Maintenance Engineer

Greencore; Brighton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holiday entitlement

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore is seeking a multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join our 4 on 4 off days and nights shift pattern. You will fault-find, maintain and improve plant equipment to maximise reliability while ensuring food safety compliance.

We welcome engineers with an accredited Level 3 apprenticeship, electrically biased with FMCG/manufacturing experience. In return, Greencore offers a competitive salary and benefits package including pension, life insurance, and employee discounts.

Qualifications

• Experience operating as an engineer with an accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification.
• Electrically biased with maintenance expertise in FMCG/manufacturing.
• Experience in electrical and mechanical fault finding.
• Proactive approach and willingness to learn and develop.
• Experience in maintenance engineering within manufacturing/FMCG is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out fault finding, problem solving and planned and preventative maintenance on plant equipment to maximise reliability and performance.
• Respond to internal customer needs to maximise production time according to given priorities.
• Comply with food safety standards and controls to ensure work is carried out correctly and safely.
• Complete all necessary documentation ensuring it is kept accurate and is audit ready.
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote Health & Safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintenance on a range of manufacturing/production/packaging machinery.

Skills

Multiskilled maintenance

Electrically biased

Maintenance engineering experience

Proactive learner

Education

Completed accredited apprenticeship (Level 3)

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in Kiveton employs over 500 and is the UK's largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals.

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off rotating days and nights

What You'll Be Doing

Are you an experienced multiskilled maintenance engineer from an FMCG/Food background looking for a new challenge?

As one of our highly skilled maintenance engineers you will be responsible for:

• Carrying out fault finding, problem solving and planned and preventative maintenance on plant equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance
• Responding to internal customer needs to maximise production time according to given priorities
• Complying with food safety standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely
• Completing all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and is audit ready
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote Health & Safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness
• Maintenance on a range of manufacturing/production/packaging machinery

What We're Looking For

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

As one of our maintenance engineers you will:

• People who have experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification
• Electrically biased
• Have experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within manufacturing/FMCG
• Utilise a proactive approach, with a willingness to learn and develop
• Have experience in electrical and mechanical fault finding

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.