Maintenance Engineer

Greencore Group Lts; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount

Wellbeing centre

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Greencore Wisbech is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to support our nights shift operations. You will perform fault finding and preventive maintenance on critical plant and equipment to maximise uptime.

Working on a permanent night shift pattern (4 on 4 off), you will collaborate with the operations team, maintain safety and quality standards, and drive continuous improvement across the site. The role requires an accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification, with strong diagnostic skills

Qualifications

• Experience as an engineer with an accredited apprenticeship or equivalent Level 3 qualification.
• Proven diagnostic and fault-finding abilities on plant and equipment.
• Ability to plan daily activities and coordinate with the shift team.

Responsibilities

• Carry out fault finding and preventative maintenance to maximise plant reliability.
• Diagnose problems and implement route cause fixes promptly.
• Maintain clear communication with operations about maintenance activities.
• Respond to internal customer needs to maximise production uptime.
• Ensure compliance with food safety standards and controls.
• Record stock movements and manage documentation for audits.
• Identify opportunities to improve health, safety and operational efficiency.

Skills

Engineering experience

Accredited apprenticeship

Level 3 qualification

Education

Engineering 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.

Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 450 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready to cook meals for major retailers such as Asda and Co-op.

Shift: Permanent Nights 4 on 4 off

What You'll Be Doing

As Maintenance Engineer you will carry out the day to day maintenance tasks and site repairs to assist operations in achieving maximum productivity.

• Complete fault finding, planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance.
• Carry out fault finding, problem solving and establish route cause fixes to address equipment issues.
• Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team ensuring they are fully aware of all relevant engineering activities and schedules.
• Respond to internal customer needs to maximise production up time according to given priorities.
• Comply with food safety standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely.
• Record any stock removed from the Engineering stores to ensure accurate stock control.
• Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and is audit ready.
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote Health and Safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness.

What We're Looking For

• People who have experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification
• Complete diagnosis of job maintenance.
• Prioritise own daily schedule and order of activities.
• Requesting Engineering parts via stores/Engineering Shift Manager.
• Refer to Engineering Shift Manager for specific work requests for significant process changes i.e. not like for like replacement to parts.
• Escalation to Shift Engineering Manager for performance driven issues as per local operating procedure.

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you, join us and 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.

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