Maintenance Section Lead – Food & Packaging

Greencore (Formally Bakkavor Group); Devizes; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company share save scheme

Competitive matched pension contrib

Life insurance

Job summary

Greencore's Devizes site is seeking an Engineering Section Manager to lead a skilled engineering and operations team in maintaining and optimizing dessert processing and packaging lines. You will oversee planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

The role combines hands-on leadership with technical challenge, shaping processes and developing the team’s capabilities across electrical and mechanical systems in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Qualifications

• Level 2 Maths and English plus an engineering apprenticeship.
• IOSH/Health & Safety standards and food industry experience helpful.
• Strong fault-finding across electrical and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and optimization of processing and packaging assets.
• Plan, schedule, and supervise preventive and reactive maintenance activities.
• Identify and resolve electrical, instrumentation, and mechanical faults.
• Drive continuous improvement and efficiency projects.
• Maintain engineering documentation and KPIs.

Skills

Electrical bias

Mechanical skills

Fault finding

Leadership

Maintenance planning

CMMS experience

Education

Engineering apprenticeship

Maths & English Level 2

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Greencore's Devizes site is seeking an Engineering Section Manager to lead a skilled engineering and operations team in maintaining and optimizing dessert processing and packaging lines. You will oversee planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

The role combines hands-on leadership with technical challenge, shaping processes and developing the team’s capabilities across electrical and mechanical systems in a fast-paced FMCG environment.