Maintenance Engineer

Greencore Group Lts; Wisbech; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading convenience food manufacturer in Wisbech is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for night shifts on a 4 on 4 off schedule. You will be responsible for carrying out maintenance tasks, fault finding, and ensuring all work is compliant with food safety standards. The ideal candidate will have experience as an engineer and a Level 3 qualification or equivalent experience. Join us at this fast-paced environment and enjoy competitive salary, holidays, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Employee discount platform

Access to Wellbeing Centre

Qualifications

• Completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification.
• Experience in diagnosing job maintenance and prioritizing daily activities.

Responsibilities

• Carry out maintenance tasks and site repairs to maximize productivity.
• Complete fault finding and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment.
• Maintain communication with the operations team about engineering activities.

Skills

Experience as an engineer

Problem solving

Prioritization skills

Education

Level 3 qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Why Greencore?

We're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.8bn.

Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.

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.

What You'll Be Doing

As Maintenance Engineer on Nights 4on 4off, you will carry out the day to day maintenance tasks and site repairs to assist operations in achieving maximum productivity.

• 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.

Shift: 4 on 4 off Nights

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.

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
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.