Company: Glanbia

Electrical Instrumentation - Apprenticeship

4 year Apprenticeship Programme

Kilkenny Cheese is a joint venture between Tirlán and Dutch family business Royal A-ware, a 130-year-old company with strong positions in EU and global markets. The facility is located at a greenfield site adjacent to Tirlán’s specialized nutrition facility at Belview, Co. Kilkenny.

Rooted in our rich heritage of family farming and embedded in our communities, Tirlán has evolved to bring the passion of our farmers and their high-quality ingredients to the international marketplace. Using modern-day technology and applying the best processes to our milk pool of three billion litres, we now export innovative products and tailored ingredients solutions to be enjoyed in more than 100 countries.

Royal A-ware is a traditional Dutch family business with a passion for food and with a strong entrepreneurial attitude. Demand-led, we offer our clients tailored products and services. In recent years investments have been made in the development and management of own supply chains resulting in independence, efficiency, and flexibility. We are specialized in producing, ripening, cutting, and packaging cheese, and also produce and package cream and fresh dairy products.

Role Profile

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the start-up of Kilkenny Cheese Limited, starting in September. Based in Belview in South Kilkenny, this role reports to the Maintenance Manager.

Kilkenny Cheese (KCL) is offering apprenticeship opportunities to current leaving certificate students and recent school leavers. Tirlán has a well-established and highly regarded apprenticeship programme, where apprentices will train for 4 years combining practical industrial experience and Solas/ETB run academic training. During this time, you’ll earn while you learn and receive mentorship from craft professionals. As an apprentice, you will:

Maintain site process equipment, including utilities. Process equipment includes various types of motors, pumps, valves, fans, chart recorders, process instrumentation and packaging systems.
Replace and repair defective mechanical & electrical equipment, instruments, and cabling when necessary.
Carry out all operations to conform to GMP requirements.
Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures, including the use of the appropriate protective clothing.
Under senior craft supervision you will carry out scheduled Preventative Maintenance (PMs) on process and utilities equipment - Working on fault find/troubleshooting with equipment such as flow meters, control valves, temperature transmitters, VSD’s, Profibus, SCADA systems, pasteurisers, evaporators, drying systems, material transport systems and utility systems as part of a team and as an individual.
Liaise with all Maintenance, Manufacturing, Project, Quality and any other site personnel, to meet the site objectives.
Provide feedback on equipment and spares issues. Fill out all required paper work such as PM documentation, Lockout Tagout permit book and adhere to all site protocols.
Inform maintenance lead, shift manager or any relevant site personnel of impact of work being carried out and results of any issues that may arise.
Provide accurate reporting as necessary, including the use of computer maintenance system (CMMS – SAP).

Requirements

Legal age limit – Candidates must be 16 years or over
Educational standard – Grade D or higher in 5 subjects at Leaving Certificate level
Enjoys problem solving
Team player
Task orientated
Takes direction well to uphold KCL's robust health & safety standards
Flexible and adaptable
Varied work in fast paced manufacturing environment
Career progression opportunities
Earn while you learn

Closing date for applications: Wed 18th September.

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