Maintenance Engineer

Greencore Group plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

WellbeingCentre access

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Greencore Group plc in London is seeking an ambitious maintenance engineer to keep processing and packaging assets running safely and efficiently. You will perform planned, predictive and breakdown maintenance across food production lines, diagnose faults, and implement improvements to boost reliability and profitability.

You will work closely with operational teams, maintain documentation, and mentor junior colleagues in a fast-paced, high-volume environment at our Park Royal site in West

Qualifications

• Level 2 Maths/English; recognised Engineering Apprenticeship (C&G/EAL NVQ 3/4 or OAL FDEM).
• First-year requirements: IET Wiring Regs, Level 2 Food Safety, CMMS training, contractor control.
• Role develops multi-skilled capability with electrical bias.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and carry out maintenance work on food and drink processing and packaging equipment.
• Conduct planned and predictive maintenance to optimise performance and prevent downtime.
• Respond promptly to breakdowns, carrying out repairs or corrective actions as required.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatic faults.
• Support operational teams with machinery changeovers, set-ups, and adjustments.
• Manufacture or repair component parts to maintain equipment reliability.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects and technical performance reviews.
• Identify and implement engineering solutions to improve efficiency and profitability.
• Maintain accurate maintenance and engineering documentation.
• Ensure maintenance tools and equipment are available, safe, and well maintained.
• Support and mentor team members to develop technical skills and competence.
• Participate in internal and external audits to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.

Skills

Fault finding

Maintenance planning

IT systems

SOP compliance

Teamwork

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship (C&G/EAL NVQ 3/4 or OAL FDEM)

Tools

CMMS software

Electrical testing tools

Job description

In this busy and exciting role, you will bring your engineering skills and problem-solving abilities to our team to help maintain and optimise our food and drink processing and packaging assets. You'll play a key part in keeping production running smoothly, safely, and efficiently - ensuring that our equipment performs at its best to deliver high-quality products for our customers. You'll be involved in a wide range of engineering activities, from planned and predictive maintenance to responding to breakdowns and implementing improvements. Working closely with operational teams, you'll use your technical expertise to diagnose faults, carry out repairs, and contribute to continuous improvement projects that enhance efficiency, reliability, and profitability.

Role Accountabilities:

• Prepare and carry out maintenance work on food and drink processing and packaging equipment.
• Conduct planned and predictive maintenance to optimise performance and prevent downtime.
• Respond promptly to breakdowns, carrying out repairs or corrective actions as required.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatic faults.
• Support operational teams with machinery changeovers, set-ups, and adjustments.
• Manufacture or repair component parts to maintain equipment reliability.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects and technical performance reviews.
• Identify and implement engineering solutions to improve efficiency and profitability.
• Maintain accurate maintenance and engineering documentation.
• Ensure maintenance tools and equipment are available, safe, and well maintained.
• Support and mentor team members to develop technical skills and competence.
• Participate in internal and external audits to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.

Requirements:

• Level 2 Maths/English; recognised Engineering Apprenticeship (C&G/EAL NVQ 3/4 or OAL FDEM).
• First-year requirements: IET Wiring Regs, Level 2 Food Safety, CMMS training, contractor control.
• Role develops multi-skilled capability with electrical bias.
• Strong problem-solving, communication and teamwork.
• Knowledge of SHE procedures.
• Experience in fault finding, maintenance planning, IT systems and following SOPs.
• Mechanical/electrical knowledge: hydraulics, pneumatics, motors, PLCs, sensors.
• Understanding of asset performance and spare parts management.
• Desirable: IOSH Managing Safely, FMCG experience, continuous improvement, condition-based monitoring, reliability techniques.

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 39 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 Park Royal, West London, spans three factories and a distribution centre. The site produces a variety of chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products, and savoury accompaniments, employing over 2,000 people in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

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.