Dairy Ireland Shift Manager Mallow Our Story Dairygold is Ireland's 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.
About the Opportunity The Shift Manager will work closely with the Production Manager and the Site Management team to achieve site targets and meet/exceed customer expectations, whilst adhering to safety, food safety, quality, and environmental standards which encompasses all production activities on the site Core responsibilities for this role: Promote a safety culture within the site, monitor adherence to all EHS standards and procedures Effectively lead a large team of operators to ensure production output targets are met, effective workgroup meetings are conducted and management of maintenance team (out of hours) Monitoring shift performance and driving your team to achieve all relevant KPIs Working with Planning to ensure plan fulfilment, throughput, efficiency, quality, cost and OEE delivery Managing colleague performance and ensuring team development and communication measures are in place and that training records are maintained and compliant to demonstrate skills and competence of team Monitoring product quality and ensuring compliance with RFT, Hygiene, Incident Reporting, Change Control and technical standards Supporting audits and customer visits as required and implementing actions arising from audits and visits Completing all Oracle system requirements to maintain accurate financial data Supporting CI using established tools and techniques to successfully root cause issues and drive improvements and that actions are implemented Actively manage payroll, yield and ingredient usage ensuring that measures are implemented to address deviations Responsible for ensuring that areas within your span of control are always audit ready, that audit recommendations and solutions to customer complaints are implemented fully within the designated timeframes COD and Hydraulic loading incident reporting and investigating What you will bring to Dairygold/We want to hear from you if you have: Exceptional technical skills with a proven ability to consistently understand complex processes in order to rectify processing defects and stoppages in a timely manner with right first-time solutions Strong results orientation with a proven ability to prioritise and organize work to ensure delivery against production and bottom-line targets Confident and able to manage own workload and make complex decisions Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong sense of personal responsibility for the areas within your span of control and a capacity to build strong working relationships with people Proven ability to effectively use core CI tools and techniques with a demonstrated CI mindset to seek and implement opportunities to drive improvement of standards and output on site Excellent People Management skills with an aptitude for leading and developing your team to deliver all targets (production and cost) and an ability to obtain results through teamwork, motivation and real employee engagement.
Flexible and adaptable with a proven track record in positively responding to changing work demands.
Third Level qualification in a relevant discipline (Food Science, Technology, Engineering) Previous relevant experience in a similar role Proven record in maintaining safe work environments Capable of understanding the underlying processes across the full remit of the role Strong business acumen, customer focus and commercially aware Passion to apply key continuous improvement principles in a fast-moving production environment Performance driven with a proven track record of achievement, high integrity and capability to exercise sound judgement in decision-making 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.
We recognise the need for a favourable work life balance and offer hybrid working arrangements.
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 Harm employee Safety initiatives Employee Service Awards This is a really exciting career development opportunity for the right candidate with the drive and ambition to contribute to Dairy Irelands future strategic growth and development.
Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited is an equal opportunities employer.
