Maintenance Engineer - Nights

Greencore Group; Wisbech; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holiday entitlement

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Company Sharesave

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore Group in Wisbech is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to work permanent nights on a 4 on 4 off pattern. You will carry out day-to-day maintenance tasks and site repairs to support operations and maximise productivity.

The role covers fault finding, preventative maintenance on plant and equipment, coordinating with the operations team, and ensuring food safety standards are met. Prior experience in engineering, plus an accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification, is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience as an engineer with an accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 engineering qualification.
• Experience diagnosing maintenance issues and prioritising tasks.

Responsibilities

• Complete fault finding and planned/ preventative maintenance on plant to maximise reliability.
• Carry out fault finding, problem solving and establish root-cause fixes.
• Maintain communication with operations regarding activities and schedules.
• Respond to internal needs to maximise production up time.
• Comply with food safety standards in all work.
• Record stock removed from Engineering stores for stock control.
• Complete necessary documentation and keep it audit-ready.
• Identify opportunities to improve health and safety and operational efficiency.

Skills

Engineering experience

Apprenticeship/Level 3

Education

Level 3 engineering qualification

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.

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 Pattern: 4 on 4 off Permanent Nights

What You’ll Be Doing

As Maintenance Engineer on Nights 4 on 4 off, 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.

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 makeevery daytaste 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
• Companysharesave 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.