Maintenance Engineer

Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group); Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share save scheme

Pension contributions

Life insurance 4x salary

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount

Job summary

Greencore, a leading UK food producer, is hiring a Maintenance Engineer for a site-based role at our Park Royal facility in West London. The position runs Sunday to Thursday, 22:00–06:30, with a permanent contract and a competitive benefits package.

You will maintain and optimise food and drink processing and packaging assets, diagnose faults, perform repairs and support continuous improvement to ensure safe, efficient production and quality output.

Qualifications

• Level 2 Maths/English; recognised Engineering Apprenticeship (C&G/EAL NVQ 3/4 or OAL FDEM)
• IET Wiring Regs and Food Safety Level 2 as a minimum
• Role develops multi-skilled capability with an electrical bias
• Strong problem solving, communication and teamwork
• Knowledge of SHE procedures and SOPs
• Experience in fault finding and maintenance planning
• Familiarity with IT systems and asset management

Responsibilities

• Prepare and carry out maintenance work on processing and packaging equipment
• Conduct planned and predictive maintenance to minimise downtime
• Respond to breakdowns and perform repairs
• Diagnose electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation faults
• Support changeovers, setups and adjustments
• Manufacture or repair components to maintain reliability
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects and performance reviews
• Identify and implement solutions to improve efficiency and profitability
• Maintain maintenance documentation and safety standards
• Mentor peers to develop technical skills

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

Electrical knowledge

Mechanical knowledge

Fault finding

Maintenance planning

SOPs

SHE procedures

Multiskilled

Education

Engineering Apprenticeship

IET Wiring Regs

Food Safety Level 2

CMMS training

Contractor control

Tools

PLC familiarity

Hydraulics

Pneumatics

Instrumentation

IT systems

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

Salary: Competitive salary

Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contributions, Life insurance, Life insurance up to 4x salary

Location: Elveden London

Ways of Working: Site based

Hours of work: Sunday-Thursday 22:00pm-06:30am

Contract Type: Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we are 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 are 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.

What you’ll be doing

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 will 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.

What we’re looking for

• 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 an 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.

We are proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

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.