Careers

Laboratory Technician - Pennybridge

Ref: UDF/2026/613

As part of a dedicated central laboratory team, working within modern purpose-built facilities, you will be responsible for checking, sorting and logging samples received into the laboratory

Packaging Project Manager

Ref: UDF/2026/612

Reporting to the Director of Production, the Packaging Project Manager will develop and implement innovative packaging solutions, which will improve product quality, product appeal and legislative requirements whilst maintaining operational performance.

Finance Systems Accountant

Ref: UDF/2026/611

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will play a dual role in delivering accurate and timely financial information and ensuring finance systems, processes and data flows support reliable, efficient financial operations.

Production Team Leader - Ash Manor

Ref: UDF/2026/610

As a Production Team Leader you will have responsibility of leading a team of operatives in the production area for the cheese cutting and packing lines to deliver best in class standards and performance in efficiency, output, quality and safety to satisfy and exceed customer requirements.

Maintenance Engineering Technician - Ash Manor

Ref: UDF/2026/609

As a Maintenance Engineer Technician, you will be an integral part of a small multiskilled team responsible for maintenance, repair and optimisation of our production equipment to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the factory. You will also work closely with Production colleagues to ensure that equipment is correctly set up and maintained, monitor performance and carryout fault diagnosis, running adjustments/repairs as necessary in a fast-paced cheese packing environment.

Production Operative - Ash Manor

Ref: UDF/2026/607

As a Production Operative, you will be a key member of the Grating and Packing facilities playing a vital role in ensuring safe and efficient production and packing of quality grated cheese.

Warehouse Operative - Ash Manor

Ref: UDF/2026/600

As a Warehouse Operative, you will be an integral part of a team dedicated to the efficient running of the despatch/distribution process of material and finished good products. The successful candidate will be required to locate and despatch product throughout the site, ensuring product is rotated and dispatched in accordance with instructions.

Receptionist

Ref: UDF/2026/599

Dale Farm is the largest UK farmer-owned cooperative, owned by 1,300 UK farmers. We supply a wide range of dairy products, including cheese, butter, dairy spreads, fresh milk and ice cream to consumers and as food ingredients into the UK, Irish and international markets. Core to our success is our people, and we now have an exciting opportunity for a Receptionist on a permanent and part time basis, based at our Head Office in Belfast.

Production Line Leader - Retail Cheese

Ref: UDF/2026/606

Dale Farm is a leading daily company supplying a wide range of branded consumer products and food ingredients into the UK, Irish and international markets. We now invite applications for the following full time permanent position within our Cookstown Dunman Cheese Factory.

Despatch Operative - Pennybridge

Ref: UDF/2026/605

Dale Farm Cooperative is a UK dairy farmer co-operative owned by over 1200 dairy farmers who supply us with fresh milk. Dale Farm has operations throughout the UK and Ireland producing and distributing a wide range of dairy products which it sells across the UK and Ireland as well as exporting to over 45 countries worldwide.