Technical Officer

About Dairygold / Our Story Dairygold is Irelands largest farmer-owned co-operative.

Our unique location, referenced as the Golden Vale, is home to nutrient rich pasture lands that stretch across the valleys of Munster, where our farmer shareholders produce quality-assured, naturally sourced raw materials.

Combining our deep-rooted farming tradition with our nutritional expertise and technology, we have grown to be a global player that supplies the global market with the highest quality premium cheese and dairy ingredients.

With headquarters in Mitchelstown, Cork and operations in other locations in Ireland, Europe and worldwide, Dairygold processes 1.48 billion litres of milk a year, with an annual turnover of €1.65 billion.

The society is structured across three imperative divisions; food ingredients, agri business and retail, that drive and support our farmers and business.

Through smart investments in research, innovation and world-leading facilities, we produce premium ingredients from our quality raw material and add value at every point in the production chain.

Our sustainable farming practices and position as leaders in dairy nutrition will ensure we achieve our vision that echoes through the co-operative, we will feed and nourish the growing world.

Join us on our next phase where we continue to challenge ourselves, as we carve our position on the world stage, supplying nutritional solutions for infants through to active ageing for the increasing world population, with our focus on sustainability, unrivalled quality and full traceability for product excellence.

Role Profile / About the Opportunity With a focus on community and support network behind them, our employees feel confident and motivated to challenge themselves and grow with the business.

This a full time on-site position.

Reporting to the Site Manager, the Technical Officer will be involved in maintaining and managing core elements of the sites technical program for the Clonmel Road (Cheddar) site.

They will ensure compliance with internal standards, food safety standards and customer requirements.

The Technical Officer is a key support role to the site team and is recognised as a key player within the site team.

The key role of the Technical Officer is to monitor compliance, report on metrics and improve the site systems.

Core responsibilities for this role include : These are the core responsibilities associated with your role for which you will be held accountable : Safety - Promote a Food and Health & Safety culture within the site and set and monitor adherence to all Quality and Environmental, Health & Safety standards and procedures.

Customer - Customer complaints and implementing actions ex audits, PSs.

Quality - RFT, Hygiene, Incident reporting and Change Control.

Reporting issues to your manager, compliant to all Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

Obey all hygiene rules & take part in training.

Food safety is your responsibility.

Systems - Develop and update as required policies, procedures and risk assessments to meet the requirements of BRC or FSSC.

Management - the site sampling, testing, investigating and treading.

Focus - on product process, release and grading.

Process Technical Management - recipe setting, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) trending and analysis to ensure the process is under control.

Technical support to Production Team regarding Problem Solving and troubleshooting of Plants.

Continuous Improvement Projects - cost reduction and process optimisation to improve Right First Time (RFT).

What you will bring to Dairygold / We want to hear from you if you have : 3rd level qualification in a relevant discipline (Food Science & Technology, Microbiology); Strong interpersonal & communication skills.

Team Player Ability to work on own initiative.

A positive, can-do, resilient, and flexible attitude.

Excellent technical competence with the capacity to effectively analyse issues and problem solve in accordance with our CI philosophy.

Attention to detail and a completer / finisher.

A questioning mentality with the objective of driving best practice.

What Dairygold will offer you / Why choose Dairygold?

Be a part of Our Strategy Our Future 2030 which through significant investment in the appropriate infrastructure across the business has and continues to facilitate our growth ambitions.

We offer our people an exciting and challenging career, with a supportive community of colleagues, and constant training and up-skilling opportunities.

You will be working on exciting projects with exceptionally talented colleagues and teams.

We offer competitive wage opportunities alongside our annual bonus scheme.

We have a competitive company pension scheme.

Dairygold match your contribution plus an extra 2% up to a maximum of 14% in total.

We offer contributions towards healthcare.

Company sick pay scheme We offer an Employee Assistance Program should any employee ever need support.

Employee wellbeing initiatives are extremely important aspect for our co-operatives success.

By supporting and inspiring our workers, we empower them to explore and discover their true potential.

Paid family leave We pride ourselves on our culture and values.

We work hard but we like to have some fun along the way too driven by our Sports and Social club.

At Dairygold we are always focused on continuous improvement and innovation.

All our colleagues are empowered to share new ideas.

Zero Harmemployee Safety initiatives Employee Service Awards Dairygold is committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion and creates an open culture where everyone feels valued and can be themselves.

Dairygold believes that embracing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace benefits the organisation.

Every employee brings their own experiences, background, work styles, capabilities and personal characteristics to work and Dairygold aims to create an environment that encourages a culture of Bring your whole self to work.

It is our aim to ensure colleagues working in every area of our Business feel valued, respected and supported in their roles.

Our objective is to positively influence beliefs, attitudes and behaviours towards issues surrounding equity, diversity and inclusion across the Society.

Please get in touch to start your rewarding journey with Dairygold today.

Skills : Food Science Communication Skills Initiative