Opex Engineer

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 at Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day. We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer.

What you'll be doing

Run machine performance studies to identify and resolve the major causes of downtime, speed loss and waste
Run trials to understand optimum performance settings of machines
Develop new preventative maintenance routines to embed long term fixes
Work with internal and external stakeholders to design machine modifications, or new machines, to drive improvements in performance
Develop and write business cases to secure capital investment for improvement initiatives
Run studies to understand and simplify changeover activity
Develop good practise and pro-actively share amongst the GME and GEE communityWhat we're looking for

Experience operating as a mechanical engineer within a food manufacturing environment
Project management experience supported by robust root cause analysis skills and an ability to identify and deliver permanent solutions
Good communication skills, ideally having been practised by leading people through change, engaging people in the need for change
Skilled in or open to learning about lean improvement techniquesAt 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 platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career