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Engineer - Day Shift

Job Posted: 5 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Boston

Expire in: 23 days

Job Description

Engineer

Salary: Competitive salary
 
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension up contributions, Life insurance up to 4x salary
 
Location: Old Leake (PE22 9PN) Near Boston
 
Ways of Working: Site based
 
Hours of work: 3's & 2's / 06:00-18:00
 
Contract Type: Permanent

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 everyday 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.

Our site in Old Leake, just outside Boston, Lincolnshire, specialises in chilled Italian ready meals and modern deli products for a dedicated customer. The site employs around 700 people and operates in a fast-paced production environment.

What you'll be doing

In this busy and exciting role, you will conduct planned and predictive maintenance to prevent equipment issues and ensure smooth operations.

You will lead or support operational teams with machinery changeovers and setups, working closely with other teams to contribute to technical performance reviews and continuous improvement activities.

Maintenance Engineers in this role work both as part of a team and independently, depending on the task, and report to the Engineering Teams Manager.

Role Accountabilities: 
Conduct planned maintenance of processing and packaging assets.   
Conduct predictive maintenance of food processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring). 
Respond to breakdowns. 
Conduct reactive maintenance or corrective actions to resolve deviation. 
Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) and action as required. 
Lead or support operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups. 
Manufacture and repair component parts for processing and packaging assets. 
Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise assets or processes. What we're looking for 
Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4 or OAL FDEM Diploma) 
Current Edition of IET Wiring Regulations (C&G Level 3, achieve within 12 months). 
Application of Safety, Health and Environmental legislation and procedures 
Planning works and writing reports. 
Verify assets meet performance criteria after work. 
Reading and adhering to site SOPs. 
CMMS experience (achieve within 12 months). 
Electrical bias. 
Experience in the following would be advantageous - Mechanical principles, F&D assets, welding, machining, turning, hydraulic, pneumatic & thermodynamics systems and / or, electrical principals, motors, motor control circuits, motion control, encoders, PLCs, sensors. We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

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 
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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