Maintenance Engineer

Greencore; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company share save scheme

Competitive matched pension

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Job summary

Greencore, a leading UK food producer, is hiring a Maintenance Engineer for our Park Royal site in West London. You will maintain and optimise food and drink processing and packaging assets to keep production running safely and efficiently.

You will perform planned and reactive maintenance, diagnose faults, and work with operations to implement improvements, while adhering to safety and quality standards. We offer a competitive salary, company share save scheme, comprehensive pension

Qualifications

• Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent with hands-on maintenance experience.
• IET Wiring Regulations and Level 2 Food Safety knowledge.
• Experience fault finding, maintenance planning and SOP compliance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and carry out maintenance on food and drink processing and packaging equipment.
• Conduct planned and predictive maintenance to optimise performance and prevent downtime.
• Respond to breakdowns with repairs and corrective actions.
• Diagnose electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and pneumatic faults.
• Support changeovers and adjustments of machinery.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and tool availability.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Teamwork

Maintenance planning

SOP adherence

IT systems

Education

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

IET Wiring Regulations Level 2

Level 2 Food Safety

Tools

CMMS

PLC knowledge

SHE procedures

Job description

Salary: Competitive salary

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

Location: Elveden London

Ways of Working: Site based

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

Contract Type: Permanent

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. 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 network, with 17 depots across the UK, ensures consumers enjoy fresh and frozen food from our own and trusted partners. The site in Park Royal, West London, spans three factories and a distribution centre, producing chilled ready meals, hummus 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 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 equipment delivers 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 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 Regulations, 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.

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.