Engineering Graduate

Requisition ID: 54883 
Position Type: Kerry Graduate 
Workplace Arrangement:  [[LinkedInWorkplace]] 

At Kerry, we’re tackling one of humanity’s greatest challenges: delivering sustainable nutrition to over 2 billion people while protecting our planet. It’s a monumental task, and we need ambitious graduates bursting with innovative solutions to real-world problems. If you’re an agile, collaborative team player, we offer a career where you can make a real difference and help secure our future.

Do you have what it takes to deliver sustainable nutrition to over 2 billion people? Rise to the challenge with one of our Graduate Programs.

Our Engineering Program 

Engineering is central to our operations, ensuring we consistently deliver top-quality products to our customers. Our engineering team is at the forefront of advancing our technological capabilities, striving to establish world-class manufacturing facilities globally.

Our 2-year rotational program is designed to develop future Kerry leaders with a comprehensive understanding of the global business.

This program offers an excellent opportunity to gain best practice experience in all aspects of engineering, including people management, reliability engineering, process engineering, project management, and continuous improvement.

The role provides experience across various Kerry engineering technologies, with opportunities for regional and global travel.

You will be assigned a mentor to support and guide you throughout the program, and you will have invaluable time to learn from our cross-functional subject matter experts.

Previous engineering graduates have advanced into roles such as Global Engineering Management, Project Management, Continuous Improvement, and Operations Management.

What you might be doing

You will have an excellent opportunity to learn from our engineering experts and gain cross-functional experience, enhancing your comprehensive understanding of the business. You will become familiar with Kerry’s business drivers, key performance indicators (KPIs), process capabilities, products, and customers.

• Support the Global Engineering Strategy: Implement the strategy in your daily role.
• Project Involvement: Engage in capital investment projects and process improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to Business Initiatives: Address site-wide challenges and other impactful initiatives.
• Asset Lifecycle Management: Focus on maintaining and ensuring the availability of critical assets.
• Sustainability Role: Understand engineering’s contribution to our sustainability goals.
• Expand Technological Knowledge: Gain experience across various process technologies.
• Advanced Technology Implementation: Assist in deploying advanced technology, digitalization, and robotization solutions to enhance plant efficiency and effectiveness.
• Continuous Learning and Enjoyment: Keep learning, have fun, and build lasting friendships within Kerry!

Do you have what it takes?

• You’re currently pursuing or have recently graduated with an Engineering degree (process, chemical, mechanical, automation, manufacturing, digital, electrical or similar)
• You’re ambitious, curious and can’t wait to put your talents into action.
• You’re open minded, agile, and willing to embrace opportunities. 
• You’re a recent or a soon-to-be graduate.
• You’re fluent in English and ideally another language.
• You’re eligible to permanently work in the location you’re applying to*
• You’re open to travelling and relocating.

* Kerry Graduates must have permanent Right to Work in Europe or UK (for UK based roles) and be willing to relocate to other European countries during the program. 

Submit your application only for the program of your interest. Any multiple applications will be withdrawn.

Closing date for applications: 30th November 2024

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

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