R&D Associate

R&D Associate 2027 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. Tirlán owns leading brands such as Avonmore, Kilmeaden Cheese, Millac, Solmiko, Truly Grass Fed, Premier Milk, Wexford, mymilkman.ie and GAIN Animal Nutrition. 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. So if you want a career where you can truly make a difference, then we’d like to hear from you! Tirlán is offering a unique opportunity for a graduate to join our Innovation team as a R&D Associate. This role will be onsite. Located in our Innovation Centre in Ballyragget, this role reports to the R&D Senior Manager and supports the delivery of our Research & Development functions. Responsibilities Supporting the delivery of customer collaborative projects in conjunction with other R&D teams Working as part of a cross-functional team with customers and Tirlán functions Participating in and support of technical, analytical, functional and pilot scale testing Working closely with customer teams to complete projects on time and in scope Preparing and presenting products, new ideas and concepts Carrying out experiments, trials at bench and pilot scale and analysis of prototype products Keeping up to date with relevant technical developments in the field Championing health and safety by working together to deliver safety first Requirements •    High academic record to date and expected minimum of a 2.2 honours degree in relative discipline •    Ambition to progress successfully in a career in R&D 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  We offer 2 year structured graduate development programme Site or team rotations as part of the programme Year on year salary increment Hybrid working Free parking incl. EV charging – where applicable Bike to work scheme Work/life balance and…