Project 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 in Boston we employ around 400 colleagues and produce ready to eat salads, prepared vegetables and snacks for many of the major retailers such as Coop, Boots, Greggs, Costco, Spar and BOL.

What you'll be doing:

Plan and deliver the instillation and commissioning of new equipment, personally completing or monitoring third parties, ensuring minimal disruption to manufacturing productivity
Ensure new equipment drawings and preventative maintenance recommendations are transferred to the maintenance teams files
Develop User Requirement Specifications (URS) to ensure the clear and common understanding of agreed objectives and standards are established as the basis for project planning
Take designs from engineering project managers and create AutoCAD drawings as specifications
Follow the direction given, by an engineering project manager (or engineering capital project engineer) to complete design costings or installation as part of large projectsWhat we're looking for

Experienced in project delivery with supporting knowledge
A recognised project delivery method such as PMI, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification (Desirable)
Experience working with AutoCAD or similar design software to produce design specifications
Experience in contractor management and issuing permitting (Desirable)
Essential food manufacturing industry experience
Experience or Exposure to project planning / project scheduling
Qualified/experienced and able to assess machinery safety
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 and 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
Life insurance up to 4x salary
Company shares save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
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.
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