Graduate scheme
Description
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 Research, Development & Application (RD&A) Program
Our global RD&A team of 1,000+ food scientists and local manufacturing facilities with a footprint in 31 countries enable us to co-create great tasting products, with improved nutrition and functionality, while ensuring better impact for the planet.
You’ll be at the front of Customer innovation helping our business and sustain growth. We innovate with a uniquely structured approach to designing products, services, and experiences that positively and profitably influence behaviour.
You’ll be supported and mentored every step of the way by experts, working on real projects that allow you to apply your learning and start your journey towards becoming a leading food technologist
What you might be doing
- Work directly with customers to understand their requirements and design and develop the components that will be used to help our customers create great-tasting products.
- Apply scientific principles for research and improvement of products beyond taste, so they are better, more wholesome, nourishing, and sustainable.
- Understand a truly market led approach in Food / Meat / Beverage / Supplements / Pet food.
- End to end project management in applied research / technology and innovation research
- Explore and be a pioneer in research areas: sensory science, nutrition, flavour, creation & fermentation.
- Participate in internal and external customer requests to satisfy project needs from concept through commercialisation and troubleshooting.
Where you may be located
Ireland
Germany
France
Spain
UK
Italy
Netherlands
Do you have what it takes?
- You’re on track for 2.1 degree or equivalent in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Data Science, Biology, Data Analysis 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
More Details
Apply by
30.11.2024
Locations
Nationwide