevated performance in the delivery of educational programmes, in research and innovation, in mobilising regional alliances, and in building institutional capacity, resilience and sustainability. The Office of the Vice President Academic Affairs, Teaching and Learning plays a critical leadership role in the delivery of the change programme, with assessment enhancement and capacity building an important part of this. Grade IV Assistant Staff Officer – Academic Unit Review Capacity Building are Technological Enhancement Fund (TEF) posts, one for each faculty within the University, to support faculties in the development, production and review stages of the Academic Review Process (AUR). Reporting to the Academic Unit Review (AUR) Lead, the appointee will provide a key supporting role in the planning, organising, administration and submission of academic unit reviews. This could include, but not be limited to, aspects around or related to project management governance, meeting and administrative organization, communication, training, quality assurance support and document editing and production. The administrative officer may also be required to provide support to senior staff across the areas of the VP for Academic Affairs, Teaching and Learning including deputising for more senior administrative staff as the occasion demands. The appointees will support and assist with developing and maintaining working relationships with key stakeholders across all areas and campuses relevant to the role. The role will be supported by the Targeted Enhancement Fund (TEF), which provides targeted support for initiatives that are critical to the strategic development of eligible higher education institutions (HEIs), including Technological Universities (TUs). Key objectives of the TEF include: • Contribute towards enhancement initiatives that will strengthen the performance of established TUs, Institutes of Technology, and specialist colleges. • Provide support for eligible HEIs to determine or consolidate their position in the higher education landscape. • Facilitate the development and/or continuation of initiatives that further national policy and priorities in the technological sector and in specialist colleges. • Support the implementation of the recommendations set out in the TURN report and OECD review of Technological University academic career paths, contracts and organisation in Ireland. Key Responsibilities / Duties: Please note that the Office of the VP for Academic Affairs, Teaching and Learning (within which the appointee and Academic Unit Review Lead are situated) may undergo a period of re-structure during the term of this post and therefore the following responsibilities are an indication of the type of duties currently assigned to the post and may be altered. The principal duties will include but are not restricted to: • To support the work of the AUR Leads in terms of planning, reporting and implementing the AUR process. • To assist the AUR Lead with any other roles that come within their remit. • To assist with the development of relevant plans and reporting on progress against plans and targets. • To provide necessary administrative support to the AUR Lead in undertaking their role, including (but not limited to): research activities and information sourcing and summarising; data gathering and analysis; development of documents; maintaining accurate records; arranging and co-ordinating meetings and events; note and minute taking and production; and managing communications and responses. • To assist in the design, development, co-ordination, delivery and analysis of training sessions as required. • To provide ongoing cross cover for, and support to, other administrative staff within the areas of the VP for Academic Affairs, Teaching and Learning, particularly at peak times. • Other duties as may be assigned by the CBL and/or other management members. • To identify improvements to the effectiveness of the area and to liaise with relevant stakeholders in the development and implementation of resulting changes to both policy and process. • To encourage, maintain and develop excellent communicative channels with internal and external stakeholders. Academic Qualifications • Leaving Certificate- having obtained at least Grade D3 in five subjects in the Leaving Certificate Examination (Higher, Ordinary or vocational programmes) or equivalent. or • have passed an examination at the appropriate level within the QQI qualifications framework which can be assessed as being of a comparable to Leaving Certificate standard or equivalent or higher. or • have appropriate relevant experience which encompasses equivalent skills and expertise. Experience • At least 2 years relevant administration experience. Specific Knowledge & Skills • Excellent written, numerical and analytical skills. • Excellent organisational skills. • Self-motivated and proactive. • Sound judgement and problem solving skills. • Be capable of getting through high volumes of work and prioritising tasks. • Ability to multi-task, accurately receive and record information, and professionally, succinctly and clearly communicate with internal and external stakeholders in a fast paced environment. • Positive team player that works effectively with and supporting others. • Administrative experience gained in complex environment. Specific Personal Qualities • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. • Ability to prioritise tasks. • Ability to deal with students and staff in a sensitive manner.
Dispensing Optician
Specsavers in Gorey are looking for an experienced or newly qualified Dispensing Optician to join them. The focus at this store, is about pulling together and working as a team to ensure that our valued patients have an excellent experience. Become our new Dispensing Optician at Specsavers in Gorey - a Brand New store looking to build a great reputation for staff progression and the very highest standards of customer care. What’s on Offer? We’re fully equipped with 3 test rooms, the latest clinical technology (including OCT), and a team of 25 – which includes fully trained optical assistants, so everything is in place to let you focus on what you do best. What we’re looking for Alongside being a qualified and CORU registered DOO, the right person for this position will be confident, possess a strong worth ethic and a willingness to succeed. You’ll be passionate about your job and enjoy a fast-paced environment. We are looking for a Dispensing Optician who will go the extra mile for our customers and someone who encourages their colleagues to do the same. In summary, we’re looking for a high calibre resident DO to join us and assist in driving this excellent practice forward. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
