Maintenance Engineer
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. Here at Spalding, we have a team of around 540 colleagues. We produce coleslaw, potato salad, salad bar bulk products (2kg), pasta salads and couscous/grains for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Morrisons, Co-op, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Nando's and Pizza Hut. Our Spalding site has a restaurant with hot food available to all our colleagues.What You'll Be DoingAs Maintenance Engineer you will manage the the day to day maintenance tasks and site repairs to assist operations in achieving maximum productivity.Shift: on 3's & 2's NightsComplete fault finding, planned and preventative maintenance on plant and equipment to maximise equipment reliability and performance.Carry out fault finding, problem solving and establish route cause fixes to address equipment issues.Maintain ongoing communications with the operations team ensuring they are fully aware of all relevant engineering activities and schedules.Respond to internal customer needs to maximise production up time according to given priorities.Comply with food safety standards and controls to ensure all work is carried out correctly and safely.Record any stock removed from the Engineering stores to ensure accurate stock control.Complete all necessary documentation ensuring that it is kept accurate and is audit ready .Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote Health and Safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness.What We're Looking ForAt 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.People who have experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate Level 3 qualification Complete diagnosis of job maintenance.Prioritise own daily schedule and order of activities.Requesting Engineering parts via stores/Engineering Shift Manager.Refer to Engineering Shift Manager for specific work requests for significant process changes i.e. not like for like replacement to parts.Escalation to Shift Engineering Manager for performance driven issues as per local operating procedure.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 ReturnCompetitive salary and job-related benefitsHolidaysPension up to 8% matchedLife insurance up to 4x salaryCompany share save schemeGreencore QualificationsExclusive Greencore employee discount platformAccess to a full Wellbeing Centre platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
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