Kerrygold Park

Liam Kiely, Maintenance Technician

I joined Kerrygold Park in 2016 working as a maintenance technician on shift.  Most recently I have taken on a day role in the Engineering team.  I am responsible for supporting the Engineering teams preventative maintenance program and coordinating asset overhauls and the maintaining of the teams fifty-two week plan. I also support site projects where necessary.

I enjoy working in a team of multi-skilled technicians, who always pull together as part of a team.

Gráinne Keena, Food Technologist

My passion for Food and Dairy came from a very young age growing up on a farm. Encompassed with my passion for food, I decided to do a Food Science degree in UCD. Upon completion, I decided to further my studies with a Research Masters in Food Biosystems and Engineering. Since graduating from UCD, I worked with Ornua as an R & D Technologist, where I was involved in the research development of a new recombined Dairy product. In March 2021, I joined Kerrygold Park. I was intrigued by the opportunity to work in New Product Innovation. Working in the world of R&D is an experience which I find challenging, exciting and rewarding.  What I love most about my role is having the freedom to experiment, trial and develop new products.

Terry O’Brien, Health & Safety Manager

I joined Kerrygold Park in Nov 2019 as Health & Safety Manager.  My role includes all aspects of Health & Safety from the development of OH&S policies, procedures and the monitoring of the sites legal status against the register ensuring an effective OH&S Safety Management System.

Since my days serving in the Irish Naval Service, Health & Safety has always been paramount to every aspect of a working day, with the view that everyone deserves to go home, I have always taken my role in helping everyone to achieve that status seriously. The various roles and dynamic nature of the role have fortuned me with a 360-degree view on all aspects relating to ways of working, safe practices and forms of communication.

Martha Fitzgerald, Lab Technician

I have been a member of the Quality Department in Kerrygold Park since 2017. Having worked both shift and standard days I have got to know a lot of new and interesting people. I feel lucky to work with such an enthusiastic team who are always willing to lend a hand. I enjoy the work that I do knowing that it contributes to delivering quality and food safety to Kerrygold customers.

Norma Hanlon, Head of Commercial

I am Head of Commercial for Kerrygold Park. I am married with three children. I come from a dairy farming background – the family farm still supplies Dairygold. I studied Biochemistry in UCC but my passion for dairy lead me into the food Industry.

Throughout my career I have worked on the dairy side of the food industry in various roles; R&D, NPD, Branded Innovation, Head of UK retailer yellow fats, customer manager for McDonalds and New Technologies. I previously spent time mentoring small start-up companies on how to get new products to launch. I also worked with one of the Irish Co-ops in achieving BRC certification.

In April 2018, I joined Kerrygold Park as the customer relationship manager. This involved linking with the markets to align on in-market requirements and any new developments required in the products