Maintenance Engineer

Greencore

Wembley

On-site

GBP 36,000 - 48,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Company share save scheme

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Competitive pension contributions

Wellbeing Centre access

Employee discount platform

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Greencore’s Park Royal site in London requires a Maintenance Engineer to maintain and optimise our food and drink processing and packaging assets. You’ll diagnose faults, perform repairs, and support continuous improvement to keep production running safely and efficiently.

The role involves planned and reactive maintenance in a high-volume environment, working Sunday to Thursday night shifts. You’ll work with operations to improve reliability and performance, with training and development

Qualifications

Engineering apprenticeship with electrical bias.
IET Wiring Regs, Level 2 Food Safety, CMMS training.
Strong problem-solving, communication and teamwork.
Knowledge of SHE procedures.
Experience in fault finding and maintenance planning.

Responsibilities

Prepare and carry out maintenance on food processing and packaging equipment.
Conduct planned and predictive maintenance to optimise performance.
Respond to breakdowns with repairs or corrective actions.
Diagnose electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatic faults.
Support teams with machine changeovers and adjustments.
Maintain accurate maintenance documentation.
Identify and implement efficiency improvements.

Skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Communication

Electrical bias

Maintenance planning

Education

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

Level 2 Maths/English

Tools

CMMS

IT systems

PLC knowledge

Job description

Job Description

Salary: Competitive salary

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

Location : Abbeydale 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’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.

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’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.

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 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.

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