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We are delighted to invite applicants to apply for the position of Engineering Graduate, This role will include relocation to one of our European sites with regular travel to our 7 manufacturing locations (Ireland, UK, Spain, France, Denmark, Holland & Austria). This will provide the candidate with exposure to multiple locations to gain an in depth understanding of our business and develop their career in Engineering. Our business is supported by its renewable, beef and protein divisions, which combine to ensure the value of by-products is maximized and the environmental impact of the business and our customers is minimized. Our company has doubled the size of its business in the past 10 years and continues to seek additional growth opportunities through organic initiatives and potential acquisitions. Opportunity Details This engineering programme will give you opportunity to work with advanced processing machinery with all the demands of a fast paced environment. You will work alongside highly skilled engineers striving to attain engineering excellence whilst eliminating waste and reducing costs. You will build on your current knowledge gained in your engineering degree and / or apprenticeship to continuously improve processes to exceed customer expectations. This is a factory-based role with opportunity for managerial experience from a very early stage. You will take on responsibility and real time challenges through dynamic projects and people management. You will need a “can do attitude” and a passion for engineering. A positive approach will be essential along with excellent problem solving skills and an abundance of drive and determination. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and vibrant team in an all-encompassing training program! Knowledge & Experience We are looking for a candidate that has an Electrical, Mechanical or Process Engineering degree. We also want someone who is: CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Skilled Meat Deboner
The Company: Irish Country Meats is the specialist's sheep meat division of the ABP Group with operational locations in Camolin, Co. Wexford, Navan Co. Meath and Liège Belgium. The group has established market positions in Ireland, U.K. and mainland Europe, servicing retail, foodservice, wholesale and manufacturing customers within our market range. A talented and committed workforce at Irish Country Meats is crucial to our ongoing success. In all area of our business, we seek to employ people who are passionate about their area of expertise and who seek to deliver the highest standards. Role Description : The successful candidates will work as part of the factory processing team producing meat to fulfil production targets on a daily and weekly basis. This role is essential to maintaining the maximum required line-speed and breaking the carcass into suitable portions for follow-on trimmers / operatives down the line. Successful candidates will be required to: CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
General Operative
Description The successful candidates will work as part of the factory processing team producing meat to fulfil production targets on a daily and weekly basis. Successful candidates will be required to work in all areas of the factory where the duties will include the following: Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their CV in English for consideration. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Lean Co-Ordinator
The Company: Irish Country Meats is the specialist lamb division of ABP Foods Group with operational locations in Camolin, Co. Wexford, Navan, Co. Meath, and Liège, Belgium. The Group has established market positions in Ireland, the U.K., and mainland Europe, servicing retail, foodservice, wholesale, and manufacturing customers within our market range. A talented and committed workforce at Irish Country Meats is crucial to our ongoing success. In all areas of our business, we seek to employ people who are passionate about their area of expertise and who seek to deliver the highest standards. We are recruiting for a Lean Co-Ordinator to join our team in Irish Country Meats, Camolin, Co. Wexford. Job Description The Lean Co-Ordinator is responsible for providing support for and guiding the development of Lean projects (continuous improvement), promoting understanding and applications of Lean principles. The Lean Co-Ordinator will develop strong working relationships with all levels of staff to sustain a continuous improvement Lean culture within the site. They will have responsibility for identifying, developing, and implementing the Lean programme for the site. Key Responsibilities: · Work with management to develop Lean mindset and Lean-oriented processes to improve efficiency and standardize work. · Manage the Lean requirements of the site with the central Lean Team. · Partner with staff to collect observations, ideas, and solutions to ensure continuous improvement of processes. · Provide ongoing guidance/training on Lean. · Support the management team to ensure all continuous improvement projects are implemented within agreed time frames. · Continuously review electricity and water usage as part of energy management efforts. · Develop Site & Lean meetings to effectively focus the team, highlight the right problems, ensure root causes are agreed and addressed, or the issue is escalated at the right time. · Develop understanding of 5S principles and embed these within the workplace. · Lead by example, upholding the company’s values in all areas of work. Essential Requirements: · Experience in improving processes · Ability to identify issues and resolve them quickly · Lean Qualification preferable · At least 2 years of experience in a similar role, with experience in the meat or food industry considered desirable but not essential. · Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and verbal/written communication skills. · Ability to work independently, demonstrate innovation, and manage multiple tasks while prioritising effectively. · Capability to influence stakeholders at all levels within the organisation. · To agree meaningful Site and Departmental Key Performance Metrics and keep them updated accurately, ensuring that the right issues are escalated. · Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. · Experience working with multidisciplinary groups and stakeholders both on-site and within the broader organization. The Lean Co-Ordinator will be reporting directly to the Site General Manager CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Production Operative
