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Maintenance Engineer

Job Posted: a month ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Nantwich

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Job Description

Maintenance Engineer

Salary: Competitive salary
 
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contributions, Life insurance up to 4 x salary
 
Location: Pizza and Bread Aston, Nantwich, CW5 8DL
 
Ways of Working: Site Based
 
Hours of work: 4 on 4 off rotating days and nights - 06:00-18:00 / 18:00-06:00
 
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 every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 39 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 Nantwich, Aston, is a vibrant facility producing chilled speciality breads, including sliced baguettes, flatbreads, and dough balls. The site employs around 270 people and delivers high-quality products to a dedicated customer base.

What you'll be doing

In this busy and exciting role, you will use your engineering skills and problem-solving abilities to maintain and optimise our processing and packaging equipment to keep our operations running safely, smoothly and efficiently. Working closely with operational colleagues, you'll diagnose faults, complete repairs, support continuous improvement, and ensure our equipment delivers reliable, high-quality performance for our customers.

Role Accountabilities

• Prepare and carry out maintenance work on food and drink processing and packaging equipment
 
• Conduct planned and predictive maintenance to optimise performance and prevent downtime
 
• Respond promptly to breakdowns and carry out corrective actions
 
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation and pneumatic faults
 
• Support operational teams with machinery changeovers, set-ups and adjustments
 
• Manufacture or repair component parts to maintain equipment reliability
 
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects and technical performance reviews
 
• Identify and implement engineering solutions to improve efficiency and profitability
 
• Maintain accurate maintenance and engineering documentation
 
• Ensure maintenance tools and equipment are available, safe and well maintained

What we're looking for

• Level 2 Maths/English and a recognised Engineering Apprenticeship (C&G/EAL NVQ 3/4 or OAL FDEM)
 
• Ability to complete IET Wiring Regs, Level 2 Food Safety, CMMS and contractor control training in year one
 
• Multiskilled capability with an electrical bias
 
• Strong problem-solving, communication and teamwork skills
 
• Knowledge of SHE procedures
 
• Experience in fault finding, maintenance planning, IT systems and working to SOPs
 
• Mechanical/electrical knowledge including hydraulics, pneumatics, motors, PLCs and sensors
 
• Understanding of asset performance and spare parts management
 
• Desirable: IOSH Managing Safely, FMCG experience, continuous improvement, condition-based monitoring or reliability techniques

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

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