Overview
Shift Engineer – Consett, County Durham, DH8 7NU
Permanent – Full-Time
Salary: Negotiable
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 36 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
Here in Consett, we have a team of around 280 colleagues. We produce a range of chilled ready meals for some of the UK’s leading retailers, including Co-op, Sainsbury’s and Weight Watchers.
Shift: Days and Nights on a 9 Week Rota
What you’ll be doing
- Complete 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 or plant equipment
- 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
- Record any stock removed from the Engineering stores to ensure accurate stock control
- Identify and recommend opportunities for improvements to promote Health and Safety and/or operational efficiency and effectiveness
What we’re looking for
- Experience operating as an engineer, following a completed accredited apprenticeship or equivalent experience with appropriate certification
- Experience of working with maintenance engineering systems within a manufacturing environment
- Experience of a multi-skilled engineering environment
- Dual skilled in Electrical and Mechanical engineering skills
At 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.
If this sounds like you join us, 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
- Competitive matched pension contributions
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.
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