Production Operative We are looking for Production Operatives to join our growing production teams. This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate. You will receive in house training. Candidate Requirements The Role As part of the Boning Hall or the Abattoir team you will be required to: · Work on own initiative and as part of a team. · Meet production targets. · Physical role with lifting and carrying techniques. · Packing orders within our packing hall · Using tools such as knives and saws · Overseeing automated processing equipment. · Working on an disassembly line · Other similar activities onsite. Further specific role details available on enquiry. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Internal Audit Graduate
ABP Food Group is currently recruiting for the role of an Internal Audit Graduate. The successful candidate will be required to travel throughout the UK and Europe. There is a high degree of travel required to undertake this role. This role has excellent potential for career progression in the future. Responsibilities: To assist the Head of Internal Audit and Audit Manager on protecting assets of the Group by planning and completing financial audits; identifying inadequate, inefficient, or ineffective internal controls and recommending improvements. Duties: Required Skills and Qualifications: The ideal candidate for this role will be degree educated ideally in Accounting, Finance or Business related and will be already working towards or interested in becoming a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA,) Key necessary attributes also include excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), attention to detail, integrity, professionalism and objectivity. Must be comfortable with a level of 65% to 75% travel throughout Ireland, UK and Europe. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
IT Infrastructure Manager
The IT Infrastructure Manager is responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and support of ABP Ireland’s IT infrastructure. This includes overseeing networks, servers, storage, cloud services, and security systems to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and scalability. The role also includes architectural responsibilities for designing secure and scalable infrastructure solutions aligned with business needs. Key Responsibilities · Lead the planning, design, and implementation of IT infrastructure projects. · Manage and maintain enterprise-wide infrastructure including servers, networks, storage, and cloud platforms. · Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities on core production systems. · Design scalable and secure infrastructure solutions leveraging Azure and hybrid cloud models. · Develop and enforce IT policies, procedures, and best practices. · Oversee infrastructure security, including firewalls, EDR, patch management, and vulnerability assessments. · Manage vendor relationships and service level agreements (SLAs). · Collaborate with other IT teams and departments to support business needs and align infrastructure with business objectives. · Develop and maintain infrastructure roadmaps and backlogs; define requirements and acceptance criteria in collaboration with stakeholders. · Lead, mentor, and develop a team of infrastructure engineers and support staff, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Required Qualifications · Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. · Minimum 8 years in IT infrastructure roles, with at least 2 years in a leadership or architecture capacity. · Strong knowledge of networking, server administration, virtualization, and cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure). · Experience with ITIL practices and service management. · Familiarity with cybersecurity principles, tools, and compliance requirements. · Excellent problem-solving and project management skills. · Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement abilities. · Experience with Agile methodologies and product management tools. Competency Requirements · Resilience: Never gives up. Solutions driven. Cost aware. · Effective Execution: Makes things happen. Gets things right first time. · Communication and Influencing Skills: Able to influence people at all levels, internal and external, through listening and adjusting communication style where required. · Great Service: Understands the customer and is always seeking to improve quality and service for internal/external stakeholders. · Great Teammate: Works with colleagues to do what is best for the Company as a whole. Wants to develop and help develop others. · Attention to Detail: Has a fine eye for detail. Able to quickly extract relevant information from large and complex scenarios. · Leadership: Gets the best out of people. Motivates, encourages and develops. Sets clear direction. · Self-Development: Maintains close awareness of new and emerging technologies and their potential application for service offerings and products. Working Conditions Hybrid Role with occasional travel to data centers or remote sites. On-call availability for critical incidents. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Reliability Engineering Manager
