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Maintenance Engineer

Job Posted: 6 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Newark

Expire in: 21 days

Job Description

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.

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join our expanding team and site in Newark!

Shift: 4 on 4 off, Days

The Maintenance Engineer will conduct planned and predictive maintenance to prevent issues occurring. Your role will lead or support the operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups. Working with other teams, you will contribute to technical performance reviews and continuous improvement activities. Our Maintenance Engineers work as part of a team or standalone, depending on the task. The role reports to the Engineering Teams Manager 

What you'll be doing 
 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 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.

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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