UP to thirty jobs are to be created when Woodie’s opens its first Co Clare store on the outskirts of Ennis.
Woodie’s are to open a new store in Ballymaley Business Park in Ennis in early summer with in the region of thirty jobs to be created. The posts include specialist positions in horticulture and replenishment plus full and part-time roles for store colleagues.
Speaking about the opening of the new store in Ennis and the recruitment campaign, Woodie’s CEO, Damien Dwyer said, “We’re really looking forward to opening our doors in Ennis this summer and becoming part of the local community. At Woodie’s, our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do.
“We’re proud to be a certified Great Place to Work and to foster an environment where people feel supported, valued and given opportunities to grow. We’re excited to meet people from Ennis and the surrounding areas who would like to join Team Woodie’s and build their career with us. If you’re looking for a new opportunity, then we’d love to hear from you,” he added.
In August, Ennis Industrial Properties Limited lodged a planning application on Woodie’s behalf to amalgamate three permitted retail warehouses to the south of Ballymaley Business Park into a single ground floor retail warehouse unit. An external garden centre has also been proposed to complement the retail warehousing use. A total of 108 parking spaces are proposed for the development including six accessible spaces and six EV spaces. A total of 28 bicycle parking spaces have also been proposed.
Clare County Council gave the green light for the development in September and included a condition that planning contributions of €21,000 were to be paid to the local authority.
The new store will be located on a site which has been vacant since 2008 when it was constructed. In the planning statement prepared by Enviroplan Consulting Ltd on behalf of the developers the plans provide “an opportunity to reinvigorate this vacant commercial premises with brownfield characteristics, to provide for a viable bulky retailing use”.
Ennis will become home to Woodie’s thirty sixth score in the country. For further information on available roles available at Woodie’s Ennis, and how to apply, visit www.woodies.ie/careers.
