Maintenance Engineer

Greggs; Kettering; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks leave

Competitive pay

Colleague discount

Free hot drinks

Paid breaks

Profit sharing (10%)

Health & Wellbeing app

Career growth opportunities

Share plans

Pension scheme

Employee assistance program

Long service awards

Discounts on shopping

Job summary

Greggs is hiring a Maintenance Engineer at the Kettering Distribution Centre. You will maintain and improve production facilities and equipment, with a focus on reliability and safety across automated lines.

You will split time between engineering improvements, planned maintenance, and rapid breakdown resolution, working with site teams to boost performance and uptime.

Qualifications

• Multi-skilled manufacturing background, ideally within food or FMCG.
• Electrical bias, multi-skilled, apprentice level training.
• Experience with PLC automated control systems, fault-finding and analysis.
• Familiar with Microsoft 365, SAP, and CMMS; Agility experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Safely maintain and improve production facilities, equipment and services.
• Split time between developing engineering improvements, maintenance, and breakdown resolution.
• Collaborate with site teams to monitor performance and equipment reliability.

Skills

Multi-skilled manufacturing

Electrical bias

Communicating under pressure

PLC fault-finding

Education

Apprentice level training

Tools

Microsoft 365

SAP

CMMS

Job description

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Average of 42 hours a week, Day Shifts, including some weekend working on a rota

£44,920 per annum (include shift pattern).

Contract Hours:

Average of 42 hours a week

Location:

KETTERING

Closing Date:

15/11/2026

Job Category:

Supply Chain

Region / Site:

Kettering Distribution Centre

Business Unit:

Supplies & Distribution

About the role

Join us as a a Maintenance Engineer within our supply chain and you'll work as part of a great engineering team to safely maintain and improve the performance of production facilities, equipment and services.
Our food manufacturing sites use automated and semi-automated lines. Your time will be split between developing engineering improvements, planned maintenance activity and finding solutions to breakdowns quickly and effectively. You'll also work with the site teams to monitor and improve site performance and equipment reliability.

What we can offer you

• 6 weeks annual leave includes bank holidays
• Competitive pay
• Colleague discount allowing you and a family member to enjoy up to 50% off your favourite Greggs products
• Free hot drinks for you to enjoy while on shift
• Paid breaks allowing you to recharge your batteries
• We share 10% of all our profits with our colleagues
• Health and Wellbeing App providing Remote GP and Physiotherapy services
• Holiday entitlement that grows as your career grows with us
• Colleague share plans to help you invest and save for your future
• Pension scheme to help you plan for your future. We’ll match your contributions up to 7%
• Confidential employee assistance app and helpline to help with your wellbeing
• Longserviceawards celebrating key milestones in your career
• Savings and discounts for your everyday shopping, leisure and wellbeing

About you

You'll have worked in a similar role, ideally in a similar environment. You'll also:

• Have a mutli-skilled manufacturing background, ideally within the food or FMCG sectors
• Be electrically biased, multi-skilled and at a minimum, trained to an apprentice level
• Know what you're talking about when it comes to PLC automated control system, processes, fault-finding and analysis
• Be experienced with Microsoft 365 packages, SAP systems and are familiar with CMMS (or other), Agility experience would be desirable
• Be comfortable communicating with a wide variety of people, and you have the confidence to respond positively when under pressure
• Show that you're able to comply with Health and Safety and Food Safety standards
• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together
• Be supportive of an inclusive culture - recognising and valuing that difference is good

About us

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes us so special is our culture – how we behave and support each other. Everyone’s welcome at Greggs. Whatever their background, preferences or beliefs we want all of our colleagues to feel welcome and able to be themselves at work. You can read more about us here: Greggs Careers | About Greggs .