Bottling Operative

West Cork Distillers; Skibbereen; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health Insurance

Increased annual leave with service

Educational Support

Free Lunch on Thursdays

€1000 Refer a Friend Bonus

On-site Parking

On-site Kitchen Facilities with coffee

Bike to Work

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Events

Employee Wellness Events

Job summary

West Cork Distillers Limited is seeking Bottling Production Operatives to join the team in Skibbereen. You will be part of a large Bottling Team responsible for labeling, packing and dispatching products to customers across 70+ countries.

The role emphasizes accuracy, safety, and adherence to quality standards. You will work on a busy bottling line, building pallets, recording end-of-line data, and ensuring traceability.

Qualifications

• Experience in a production environment is preferred.
• Ability to follow procedures from start of production to dispatch.
• Good attention to detail in labeling, packing and records.

Responsibilities

• Label and pack products.
• Build pallets correctly for stability in transport.
• Follow bottling procedures from start to finish and maintain records.
• Ensure pallets are wrapped and dust caps placed on top.
• Maintain cleanliness and housekeeping to audit-ready standards.
• Adhere to food safety, quality and legal standards at all times.
• Support in maintaining traceability and forklift operations as needed.

Skills

Labelling

Packing

Quality awareness

Tools

Forklift operation

Pallet truck

Job description

Location: On site / Gortnaclohy, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry and Food Processing | General Operative
Salary: Negotiable salary

About Us..

West Cork Distillers was founded in 2003 by John O’Connell, Denis McCarthy and Ger McCarthy and has since grown to a team of over 200 people based in our distillery in Skibbereen, Co. Cork and our Waterford site Donohoe Drinks. We are built on an entrepreneurial energy and a passion for the science and art of spirit and whiskey production.

We have been recognised for our innovative approach, and credited with maturing, distilling and bottling some of the finest craft Irish Whiskey on the global market today.

We are looking for..

We are currently looking for Bottling Production Operatives to join our team in West Cork Distillers.

As a Bottling Operative you will play a key role in our Bottling Team. This is one of the largest teams in West Cork Distillers where our products and our customers' products are bottled, packed and exported to over 70 countries across the globe.

What you’ll do…

• Labelling and packing products.
• Building products on correct pallets, ensuring they are built straight and in the correct configuration for stability during transportation.
• Ensuring all procedures in relation to bottling from start of production to dispatch are followed.
• Ensuring all pallets are adequately wrapped and dust cap placed on top.
• Ensuring all records, bottle records, end of line checks and finished pallet records etc are completed in full and maintained at all times.
• Ensuring compliance with food safety and quality standards, production and packing standards and governing legal standards are adhered to at all times without exception.
• Ensuring a high standard of housekeeping and hygiene is maintained.
• Taking personal responsibility for ensuring that the plant is in an ’audit ready’ state at all times paying particular attention to cleanliness, production records and security.
• Monitoring condition of bottles, labels and packaging before, during and after production and inform QC of any issues.
• Ensuring all procedures followed to guarantee traceability guidelines are maintained.
• Ensuring Forklift and pallet truck procedure is adhered to at all times.
• Flexibility may be required to undertake additional/other duties on occasion, based on business needs and requirements.

We offer.

• Pension
• Health Insurance
• Increased annual leave with service
• Educational Support
• Free Lunch on Thursdays
• €1000 Refer a Friend Bonus
• On-site Parking
• On-site Kitchen Facilities with vending machines and great coffee!
• Bike to Work
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Events
• Employee Wellness Events

Do you live within a commutable distance (approximately 1 hour) from the site?

Have you worked in a production environment before?

Have you been referred to this job by a current West Cork Distillers employee? No Yes