Job Description

Keenan Oysterfarm Ldt "Hiring now"

General operative in Carlingford full time job available from September 2025.

COMPANY IS BASED IN IRELAND (Carlingford, Co Louth) MONTHLY PAIEMENT IN EURO (EUR)

Human valors, passion for work in contact with the nature, exceptional quality products are "the Ethic of the company" as a part of family group Gillardeau France, multi national leader in the oysters market since 1898

If you are dynamic, motivated, driven by a passion for the sea and its products... welcome aboard the crew!

Purpose of the Job

Reporting to the supervisor, the successful applicant will carry out picking, grading, loading, storing, packing and quality control of our Oyster products and various other tasks as detailed by the supervisor

This is a full-time position and will involve an immediate start and training/certs will be provided for the successful candidates.

Key responsibilities

Maintain equipment and work area in careful and orderly manner.

Take part in continuous improvement initiatives and opportunities to improve work processes.

Follow and adhere to work instructions and procedures.

Achieve daily and weekly production targets.

Follow checklists and work flow guidelines where applicable.

Highlight any product deficiencies to Team supervisor.

Support H&S, Maintenance and Quality and other personnel to ensure production runs safely and efficiently and to the highest level of quality.

Skills and experiences required

Ability to work in a fast paced environment. ( Including boat-tractor-night shift-outdoor work, hard weather condition approx 50% to 80% of the work time)

Good organisational skills.

Strong work ethic.

Teamwork and positive interpersonal skills.

An eye for detail, quality focused and results orientated

Flexibility to work overtime and move shifts most of the time if requested (including some week-end)

. Work 2 week end per month

. Over 18 years old only

. Car licensed and able to come by your own means (personal car to commute to the work place mandatory)

. Must be physically fit as it is heavy, physically demanding work

. Up to date Manual Handling will be an advantage

.Any experience of powerboat or advanced powerboat driving such as ICC or Irish selling club with basic skill of driving a outboard boat are more than welcome.

What we Offer

- 40-45hours per week (approx. 160 hours/month, week-end include)

- Overtime available

- 15EUR per hour (Gross Pay) monthly paiement in arrears, paiement by bank transfert usually falling every 1ft, 2sd, 3rd or 4th of the following month.

- All safety equipment provided (uniform)

- Lunch breaks (Paid) (1h)

- Monthly Bonus of performance (up to maximum 574EUR/Gross monthly)

- Recruitment bonus scheme available ! helping company to find new staff (agent recruiter) based on + 150EUR/Gross monthly on top of the monthly bonus of performance, bonus given and valid for 3 consecutive months after insertion of the news staff.

- Forklift driver/ loader bonus scheme (inside or/and outside work time) (210EUR/Gross monthly, based on loading 4 trucks per month)

- Annual Bonus/Christmas bonus (yearly) (scale 0EUR up to 2090EUR Gross/annually) paid yearly in arrears usually in December of each year.

- Profit sharing plan yearly bonus, based at 4% of the global group profit, bonus paid yearly in arrears, usually in November of each years.

- Osteopathie up to 2 sessions per year refundable by the company.

- Company events available trough the year

- Company close every years between Christmas and New year (lay off available for that period)

Follow us on our Facebook page at "Keenan Oysters ltd" and watch our private group page by clicking on the link below https://www.facebook.com/share/g/19vg6CiAQB/?mibextid=wwXIfr , usefull link with videos of our daily goal,challenge and main purpose of the job. Videos are also available by taping "Good Practice Keenan Oyster Ltd" in our private Facebook group. joins us on board !

Team Keenan Oyster Ltd 2025

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 32,889.00-34,620.00 per year

Benefits:

Canteen Company events Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Profit sharing Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:

Newry BT34: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

Are you authorised to work in Ireland ? Are you ok to work under pressure and poor forecast conditions (rain-wind-water-night shift..etc) ? Have you in the past any important medical issue who could affect your work ? What is your main goal/motivation for get on board with us ? Could you qualify/describe yourself in few adjectifs/words ? Are you totally changing sector/areas or did this aquaculture/farming sector is familiar to you ? ARE YOU ABLE TO COMMUTE TO THE WORK PLACE WITH YOU OWN CAR/LICENCE ?
Experience:

Manual work: 3 years (required) Driving: 3 years (required) Heavy lifting: 3 years (required) powerboat driving (ISCC-beginner-advanced or similar) : 1 year (required)
Language:

English (required)
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)
Location:

Newry BT34 (required)
Willingness to travel:

25% (preferred)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 27/10/2025
Reference ID: GO (UK)
Expected start date: 18/10/2025