C&D Foods is one of Europe’s leading own label pet food manufacturers producing a range of wet and dry pet foods. C&D Foods has grown to become one of the industry’s leading pet food producers. C&D Foods has 9 production facilities across 7 Countries (Ireland, the UK, France, Denmark, Austria, Spain, and The Netherlands) and 2 sales offices located in Manchester and Italy. C&D Foods’ Headquarters is in Mullingar, county Westmeath. At our C&D Foods site in Edgeworthstown we are currently inviting applications for the role of Reliability Engineering Manager to support our operations onsite. This role will focus on site equipment improvements in reliability and efficiencies, reducing the equipment downtimes, increasing equipment availability and reducing the cost of ownership of the equipment ultimately reducing the site cost per tonne. Key Responsibilities •Work cross functionally to develop and implement a strategic asset reliability plan supporting both corrective and preventative maintenance for your area meeting all Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Sustainability goals are met. •Lead, coach and manage a team of Area leads and PPM maintenance technicians for your plant/ to provide optimum equipment reliability to support the manufacturing operations. •Builds skills capability across the Plant technical/engineering team to engage with latest modern practices. •Provide leadership, coaching to engineering team towards implementation of Integrated Lean 6 sigma ways of working: delivering zero breakdowns via preventive/predictive maintenance strategies Including PM (Progressive Maintenance), CBM (condition-based monitoring), Visual controls & tools Mgmt., Lubrication mgmt. & Calibration of equipment(s), Breakdown / root cause analysis etc. •Interface with key stakeholders internally and externally to develop and maintain effective relationships, align priorities to deliver the company objectives, and goals. •Conduct regular equipment inspections and assessments to identify potential reliability issues and develop strategies to mitigate them. •Analyse equipment failure data to identify trends and patterns and develop strategies to improve equipment reliability. •Lead Breakdown analysis and root cause analysis investigations to identify the underlying causes of equipment failures and develop effective corrective actions. •Develop and implement predictive maintenance strategies to proactively identify and address potential equipment failures. Personal Competencies & Qualifications: Engineering Degree (Mechanical/Electrical/Production/Manufacturing) Extensive experience of high-volume manufacturing Extensive experience of Continuous Improvement Data collection and analytic skills using Manufacturing intelligence systems Excellent communication (verbal & written), coaching, and leadership skills in a team-based environment. Demonstrated abilities in Data Analytics, problem solving and team building. Strong people management skills with the ability to drive change. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Site R&D Technologist
ROLE OVERVIEW The Site R&D Technologist is a key part of the Industrialisation & Value Creation Team within our R&D function. The core purpose of this role is to scale new products to full manufacturing and improve profitability through reformulation and process optimization. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The Site R&D Technologist will be broadly responsible for CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Abattoir Operative
Job Role : Skilled/unskilled Abattoir Operatives for Lamb production, working as part of the slaughter hall team to ensure excellent standards are maintained as well as supporting the smooth running of production. This is an excellent opportunity to develop and learn further skills within a highly regulated environment; where you will have the opportunity to rotate around a number of different jobs (after additional training) and become a multi-skilled operative. Main Duties and Responsibilities: -To ensure that the carcasses are dressed and trimmed according to ABP and Customer specifications as directed by the Abattoir Supervisor -To ensure that you work to the best of your ability to meet production deadlines. -To ensure that the Red and Green Offal`s are produced to the customer/company standards with maximum yield and minimum waste -To work as part of a team and take responsibility for your work -To carry out all procedures in a correct and safe manner as per training provided -To comply with company policy on all matters concerning health & safety -To comply with company policy on safe food handling and hygiene at all times. -To report to the Abattoir supervisor any problems with equipment or machinery -Any other reasonable duties assigned to you Knowledge and Experience: The successful candidate will have good knife skills and attention to detail and be capable of producing high-quality products whilst maintaining standards of health and safety at all times. Your tasks will range from machinery and saw operations to knife-related operations. This role involves working in a chilled environment with animals that are slaughtered for food production. You will also comply with all procedures and codes of practice to ensure a safe and hygienic workplace. In return, we offer full training and development, career progression and job security alongside very competitive rates of pay. Skills : Previous experience in a similar role in an Abattoir or in a role using a knife would be beneficial but full training will be given. The candidates will be well organized with the ability to maintain attention to detail whilst working under pressure. CLICK THE APPLY BUTTON TO GO TO THEIR CAREERS PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THIS JOB AND ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
