Maintenance Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading UK convenience food company located in Selby seeks an experienced HR Business Partner for a fixed-term contract covering maternity leave. This full-time role involves maintaining plant equipment, problem-solving, and ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Candidates should have experience in FMCG manufacturing, possess an accredited apprenticeship or equivalent, and be proactive in their approach. Competitive salary, holidays, and several employee benefits are offered, along with opportunities for career growth and development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Employee discount platform

Access to Wellbeing Centre

Qualifications

• Experience as a Maintenance Engineer in FMCG/manufacturing.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills.
• Proficiency in electrical and mechanical fault finding.

Responsibilities

• Perform fault finding and preventative maintenance on machinery.
• Respond to production needs effectively.
• Maintain food safety and compliance standards.

Skills

Engineering experience

Problem-solving

Fault finding

Proactive approach

Electrical and mechanical skills

Education

Completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent

Level 3 qualification

Tools

Manufacturing/production machinery

Job description

Why Greencore?

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 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.

Our Selby site is home to over 750 colleagues and a proud heritage. As the UK’s number one manufacturer of private-label cooking sauces and pickles, we’ve been serving customers since 1914. Today, we produce more than 160 million units a year across 600 product lines for major retailers including Morrisons, Tesco and Asda.

We’re looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join us on a fixed-term contract, covering maternity leave from January 2026 for around 10.5 months. Because this role is rooted in our people and our day-to-day operations, you’ll work full‑time from our Selby site (YO8 5BJ).

What You’ll Be Doing

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

As one of our highly skilled maintenance engineers you will be responsible for:

• 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

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.

As one of our maintenance engineers you will:

• People who have experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification
• Have experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within manufacturing/FMCG
• 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

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