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Engineering Section Lead

Job Posted: 6 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Newark

Expire in: 21 days

Job Description

Location: Greencore Desserts Newark, Jessop Way, NG24 2ER
 
Ways of Working: Site Based
 
Hours of work: Nights, 4 on 4 off
 
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 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.

What you'll be doing

As Engineering Section Leader on the Nights team, you will: 
 Prepare for food and drink maintenance work.    
 Conduct planned maintenance of food and drink processing and packaging assets  
Conduct predictive maintenance of food and drink processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring). 
Respond to breakdowns of food and drink processing and packaging assets. Conduct reactive maintenance or corrective actions to resolve deviation. 
 Identify  faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) on food and drink processing and packaging assets, action as  required .    
 Lead or support food and drink operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups .    
 Manufacture and repair component parts for food and drink processing and packaging assets.   
 Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise food and drink assets or processes. For example, participate in failure investigations to ensure process effectiveness and to contribute to and implement practical engineering solutions for efficiency and profitability.   
 Contribute to technical performance reviews in collaboration with other functions and stakeholders.      
 Maintain engineering documentation for food and drink maintenance work.   
 Support maintenance and operational team members in developing engineering technical competence .    
 E nsure availability and performance of maintenance tools and equipment .    
 Contribute to food and drink internal and external audits .    What we're looking for 
Level 2 qualification in Maths and English (or equivalent), plus a recognised engineering apprenticeship (C&G/EAL NVQ Level 3/4 or OAL FDEM Diploma). 
Food Safety Level 2 and IOSH Managing Safely qualifications, with a good working knowledge of the latest IET Wiring Regulations. 
Multi-skilled engineer with a strong electrical bias, hands-on experience across mechanical and electrical systems, and excellent fault-finding capability. 
Confident in maintenance planning, budget management, spare parts control, and the use of CMMS systems. 
Strong leadership, teamwork, and contractor management skills. 
Sound knowledge of safety, health, and environmental legislation, including risk assessment and risk management. 
Desirable experience within FMCG or food manufacturing, including hygienic engineering, continuous improvement, reliability techniques, and instrumentation configuration. 
Familiarity with productivity and improvement methodologies such as OEE and Lean. 
Experience of managing teams  
Must be able to work night shift We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.
 
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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