Site Services Engineer

Danish Crown A/S; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in Rochdale is seeking a maintenance engineer to manage site services equipment and ensure compliance with health and safety standards. Your role involves performing routine maintenance, resolving faults, and collaborating with contractors. Candidates must have experience in maintenance engineering, strong technical knowledge, and an NVQ Level 3 or above. A competitive benefits package including 28 days’ holiday is offered.

Benefits

28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced parental leave

Enhanced sick pay

Company pension scheme

Discounted meat for staff

Well-being programmes

Employee Assistance Programme

Free parking

Free tea and coffee

Development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Maintain site services equipment and compliance with legislation.
• Perform routine inspections and maintenance of site plant.
• Identify and resolve faults across systems.
• Support refrigeration systems and perform reactive maintenance.
• Liaise with external contractors to ensure compliance.
• Work at height following safety protocols.
• Keep records of inspections and activities.
• Collaborate with departments to improve reliability.
• Engage with contractors for permits and safety documents.

Skills

Site services or maintenance engineering experience

Technical knowledge of electrical systems

Technical knowledge of mechanical systems

Familiarity with ammonia refrigeration systems

Contractor management experience

Ability to work at height

Understanding of health & safety regulations

Experience using SAP CMMS

Willingness to work split shifts

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

Job description

Why come to Danish Crown?

• An amazing 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays – that’s 36 days holiday a year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and share parental leave
• Enhanced company sick pay
• company pension scheme
• Heavily discounted meat for all staff through the staff shop
• Well-being programmes, with free optional health care cash plans to cover your everyday healthcare costs and which offer a wide range of digital and virtual wellbeing tools to support both your health and the people you care about.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families
• Free parking at most of our premises
• Free tea and coffee on all sites
• Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business

We are a food company owned by Danish farmers, supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world. From butchers to business developers, we are more than 26,000 colleagues.

Job Summary

You will be required to maintain the site services equipment, service contracts, and compliance to legislation.

Site services covers refrigeration, compressed air, hot and cold water, vacuum system, HVAC and effluent treatment plant.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out routine inspections and maintenance of site plant and equipment.
• Proactively identify and resolve faults across electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems.
• Support ammonia-cooled refrigeration systems.
• Respond to breakdowns and perform reactive maintenance.
• Liaise with external contractors, ensuring compliance with site safety and operational standards.
• Work at height as required, following all safety protocols.
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, repairs, and contractor activities.
• Ensure compliance with site service standards, policies, and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with other departments to minimise downtime and improve reliability.
• Engage with contractors to ensure RAMS, insurance and training documents are accurate prior to permit to work issue. Issue permits to work to contractors and in house team.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in site services or maintenance engineering.
• Strong technical knowledge in electrical, mechanical, and plumbing disciplines.
• Familiarity with ammonia refrigeration systems (training can be provided).
• Experience dealing with contractors and managing third‑party works.
• Comfortable working at height (Warehouse systems and Cooling Towers, etc.).
• Understanding of site service compliance and health & safety regulations.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Experience using SAP CMMS or similar maintenance management systems.
• Willingness to work split shifts (earlies and lates).

Educational Requirements

NVQ Level 3 or above

Leadership Principles

• Totality: We always put the overall interests of the company first, sacrifice our own targets for the greater good, and actively resist silo culture.
• Talent: We always select the strongest team, prioritize diversity, and dare to hire people who are more skilled than we are.
• Ambition: We set ambitious targets and do not get excited about easily achieved green numbers, and we dare to “lean out” in the pursuit of better results.
• Trust: We fight every day against the “zero‑mistake culture” and accept that mistakes are part of our professional and personal development journey.
• Followership: We strive daily to create followership from our employed colleagues and act as role models by living out our values and leadership principles.