Maintenance Engineer - Selby

Negotiablewhy Greencore; Selby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Company share save scheme

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Greencore is recruiting a Maintenance Engineer for our Selby site in North Yorkshire. The role involves fault finding, planned and preventative maintenance on plant equipment to maximise reliability and production time, while complying with food safety standards and audit-ready record keeping.

We value a multiskilled engineer with mechanical and electrical bias, who has completed an accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification.

Qualifications

• Experience as an engineer in manufacturing/FMCG.
• Completed accredited apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification.
• Proactive, willing to learn and develop.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out fault finding, problem solving and planned and preventative maintenance on plant equipment to maximise reliability.
• Responding to internal customer needs to maximise production time.
• Complying with food safety standards and controls.
• Completing documentation to be audit ready.
• Identify opportunities for improvements to health & safety and operational efficiency.
• Maintenance on manufacturing/production/packaging machinery.

Skills

Multiskilled

Mechanical bias

Electrical bias

Maintenance Engineer

Education

Apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification

Job description

a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history; we are the UK's number one manufacturer of customer private label cooking sauces and pickles. We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914. We produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda. Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off rotating days and 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

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
• Multiskilled, Mechanically or Electrically biased
• Have experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within manufacturing/FMCG
• Utilise a proactive approach, with a willingness to learn and develop
• Have experience in electrical and mechanical fault finding
• If this sounds like you

Maintenance Engineer - Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 5BJ Permanent - Full-Time Salary: Negotiable

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 Selby , we employ

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
• 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.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.