Why choose one of our career paths?
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 businesses. When you become a member of the Lakeland Dairies team you are joining an organisation of highly committed, professional and responsible people who take pride in the contribution they are making. You will be part of a co-operative business that utilises the most technologically advanced plants, processes and systems in the international dairy. Discover the career pathways we offer to help develop your skills, deepen your experiences and shape your future with us.
We offer a range of Apprenticeship Programmes across our sites. It is both a training and education programme, mixing learning in a college or training institute with work-based learning on site as well as earning while you learn. We offer apprenticeships across a broad field from craft apprenticeship including mechanical and electrical engineering to Food and Drink.
Recent successes our programmes include reaching the finals of the Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the 'SME Award'.
Why choose an Apprenticeship with Lakeland Dairies?
- Work in a challenging and fast paced organisation with exposure to leading edge technologies
- Hands on learning, gaining valuable skills and experience in a supportive environment
- Be part of a multi skilled team, learning first hand from industry experts
- Earn while you learn
We offer a range of Work Placement opportunities across our sites. Examples of areas include Engineering, Finance, HR, IT, Member Relations and Technical.
Work Placements are an opportunity for you to put what you are studying in college into practice whilst gaining invaluable industry experience and developing your skillset.
Why choose a Work Placement with Lakeland Dairies?
- Work in a challenging and fast paced organisation with exposure to leading edge technologies
- Hands on learning, gaining valuable skills and experience in a supportive environment
- Be part of a multi skilled team, learning first hand from industry experts
- Gain experience to help with your degree and your CV!
- Earn while you learn
We offer a two year rotational Graduate Programme which is structured with numerous rotations to give our graduates exposure to multiple disciplines to enhance and develop their skills.
We are looking for graduates from the following disciplines;
- Agri
- Engineering
- Food Sciences
- Information Technology
- Business – all areas
- Finance
Looking for a new career challenge? Why not develop your skills, deepen your experiences and shape your future with us.
We offer opportunities for Transition Year and third level students studying at local Further Education Centre to gain an insight into our business.
The TY Work Experience Progammes links students from Transition Year in schools based in our local communiities to meaningful placements in areas such as:
- Laboratories
- Production areas
- Office Enviroment
In addition we offer work experience opportunities to students studying at local Further Education Centres or Institutes
Diana Damauskiene
VAT Administrator, Finance
My Lakeland journey started within the Logistics team at the end of year one of my Accounting Technician course. It was an amazing opportunity to get familiar with a large company and see day-to-day processes up close. I then moved into Accounts Payable where I gained incredible knowledge of the SAP system and developed my time management and communication skills. I learnt from the experts and gained a strong foundation of accounting. In 2022, I moved to my current position as a VAT administrator within Central Finance. It's been an incredible opportunity to work alongside the specialists in the accounting field and advance my skills every day with exposure to a wide range of business-related challenges. This has allowed me to expand my knowledge and complete the required work experience for my Accounting Technician qualification. Altogether, I am very grateful to be a part of this company.
Charlie Clarke
Engineering Apprentice
Since starting my role, I enjoy learning from more experience’s technicians, who have been in their field for several years. I shadow them during the day, in different areas in the factory, but having the opportunity to own and take lead on several smaller projects, that makes my learning more enjoyable. Working with Lakeland Dairies (Newtownards) had enabled me to take step into my engineering career and gain the valuable training, skills that I need to progress in my career, within the company. This experience has led me to win Apprentice of the year award with South Eastern Regional Collage. The atmosphere and the people that I work with, is what I enjoy most. Everybody is always there to give a helping hand. I am excited to continue my growth with Lakeland.
