Facilities Engineer

Greencore Group plc; Selby; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in Selby is looking for a Facilities Engineer. In this role, you will conduct maintenance on plant and equipment, ensure compliance with safety standards, and solve operational issues. Ideal candidates have electrical or mechanical skills, experience in a manufacturing environment, and strong communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for training and development. Join us and help drive our future success.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role or as an engineering apprentice.
• Ability to identify and implement sustainable solutions.
• Experience working with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Complete planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment.
• Carry out fault finding and problem solving.
• Comply with health and safety standards.
• Complete all necessary documentation accurately.
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvement.
• Support site maintenance team operations.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

Problem solving

Good communication skills

Experience in a manufacturing environment

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 everyday 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.

Here at Selby, we employ a team over 750 colleagues. A site steeped in history; we are the UK’s number one manufacturer of customer private label cooking sauces and pickles. We have been serving our customers out of our Selby site since 1914. We produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda.

What you’ll be doing

• Complete planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance
• Carry out fault finding, problem solving to establish root causes and identify and implement fixes to address plant or equipment issues
• Comply with all Greencore health and safety standards, safe systems of work and standard operating procedures in addition to legislative and compliance standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely
• Complete all necessary documentation in an accurate and timely fashion to ensure that comprehensive reporting and history is maintained and that records are always audit‑ready
• Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements on plant equipment efficiency and effectiveness
• Support the site maintenance team where required to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness, including engineering planning, administration duties, managing contractors and CMMS systems.

What we’re looking for

As one of our Facilities engineers you will

• Experience in a similar role or experience gained on the job as an engineering apprentice
• Can evidence electrical and / or mechanical skills and ability
• Evidence experience gained in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with problem solving and root cause identification, supported by the delivery of sustainable solutions
• Experience working with others as part of a diverse team
• Evidence of good communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Experienced working with computers

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

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

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