Junior Engineer

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we’reone of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to makeeverydaytaste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business,we’reproud 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 thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in
Kiveton employs over
500 and is the UK’s largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals.

To carry out the day-to-day maintenance tasks and site repairs to assist operations in achieving maximum productivity, directed by the Engineering Shift Leader, working4 on 4 off days and nights!

• Complete fault finding (within skill set), 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

• Maintenance of Engineering Systems within a manufacturing environment
• Experience of a multi-skilled engineering environment - these may be trained or developed, they do not all need to be in place at recruitment
• Comply within time scales of relevant Level 3 training course to be a qualified engineer

These may be trained or developed, they do not all need to be in place at recruitment These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment

We’reproud 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.

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Companysharesave scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhancedparentalleave and menopause policies

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