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Overview Environmental, Health & Safety Associate
2026 Graduate Programme
Onsite Working
Tirlán
Tirlán is a world-class food and nutrition co-operative, with a diverse portfolio of quality ingredients, leading consumer and agri brands. We nurture a talented team across Ireland, the US, MEA and China, delivering annual revenues of over €3 billion, and over 2,300 people to manage our network of 11 processing plants and 52 agri branches. Our purpose is to nourish the world, while safeguarding our environment for future generations.
Role Profile
Our Graduate Programme is designed to take you through a series of real-world learning experiences, helping you build confidence in your abilities, and flourish in your career. We are looking for people who care about the world and each other, who want to build their career with likeminded and passionate people. If you want a career where you can truly make a difference, we’d like to hear from you.
Tirlán is offering a unique opportunity for a graduate to join our EH&S team as an EH&S Associate. This role will be onsite. Located in our Ballyragget facility in Co.Kilkenny, this role reports to the EH&S Manager.
Responsibilities
Safety is our no.1 priority. You’ll learn to put safety first and gain experience in best practice application of safe systems in a busy production environment.
Environmental and Sustainability – Caring for our environment is part of our everyday at Tirlán. Working with our Utilities Team you will learn how environmental care and sustainability work in a large production environment.
Problem solving and continuous improvement: Work as part of a broader EHS team and utilise team-based problem solving employing lean / 6 sigma techniques through the Business Excellence platform for enterprise excellence. The tools, techniques, culture and ‘can do’ approach will be a defining feature of your programme.
EHS Management: You will support the EHS policies and procedures across the site and be a proactive EHS presence in the plant and production environment. Assist with conducting risk assessments and work with the production teams to ensure actions are followed up from an EHS perspective. Communicate safety alerts and training to all site employees. Report on EHS metrics and be involved in audits or inspections from external organisations such as EPA, Department of Agriculture and customers. Work with the wider EHS team to ensure compliance with our environmental licence.
Requirements
High academic record to date in Environmental, Health & Safety or related discipline; expected minimum of a 2.2 honours primary degree
Ambition to progress successfully in a career in operations and production in an exciting, ever-changing and challenging environment
Thinks commercially and delivers customer centric solutions
Drives collaboration and builds partnerships to meet shared objectives
Communicates clearly and can influence at all levels
Demonstrates a thirst for knowledge with a desire to continually learn and grow
Analytically minded with the ability to develop creative insights and execute change
If you are interested in this position, please apply with an up-to-date resume.
We offer
2 year structured graduate development programme
Site or team rotations as part of the programme
Year on year salary increment
Free parking incl. EV charging – where applicable
Bike to work scheme
Work/life balance and collaborative work culture
Career progression opportunities
About us
Through our expertise in research and development, customer insights, food safety and state-of-the-art manufacturing we bring innovative food and nutrition solutions to a global market. Our new and vibrant headquarters in Kilkenny City operates as a collaboration hub where multi-functional teams come together in a hybrid work environment.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We believe in the value of difference. We know that different perspectives, life experience and backgrounds can drive innovation and deliver growth.
We welcome people from all walks of life without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status.
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Tirlán is a Values Based Organisation

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