Maintenance Engineer (Days)
full-time•Newark and Sherwood
About this role
Maintenance Engineer (Days)
Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Pension up to 8% matched, Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location : Newark Desserts, Jessop Way, Newark, NG24 2ER
Site based
4on 4off Days : 05:45am-17:45pm
Contract Type – Permanent
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 every day taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud 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 the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Our site in Newark, Nottinghamshire, specialises in producing a range of chilled desserts, including trifles, creamcakes, and choux pastries. The site employs over 1,800 people and operates in a fast-paced, high-volume production environment.
What you’ll be doing
In this busy and exciting role, you will bring your engineering skills and problem-solving abilities to our team to help maintain and optimise our food and drink processing and packaging assets.
You’ll play a key part in keeping production running smoothly, safely, and efficiently - ensuring that our equipment performs at its best to deliver high-quality products for our customers.
You’ll be involved in a wide range of engineering activities, from planned and predictive maintenance to responding to breakdowns and implementing improvements.
Working closely with operational teams, you’ll use your technical expertise to diagnose faults, carry out repairs, and contribute to continuous improvement projects that enhance efficiency, reliability, and profitability.
Role Accountabilities:
- Prepare and carry out maintenance work on food and drink processing and packaging equipment.
- Conduct planned and predictive maintenance to optimise performance and prevent downtime.
- Respond promptly to breakdowns, carrying out repairs or corrective actions as required.
- Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatic faults.
- Support operational teams with machinery changeovers, set-ups, and adjustments.
- Manufacture or repair component parts to maintain equipment reliability.
- Contribute to continuous improvement projects and technical performance reviews.
- Identify and implement engineering solutions to improve efficiency and profitability.
- Maintain accurate maintenance and engineering documentation.
- Ensure maintenance tools and equipment are available, safe, and well maintained.
- Support and mentor team members to develop technical skills and competence.
- Participate in internal and external audits to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
What we’re looking for
- Level 2 Maths/English; recognised Engineering Apprenticeship (C&G/EAL NVQ 3/4 or OAL FDEM).
- First‑year requirements: IET Wiring Regs, Level 2 Food Safety, CMMS training, contractor control.
- Role develops multi‑skilled capability with electrical bias.
- Strong problem‑solving, communication and teamwork.
- Knowledge of SHE procedures.
- Experience in fault finding, maintenance planning, IT systems and following SOPs.
- Mechanical/electrical knowledge: hydraulics, pneumatics, motors, PLCs, sensors.
- Understanding of asset performance and spare parts management.
- Desirable: IOSH Managing Safely, FMCG experience, continuous improvement, condition‑based monitoring, reliability techniques.
We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.
If this sounds like you, join us and 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
- Life insurance up to 4x salary
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
- Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.
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What you'll do
- The Maintenance Engineer will maintain and optimize food and drink processing and packaging assets, ensuring smooth and efficient production. Responsibilities include conducting planned maintenance, responding to breakdowns, and contributing to continuous improvement projects.
About Bakkavor
Bakkavor Group is a leading provider in the fresh prepared food market, specialising in developing private label products for top global grocery retailers and well-known international foodservice operators.
In the UK, our customers include some of the UK’s best known grocery retailers including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Asda and Morrisons, who sell our products to consumers under their respective retailer brands.
We have operations in the US from which we supply fresh meals to both national and regional grocery retailers, as well as direct-to-consumer customers.
We also have sourcing teams in Murcia, Spain and in Shanghai & Shandong province in China.
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What does a Maintenance Engineer (Days) do at Bakkavor?
As a Maintenance Engineer (Days) at Bakkavor, you will: the Maintenance Engineer will maintain and optimize food and drink processing and packaging assets, ensuring smooth and efficient production. Responsibilities include conducting planned maintenance, responding to breakdowns, and contributing to continuous improvement projects..
Is the Maintenance Engineer (Days) position at Bakkavor remote?
The Maintenance Engineer (Days) position at Bakkavor is based in Newark and Sherwood, England, United Kingdom. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.
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