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Join the Kinisla Early Careers Programme and gain meaningful experience in a dynamic, innovation-driven dairy business. During your 6 months, you will build practical experience, learn from experienced colleagues, be among the first to hear about our Graduate Programme opportunities, and earn a competitive salary. Your placement will commence January or March 2027.

Description and Responsibilities

Our expert Kinisla Agribusiness team provides best-in-class technical support and advisory services to our milk supplier base. Based with the Milk Quality and Sustainability team in Castleisland, Co. Kerry, you will help identify and resolve on-farm milk quality challenges while contributing to important quality, water and dairy sustainability projects.

As part of the team, you will:

Collaborate with and support the team to troubleshoot milk quality issues arising on farm and help identify practical solutions.

Contribute to projects related to milk quality, water quality, the Dairy Sustainability Programme, and Evolve Regen Dairy.
Engage with and build strong working relationships across our milk supplier base.
Share project findings with the team and milk suppliers, as appropriate.

This internship will provide practical experience in agricultural advisory services, milk quality and dairy sustainability. A strong knowledge of agriculture and an understanding of the challenges facing the industry are desirable.

Kinisla Internship Programme:

As a Kinisla intern, you will benefit from:

Meaningful work experience.
Networking with other interns and graduates through programme events.
Exposure to our senior leaders.
Opportunities to demonstrate how you have contributed to Kinisla during your internship.
Learning about our wider business.
Buddy support.

We are committed to developing our interns and aim to convert our best-performing interns to graduates. High-performing interns may be considered for our Graduate Programme before completing their placement.

What We Are Looking For:

Studying Food Science, Agricultural Science, or a related degree.
A strong interest in agriculture, milk quality and dairy sustainability.
A results-oriented approach and the determination and drive to succeed.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with colleagues and milk suppliers.
Strong organisational and time management skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
A motivated self-starter who works effectively both independently and as part of a team.
A valid driving licence and own transport.

Discover Your Future with Kinisla:

Kinisla is a vertically integrated dairy, nutritional ingredients and consumer foods business, built on more than 50 years of expertise in milk processing, dairy and nutritional ingredient technology, and product innovation.

Working in close partnership with 2,600 family farms, we produce high-quality, low-carbon-intensity milk for dairy and nutritional ingredient solutions, alongside a strong portfolio of trusted, market-leading consumer products and brands.

With manufacturing operations across Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK, and a global customer reach, Kinisla is a trusted and forward-looking supplier of high-quality dairy products, ingredients and nutritional solutions. Our four business areas are Agribusiness, Dairy Ingredients, Nutritional Ingredients, and Consumer Foods.

Our purpose is to reimagine dairy for better food and a future worth farming for. Through expertise, innovation and responsible growth, we are helping to shape a more regenerative and climate-conscious future for dairy.

Rooted in the South-West of Ireland, Kinisla combines deep heritage, global expertise and innovation to create exciting products, partnerships and careers. Our values are Together, Braver, and Further.

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