Maintenance Engineer

Greencore Group; Kiveton Park; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance 4x salary

Company sharesave

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Greencore is seeking a multiskilled maintenance engineer at its Kiveton Park site. The role focuses on fault finding, preventative maintenance, and continuous improvements to maximise production uptime in a fast-moving food manufacturing environment.

You will work a 4 on 4 off rotating days and nights pattern, with responsibilities covering electrical and mechanical fault finding, documentation, and safety compliance. An accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience operating as an engineer in an accredited apprenticeship or equivalent with Level 3 qualification.
• Electrical bias with ability to fault-find electrical and mechanical issues.
• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in manufacturing/FMCG environments.
• Proactive approach and willingness to learn and develop.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Electrical bias

Maintenance engineering

FMCG manufacturing

Fault finding

Education

Level 3 qualification

Accredited apprenticeship

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we’reone 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’reproud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 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 thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in Kiveton employs over500 and is the UK’s largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals.

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off rotating days and nights

What You’ll Be Doing

Are you an experienced multiskilled 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:

• People who have experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification
• Electrically biased
• 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.

Whatyou’llget in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Companysharesave scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhancedparentalleave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported withon the jobtraining and development opportunities to further your career.