Maintenance Engineer

Greencore; Wisbech; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing centre access

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore in Wisbech is seeking a permanent Night Shift Engineer to carry out fault finding, preventative maintenance and continuous improvement on plant and equipment to maximise uptime. You will work 4 on 4 off nights, coordinating with operations to ensure production readiness and compliance with food safety standards.

The role requires an accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification and proven diagnostic skills, with a focus on reliability, safety and documentation.

Qualifications

• Accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification.
• Ability to diagnose maintenance tasks.
• Prioritise daily schedule and workflow.

Responsibilities

• Complete fault finding, planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment to maximise reliability.
• Carry out fault finding and root-cause analysis to address issues.
• Maintain communication with operations teams about engineering activities and schedules.
• Respond to internal customer needs to maximise production uptime.
• Comply with food safety standards and ensure safe working practices.
• Record stock movements and maintain inventory accuracy.
• Complete necessary documentation accurately and audit-ready.
• Identify opportunities to improve health, safety and efficiency.

Skills

Apprenticeship

Level 3 qualification

Maintenance diagnosis

Education

Accredited apprenticeship

Level 3 qualification

Job description

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 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 the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 450 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready to cook meals for major retailers such as Asda and Co-op.

Shift: Permanent Nights 4 on 4 off

What You'll Be Doing

• Complete fault finding, planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance.
• Carry out fault finding, problem solving and establish route cause fixes to address equipment issues.
• Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team ensuring they are fully aware of all relevant engineering activities and schedules.
• Respond to internal customer needs to maximise production up time according to given priorities.
• Comply with food safety standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely.
• Record any stock removed from the Engineering stores to ensure accurate stock control.
• Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and is audit ready .
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote Health and Safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness.

What We're Looking For

• People who have experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification
• Complete diagnosis of job maintenance.
• Prioritise own daily schedule and order of activities.
• Requesting Engineering parts via stores/Engineering Shift Manager.
• Refer to Engineering Shift Manager for specific work requests for significant process changes i.e. not like for like replacement to parts.
• Escalation to Shift Engineering Manager for performance driven issues as per local operating procedure.

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. 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.