Monitor the budget for internal and external training and ensure it delivers the required training requirements.
Assist CI Lead in business projects and change initiatives to inspire action and drive operational excellence across operations.
Create, maintain, and update relevant training documents for existing and new machinery and processes to ensure all information is current and accurate.
Ensure appropriate training is delivered to operators so they are always competent and safe. Work with H&S to support development and delivery of safe systems of work procedures and one-to-one training to minimise individual and business risk in line with regulatory requirements.
Adopt an ethos of "safety first"(and encourage others to do the same), aiding in Health & Safety performance and reporting, ensuring risks and issues are actioned immediately in line with Health & Safety regulations.
Design, coordinate and deliver operational training, including one-to-one support to deliver SOP, Food Safety and H&S requirements.
Ensure staff have the knowledge and capability to be effective in their roles. Coordinate, deliver and monitor first day induction training, to ensure new starters receive an engaging, informative and aligned orientation to the business, their roles and regulatory requirements.
Work with managers, controllers and supervisors to identify skills/competence training needs, along with talent and potential, to establish a training/development schedule that will deliver aligned and timely skills development and longer-term development programmes.
Maintain, update and monitor staff skills and competence records to ensure information is up to date, proactively identifying refresher training and skills gaps. Source external training to support to ensure competence, skills and development objectives are achieved in line with prescribed timescales, and within the budget forecast.

Strong IT skills
Experience of assessing training needs, designing and delivering training
Working knowledge of food production associated processes and capabilities (would be beneficial but not required)
Strong project management skills
Self-starter and self-motivated with ability to work on their own initiatives
Strong and effective communicator (including cross functionally)
Strong team player

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a first stage via Teams to allow us to get to know you better and to understand your skills and experiences and, if successful, a second stage face-to-face interview that will build upon the first stage and give you the opportunity to get a feel for Ornua and the environment in which you will be working.

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we're building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

Ornua is actively seeking a Operations Trainer to join our Health & Safety Department as we continue our growth trajectory. The Operations Trainer will play a key role in providing hands-on training and support to ensure operators are competent and skilled in the delivery of standardised working practices and enable improved line performance, quality, consistency and accuracy across production.

The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.

Why Ornua?

Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua's consumer brands including Kerrygold, Pilgrims Choice.
Ornua Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufactures and foodservice customer across the world.
Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.