General Operative Factory

KILKENNY LIMESTONE QUARRIES LIMITEDSouth-EastEURESpaskelbta 2026-08-19

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Hourly rate of pay (range) €17.02 Hours of work per week 39 Overtime Time and a half, payable after 39 hours Shift Allowance Available at 22% on shift work Annual Leave 22 days per year Pension CWPS Scheme Sick Pay CWPS Scheme Death in Service CWPS Scheme Service Pay Applicable after 5 years Normal hours Monday – Thursday 8.00am to 4:30pm Friday – 8.00am to 3:30pm

Responsibilities:

  • Cutting stone with machinery (saws/wire saws) in either quarry / factory or both.
  • Store, load, unload and move materials around the premises on a fork truck or gantry, discarding of waste into the skips (with/without fork truck)
  • Manual Handling unaided (lifting physical stone / consumables such as blades / timbers / skids into position or skips)
  • Processing stone to a finished product (unloading and reloading pallets/crates), whilst putting tiles through a processing machine.
  • Selecting and packing of finished product from a cutting table or production line onto a pallet or into a crate.
  • Operating Heavy Machinery such a loader/dumper/excavator/drill rig within the quarry or factory premises.
  • Operating cranes/gantry with use of chains / slings / suction pads or slab-grabber.
  • Grading slabs for quality purpose where applicable.
  • Cleaning / Wash-down the workplace on a regular base with both power washer or normal washdown hoses (use brushes / shovels when needed)
  • Standing on level and unlevel ground whilst waiting for machinery to arrive
  • Using a computer to print labels and attach these labels to slabs or blocks with the use of a silicon-gun.
  • Routine scheduled maintenance such as oil and lubrication top-up, vehicle inspection, fueling your vehicle.
  • Request paperwork from admin/supervisors for incoming/outgoing collections.

This list is not exclusive and can be updated at any time.