Job Description :
Utilities Operator
Littleconnell Brewery, Co.Kildare
Permanent Contract
Closing Date: 06/06/2025
Utilities Operator - €45,000 (+shift allowance where applicable) plus competitive benefits package with pension, shares scheme and bonus.
Join our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team.
We are proud to be a global leader in beverage alcohol with an exceptional portfolio of brands, including Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Baileys, Smirnoff, Tanqueray, and many more.
A forward-thinking €200 million investment is bringing an innovative, carbon-neutral brewery to life in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, set to open in 2026. This best-in-class facility will be Ireland’s second-largest brewing operation and a powerhouse of sustainability, running entirely on renewable energy. It’s where iconic beers like Rockshore, Harp, Smithwick’s, and Kilkenny will be crafted for a new generation.
About the Role
You’ll be a multi-skilled professional responsible for ensuring excellence across every stage of the production process, from utilities and water treatment to brewing. You’ll work in a collaborative, operate-and-maintain model, using digital tools and automation to improve efficiency, safety, and quality every step of the way.
This is an ideal role for someone with hands-on experience in water and wastewater treatment, or utilities such as boiler systems, process gases and refrigeration.
What you’ll do:
- Champion a strong safety culture, promoting best practices to maintain an injury-free workplace.
- Operate, monitor, and maintain equipment in the water treatment, wastewater treatment, process utilities plants and brewery.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and water discharge standards
- Keep utilities systems and inventory data accurate and up to date.
- Ensure premium quality, food safety, and environmental compliance (ISO 9001 and beyond).
- Take ownership of plant performance, completing condition monitoring and maintenance tasks, track and optimize production KPIs, driving performance excellence
- Support continuous improvement through data-driven decisions and innovative thinking.
- Rotate through the different areas of production in utilities operations and brewing operations to develop broad, hands-on expertise and drive flexibility.
- Contribute to site sustainability efforts through waste, water, and energy optimisation initiatives
About you
We’re looking for motivated individuals with an understanding of manufacturing and utilities processes.
What you’ll bring:
- Strong knowledge of utilities systems such as water and wastewater treatment, or utilities such as boiler systems, process gases and refrigeration.
- A knack for troubleshooting and resolving sophisticated production challenges.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills to thrive in a cross-functional environment
- Passion for driving operational excellence, along with the ability to mentor and support team development
- You'll be someone who embraces change, flourishes in a fast-paced environment, and is excited to use digital tools to make a real impact.
Apply today to be part of something extraordinary!
Working with us
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you!
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you make a note of this when you submit your application.
Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Littleconnell Brewery
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2025-05-30
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