Dairy Products Makers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Dairy Products Makers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 7513) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Butter maker
- Cheese maker
Latest dairy products makers job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
133 open ads- Dairy technologist
German title: Milchtechnologe
classica consulting GmbH · Neu-Ulm · Posted 2026-10-01 - Dairy technologist
German title: Milchtechnologe
Allgäu Milch Käse eG · Altusried · Posted 2026-09-30 - Dairy technologist
German title: Milchtechnologe/-technologin
Bruni Polke Zeitarbeit Nord GmbH · Radeberg, Sachsen · Posted 2026-09-29 - Dairy technologist
German title: Milchtechnologe
Molk.Weihenstephan Gmbh&C · Freising, Oberbayern · Posted 2026-09-23 - Dairy technologist
German title: Milchtechnologe
Biochem Zusatzstoffe Handels-u.Produktions GmbH · Lohne (Oldenburg) · Posted 2026-10-12 - Dairy technologist
German title: Milchtechnologe
Heinrichsthaler Milchwerke GmbH · Radeberg, Sachsen · Posted 2026-09-02
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Where dairy products makers are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all craft and related trades workers (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Shortage | €683 a month | Sofia: €650 |
| Czechia | Shortage | €1,370 a month | Prague: €1,250 |
| Italy | Shortage | €2,220 a month * | Rome: €1,300 |
| Lithuania | Shortage | €1,444 a month | Vilnius: €830 |
| Portugal | Shortage | €1,083 a month * | Lisbon: €1,400 |
| Slovakia | Shortage | €1,292 a month | Bratislava: €910 |
| Spain | Shortage | €1,890 a month | Madrid: €1,300 |
| Austria | Surplus | €3,048 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Finland | Surplus | €3,362 a month * | Helsinki: €1,150 |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all craft and related trades workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for dairy products makers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What dairy products makers do
Dairy products makers process butter and various types of cheese, cream or other dairy products.
Typical tasks
- Boiling or pasteurizing milk to achieve specified butter fat content
- Separating cream from milk and churning cream into butter
- Dumping measured amounts of starter and other ingredients into milk
- Curdling milk, heating curd until it reaches desired firmness, draining curd and placing cheese into moulds to press it into shape
- Salting cheese and piercing or smearing cheese with cultured wash to develop mould growth
- Placing and turning cheese blocks on shelves to cure cheese
- Monitoring product quality before packaging by inspecting, taking samples and adjusting treatment conditions when necessary
- Recording amounts of ingredients used, test results, and time cycles
Finding dairy products makers jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Butter maker".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.