Maintenance Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Consett; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the food manufacturing sector is seeking a skilled maintenance engineer to join their dynamic team. This role involves ensuring the reliability and performance of various plant equipment while adhering to strict food safety standards. The company values diversity and offers a supportive environment for professional growth, alongside competitive salaries and benefits. If you are an apprentice-trained electrical engineer with a proactive mindset and a passion for continuous improvement, this is an excellent opportunity to drive your career forward in a vibrant workplace.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company Share Save Scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee Discount Platform

Access to Wellbeing Centre

Qualifications

• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in FMCG or manufacturing.
• Proactive approach with a willingness to learn and develop.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fault finding and preventative maintenance on plant equipment.
• Ensure compliance with food safety standards and controls.

Skills

Electrical Fault Finding

Mechanical Fault Finding

Planned Maintenance

Problem Solving

Health & Safety Compliance

Education

Formal Engineering Qualification

Apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Manufacturing Machinery

Production Equipment

Packaging Machinery

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.

We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Here in Consett, we have a team of around 280 colleagues. We produce a range of chilled ready meals for some of the UK's leading retailers, including Co-op, Sainsbury's and Weight Watchers.

What You'll Be Doing

Are you an experienced electrically biased 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:

• Be an apprentice trained electrical engineer with a formal engineering qualification
• 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
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

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