Maintenance Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading convenience food company located in Sefton is seeking a multiskilled maintenance engineer. The role involves performing fault finding and maintenance on plant equipment to ensure reliability and adherence to food safety standards. Ideal candidates should have a Level 3 qualification in Engineering and experience in an FMCG setting. This position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits, aiming to support career growth and development within the company.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Employee discount platform

Access to wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within manufacturing/FMCG.
• Completion of an accredited apprenticeship.
• Willingness to learn and develop.

Responsibilities

• Carry out fault finding and planned maintenance on plant equipment.
• Ensure compliance with food safety standards.
• Document maintenance activities accurately and keep records audit ready.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in Health & Safety.

Skills

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical fault finding

Proactive approach

Problem solving

Education

Level 3 qualification in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Why Greencore?

We’reone 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’reproud 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 thevery 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 Crosby, we have a team of around 300 colleagues. We produce sushi for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s.

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.