Maintenance Engineer
Greencore is 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 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.95bn.
Our extensive direct‑to‑store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food — both our own and from trusted partners — to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
At Greencore, we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.
Here at Wisbech, we have a team of 450 colleagues and manufacture premium chilled ready‑to‑cook meals for major retailers such as Asda and Co‑op.
What You'll Be Doing
* Carry out the day‑to‑day maintenance tasks and site repairs to assist operations in achieving maximum productivity.
* Complete fault finding, planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance.
* Carry out fault finding, problem solving and establish root cause fixes to address equipment issues.
* Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team ensuring they are fully aware of all relevant engineering activities and schedules.
* Respond to internal customer needs to maximise production up time according to given priorities.
* Comply with food safety standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely.
* Record any stock removed from the Engineering stores to ensure accurate stock control.
* Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and is audit ready.
* Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote health and safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Shift: 4 on 4 off Nights
What We're Looking For
* Experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification.
* Complete diagnosis of job maintenance.
* Prioritise own daily schedule and order of activities.
* Request Engineering parts via stores/Engineering Shift Manager.
* Refer to Engineering Shift Manager for specific work requests for significant process changes I.e. not like‑for‑like replacement of parts.
* Escalation to Shift Engineering Manager for performance‑driven issues as per local operating procedure.
What You'll Get in Return
* Competitive salary and job‑related benefits.
* Holidays.
* Pension up to 8% matched.
* Life insurance up to 4× salary.
* Company share savings scheme.
* Greencore Qualifications.
* Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform.
* Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform.
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on‑the‑job training and development opportunities to further your career.
Seniority Level
Entry level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function & Industries
Manufacturing – Food and Beverage Manufacturing.
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