At a Glance
- Tasks: Conduct maintenance and support teams to ensure smooth operations of food processing equipment.
- Company: Join Greencore, a leading convenience food creator with a vibrant culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, share save scheme, matched pension, and life insurance.
- Other info: On-the-job training and excellent career growth opportunities await you.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a fast-paced environment while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: Engineering apprenticeship and electrical bias required; experience in mechanical principles is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contribution, Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location: Tilmanstone, Kent
Ways of Working: Site based
Hours of work: 4 on 4 off Days & Nights, rotating, 6am‑6pm / 6pm‑6am
Contract Type: Permanent
About 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 everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast‑moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Our site in Tilmanstone, near Dover, Kent, employs around 850 people and produces millions of bags of leafy salads and prepared vegetables for a dedicated customer.
What You’ll Be Doing: In this busy and exciting role, you will conduct planned and predictive maintenance to prevent equipment issues and ensure smooth operations. You will lead or support operational teams with machinery changeovers and setups, working closely with other teams to contribute to technical performance reviews and continuous improvement activities. Maintenance Engineers in this role work both as part of a team and independently, depending on the task, and report to the Engineering Teams Manager.
Role Accountabilities:
- Conduct planned maintenance of processing and packaging assets.
- Conduct predictive maintenance of food processing and packaging assets (condition‑based monitoring).
- Respond to breakdowns.
- Conduct reactive maintenance or corrective actions to resolve deviation.
- Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) and action as required.
- Lead or support operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups.
- Manufacture and repair component parts for processing and packaging assets.
- Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise assets or processes.
What We’re Looking For:
- Engineering apprenticeship (C&G / EAL NVQ Level 3 / 4 or OAL FDEM Diploma)
- Current Edition of IET Wiring Regulations (C&G Level 3, achieve within 12 months).
- Application of Safety, Health and Environmental legislation and procedures
- Planning works and writing reports.
- Verify assets meet performance criteria after work.
- Reading and adhering to site SOPs.
- CMMS experience (achieve within 12 months).
- Electrical bias.
- Experience in the following would be advantageous – Mechanical principles, F&D assets, welding, machining, turning, hydraulic, pneumatic & thermodynamics systems and / or, electrical principals, motors, motor control circuits, motion control, encoders, PLCs, sensors.
What You’ll Get In Return:
- Competitive salary and job‑related benefits
- Holidays
- Competitive matched pension contribution
- Life insurance up to 4x salary
- Company share save scheme
- 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. We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.
Semi Skilled Engineer in Eythorne employer: Greencore
Greencore is an exceptional employer located in Tilmanstone, Kent, offering a vibrant work culture and a commitment to employee development. With competitive salaries, a matched pension scheme, and unique benefits like a company share save scheme and enhanced parental leave policies, we prioritise the well-being and growth of our team members. Join us to be part of a leading convenience food creator where your contributions directly impact our mission to make everyday taste better.
