General Dairy Operative/Machine Operator

Job location: Coleraine

Salary: Training Rate £8.91 per hour.

Hours: 39

Worktime: To be confirmed.

Closing date: 01/03/2022

Employer: LacPatrick (NI) Limited

Business: Milk Products

Address: 18 Creamery Road

Coleraine

Postcode: BT52 2NE

Telephone: 028 70462052

Email: recruitmentni@lakelanddairies.com

Website: http://www.lakeland.ie/

Job Duties: This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in Lakeland Ballyrashane as we celebrate 125 years of producing dairy products of the highest quality both locally and internationally.Due to continued growth and success Lakeland wishes to recruit General Dairy Operators to enhance its multi-skilled production teams. We have vacancies across all production departments with excellent opportunities for employees to progress to higher-skilled roles in line with the companys earn as you learn ethos. Roles may involve all aspects of the production process from machine set up and operation to final packing. All roles will also involve manual lifting, completing production/dispatch records and maintaining quality standards. A good standard of numeracy and literacy with basic computer skills are required for the role. Whilst previous experience working within the food industry would be advantageous, it is not essential as full training will be given.

Qualifications / Experience: Applicants should be flexible with regard to hours of work and be available to work customary holidays. Some weekend working may also be required as part of a rota system. Applicants should have the ability to work with minimal supervision and possess basic communication skills. Wages: Training rate of pay, Age 18 plus, Grade 1- £8.91 per hour increasing to Grade 5-£12.54 depending on roles. Overtime premium payable after 39 hour. Shift premia may also apply. Benefits: Christmas bonus, Pension fund, Paid holidays, Parking,Lakeland Dairies is Ireland's largest Dairy Co-operative. We process in excess of 1.9 billion litres of farm produced milk annually, collected from our 3,200 high quality milk suppliers, across 15 counties in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. At our eight processing sites we manufacture and export an extensive range of top-quality dairy foodservice and food ingredient products for blue-chip customers in over 80 countries worldwide.

Application Method: Please complete an employer application form available via www.jobcentreonline.com to apply. Application forms to be returned to the employer (see employer details) can also be obtained by e-mailing recruitmentni@lakelanddairies.com.

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Other Information: Application ProcessCompleted forms should be returned to Monitoring Officer, LacPatrick Dairies (NI) Limited, Ballyrashane Creamery, 18 Creamery Road, Coleraine, BT52 2NE or emailed to monitoring@lakelanddairies.com