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A career with Lakeland Dairies offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to the future growth and development of one of Ireland’s most successful and forward looking co-operatives.

About Lakeland Dairies

Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited is the second largest dairy processor on the island of Ireland. The business is complex and ambitious with a milk supply pool of 2 billion litres of milk, drawn from over 3,200 family farms across 16 counties.

With the most modern dairy manufacturing facilities in on a cross border basis, the Group supplies to a broad customer base including some of the world’s foremost ‘blue chip’ companies across the dairy food ingredients, foodservice and consumer food channels on a domestic Ireland, UK, European and global basis. Internationally we export some 240 different products to over 100 countries worldwide.

The Group’s Agribusiness Division (Lakeland Agri) operates a state of the art Animal Feed Manufacturing Facility and is a leading and innovative provider of the highest quality feeds and agricultural inputs to dairy, beef and sheep farmers across the north and south of Ireland

Why Lakeland Daires

We are fuelled by ambition to be the dairy co-operative of choice for customers, providing the highest quality dairy nutrition and to be your employer of choice to grow your career.

When you become a member of the Lakeland Dairies team you will be joining an organisation of highly committed, performance focussed, ambitious, innovative, sustainable focussed people who take pride in the contribution they are making.

Lakeland Dairies Graduate Programme 2025

Our Graduate Programme

Our graduate programme has an excellent track record of successfully nurturing talent, injecting new perspectives and innovative thinking into our organisation.

It is a fantastic opportunity for you to build your career and shape your future with us, whilst contributing to the growth of one of Ireland’s most successful and forward-looking dairy co-operatives

We’re looking for graduates in:

  • Food Science
  • Nutrition
  • Agriculture
  • Engineering
  • Business
  • Finance
  • IT

What we offer:

  • A two-year rotational Graduate Programme is structured with planned job rotations enabling you to develop a breath of vital skills and experience to accelerate your development and growth
  • One-to-One mentoring from experienced professionals in the business
  • An accredited professional diploma
  • Competitive salary package with excellent benefits
  • Exposure to senior leadership
  • Structured connection and team building events

If you want to be part of something special and make a difference to help shape the future of the dairy industry, we’d love to hear from you!

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