Maintenance Engineer

Greencore Group plc; Warrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading convenience food manufacturer is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer at their Warrington site. The role involves fault finding, problem-solving, and planned maintenance on production equipment. Ideal candidates will possess Level 3 qualifications, an apprenticeship background, and prior experience in FMCG manufacturing. Greencore offers competitive salaries, job-related benefits, and training opportunities to support career growth. Join us to help drive our future success.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Access to Wellbeing Centre platform

Qualifications

• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in manufacturing or FMCG.
• Apprentice trained engineer with relevant qualifications.
• Willingness to learn and develop.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fault finding and preventative maintenance on plant equipment.
• Respond to internal customer needs to maximize production time.
• Ensure compliance with food safety standards.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical fault finding

Proactive approach

Problem solving

Education

Level 3 qualification

Completed accredited apprenticeship

Tools

Manufacturing/production machinery

Packaging machinery

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we’reone 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’reproud 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 thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.

Are you an experienced multiskilled maintenance engineer from an FMCG/Food background looking for a new challenge?

What You’ll Be Doing

• Carrying out fault finding, problem solving and planned and preventative maintenance on plant equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance
• Responding to internal customer needs to maximise production time according to given priorities
• Complying with food safety standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely
• Completing all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and is audit ready
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote Health & Safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness
• Maintenance on a range of manufacturing/production/packaging machinery

Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off - rotating days and nights

What We’re Looking For:

People who have experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification

As one of our maintenance engineers you will

• Be an apprentice trained engineer with a relevantqualifications
• Have experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within manufacturing/FMCG or similar
• Utilise a proactive approach, with a willingness to learn and develop
• Have experience in electrical and mechanical fault finding

If this sounds like you join us, 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
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

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.

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.