Maintenance Engineer - Nights

Our Vacancies; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore in Northampton is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join our site team. You will carry out fault finding, planned and preventive maintenance on plant equipment to maximise reliability and performance, across our FMCG manufacturing environment.

You will be apprentice-trained with Level 3 qualifications, with experience in electrical and mechanical fault finding, and a proactive approach to learn and develop. This role operates on a 4 on 4 off night shift pattern.

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained engineer with Level 3 qualification.
• Experience as Maintenance Engineer in manufacturing/FMCG.
• Proactive, eager to learn and develop.
• Experience in electrical and mechanical fault finding.

Responsibilities

• Fault finding and preventative maintenance on plant equipment.
• Respond to internal customer needs to maximise production time.
• Maintain safety and audit-ready documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve health, safety and efficiency.
• Maintain manufacturing/packaging machinery.

Skills

Maintenance engineering experience

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical fault finding

Proactive mindset

Education

Apprenticeship Level 3

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 makeeverydaytaste 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

Here at Northampton, weoperateone of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a teamof around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day. We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps,rollsand sushi for Marks & Spencer.

Shift Pattern - 4 On 4 off Nights

What you’ll be doing

• 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

Whatwe’relooking for

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

As one of our maintenance engineers you will

• Be an apprentice trained engineer with a relevant qualification
• Have experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within manufacturing/FMCG or similar
• Utilise a proactive approach, with a willingness to learn and develop
• Have experience in electrical and mechanical fault finding

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we makeevery daytaste better.If this sounds like you join us, 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.

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