General Operatives – Chilled Foods Plant Kilkenny

About Tirlán
Tirlán, formerly known as Glanbia Ireland, is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands.
A talented team of over 2,200 people manage Tirlán’s network of 11 production facilities and 52 agri retail outlets serving its communities with annual revenues of over €3 billion. Tirlán’s state-of-the-art headquarters in Kilkenny city and innovation centre in Ballyragget promote innovation, creativity and collaboration. Tirlán is committed to sustainability throughout the organisation through its comprehensive Living Proof programme, and the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) contained within it. For more information visit www.tirlan.com
We have a number of vacancies for General Operatives (Casual work) in the soup manufacturing facility, Tirlán Thomas St, in Kilkenny City.

Role Profile
Due to the seasonality of our Product & Business, the vacancies on offer are casual contracts of employment where the hours of work will be determined by mutual agreement. The Company will inform employees of the hours which are available as early as possible each week. The demand for labour will be dictated by the demand for volume. The time period for the vacancies is from October 2024 to February 2025 and we will operate a 3-shift rota during this period. Depending on skill level achieved employees will work a minimum 3 days per week until mid February.

Key Responsibilities

• Comply with food safety standards to ensure CCP are completed and adhered to in each work location.
• Conform with Health and Safety rules and regulations.
• Ensure good plant hygiene standards are maintained in the area you are working.
• Documentation control where applicable.
• Keep pace with production flow and contribute consistently to the team output.

Key Requirements:

• The ability to work as part of a team.
• Good inter-personal and communication skills.
• Experience working in a factory or food environment will be advantageous.
• Manual Handling and forklift certification desirable.

If you are interested in this position, please apply with an up-to-date curriculum vitae.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
At Tirlán, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status.

Tirlán owns leading consumer and agri brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition.

Tirlán is a Values Based Organisation