Graduate Programme - Food Safety & Quality

2-year Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) Graduate Programme at Kerry focused on food safety, quality control, manufacturing, auditing, risk assessment, laboratory work and continuous improvement through rotations across at least two manufacturing sites.

🌱 Grow Your Future at Kerry 

At Kerry, our purpose - Inspiring Food, Nourishing Life - comes to life through science, innovation and sustainable nutrition. From food and beverage to pharma, our teams use insight, technology and science-backed solutions to help solve real-world challenges for people, society and the planet. 

Our impact reaches billions, but it starts with curious people, fresh ideas and teams who care about making a difference. If you’re looking for a place to learn, contribute and grow, Kerry could be the place for you. 

🚀 Our Graduate Programme Your First Step Towards Leadership 

The programme combines 

• Rotations complete two main rotations over the 2-year programme, building breadth of exposure and readiness for future leadership roles. 

• Leadership development develop formal leadership skills through dedicated learning modules and ongoing career-focused mentoring. 

• Strategic projects work on projects that help solve real business challenges and give you the chance to make a meaningful contribution. 

• Senior leader exposure gain access to senior leaders who will help inspire, motivate and connect you to Kerry’s purpose and strategy from the start. 

• Graduate networks build relationships through our global and regional graduate networks, connecting with other graduates across the business. 

📊 Your FSQ Journey at Kerry 

As a Food Safety & Quality Graduate, you’ll help protect the safety, quality and consistency of the products we make, while learning how strong quality systems support our customers, consumers and manufacturing teams every day. 

Across your rotations, you’ll gain hands-on experience across at least two manufacturing sites, building exposure to different process technologies, products and end markets. You’ll work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and the wider Kerry FSQ community, developing the technical knowledge and practical confidence to grow into future Quality and Food Safety leadership roles. 

You could gain exposure to areas including 

• Quality and food safety projects across live manufacturing environments 

• Key performance indicators, trend analysis and continuous improvement actions 

• Auditing, inspections and risk assessments 

• Quality control, product specifications, analytical procedures and sampling programmes 

• Designed experiments, capability studies and data-led problem solving 

• Quality and safety systems, documentation and manufacturing readiness 

• Cross-functional project work with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and Health and Safety teams 

🔎 What We’re Looking For 

• You’re a graduate or soon-to-be graduate, on track for a 21 degree or equivalent in Food Technology, Chemistry, Food Science, Food Safety & Quality, Biotechnology, Science or another related field 

• You’re ambitious, open-minded and ready to learn through hands-on, lab-based work and real customer innovation projects 

• You’re fluent in English and ideally another language 

• You’re excited by science, technology and new ways of working, and keen to use data, digital tools and AI thoughtfully to improve how products are developed, tested and scaled 

• You’re eligible to work permanently in Europe  

• You’re open to travel and relocation as part of the programme 

🌟 What’s in It for You 

• Competitive package a graduate salary and benefits package aligned to the Country and location you join. 

• International experience opportunities to work with different teams, functions, and locations as part of a global business. 

• A long-term career path a permanent role from day one, with a structured programme designed to help you grow beyond your first placement.