Lead maintenance engineer Work, Jobs in Taunton, Eng (with Salaries)

Lead Maintenance Engineer
Bakkavor —Highbridge
- Maintenance
- English
- Continuous improvement
- Employee discount
- Life insurance
10d
Coffee & ~Vending Machine Engineer
Roundstone Vending Ltd —Weston-super-Mare
- £28,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Maintenance
- Electrical experience
- Organisational skills
Quick apply
Senior Commissioning Engineer
Mactech Energy Group —Bridgwater
- £511.61 - £709.93 a day
- Engineering
- Continuous improvement
- IT
Senior Application Engineer (SIEM)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- DevOps
- Continuous improvement
- APIs
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Regional Team Lead – Vfast Engineering - Remote
ORBITAL NET LIMITED —Taunton
- Overtime
- Remote
- Customer service
- First Aid Certification
- Driving
Quick apply
Substation Site Manager
Balfour Beatty —Bridgwater
- Hybrid work
- Driving
- In-person
- Leadership
- Annual leave
Aircraft Engineer (Wildcat) (Mechanical and Avionics)
Serco Plc —Yeovil
- Full-time
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Specialist Engineer
Refresco —Bridgwater
- Monday to Friday
- Analysis skills
- Mentoring
- Communication skills
Quick apply
Reliability and Maintainability Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,000 - £51,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Access
- Maintenance
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Spares Engineer
Mactech Energy Group —Bridgwater
- £222.43 - £314.52 a day
7d
Plant Maintenance Engineering Support Coordinator
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £37,000 - £44,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Maintenance
- Administrative experience
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
3d
Reliability & Improvement Engineer
Refresco —Bridgwater
- Day shift
- Continuous improvement
- Leadership
Quick apply
ILS Project Engineer (Lynx / AW159)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £53,000 - £56,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Military
- Project management
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
Test and Requirements Specialist
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,000 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Military
- Computer literacy
- Engineering
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
14d
Principal Software Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £53,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Oracle
- Computer Science
- Military
- Flexible schedule
- Referral programme
8d
Project Planner - Equipment Installation
ALTEN —Bridgwater
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Military
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Quick apply
Senior Project Controls Engineer
Assystem —Bridgwater
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Senior Platform Engineer
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Windows
- Linux
- Leadership
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Senior Application Engineer (EDRMS)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- DevOps
- Continuous improvement
- SharePoint
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Senior Application Engineer (Jira ITSM)
Leonardo UK Ltd —Yeovil
- £44,171 - £61,950 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- DevOps
- Continuous improvement
- APIs
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule

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Lead Maintenance Engineer

Bakkavor -
Highbridge

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Job details

Permanent
10 days ago

Benefits

Company pension
Employee discount
Life insurance

Qualifications

Maintenance
English
CMMS
Continuous improvement
IT
NVQ
Welding
Communication skills
Mechanical knowledge

Full job description

Lead Maintenance Engineer

Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension up contributions, Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location: Greencore Desserts Highbridge, Bolton Close, Highbridge TA9 4JR
Ways of Working: Site Based
Hours of work: 4 on 4 off rotating days and nights, (06:00 - 18:00 / 18:00 - 06:00)

Contract Type: Permanent

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.

Our site in Highbridge, Somerset, specialises in producing a range of chilled desserts, including cheesecakes, tarts, and sponges. The site employs over 560 people and operates in a fast-paced, high-quality production environment.

What you'll be doing

As Lead Maintenance Engineer, you will use your engineering skills and problem‑solving abilities to maintain and optimise our processing and packaging equipment to keep our operations running safely, smoothly and efficiently. Working closely with operational colleagues, you’ll diagnose faults, complete repairs, support continuous improvement, and ensure our equipment delivers reliable, high-quality performance for our customers.

Role Accountabilities

Prepare for food and drink maintenance work.
Conduct planned maintenance of food and drink processing and packaging assets.
Conduct predictive maintenance of food and drink processing and packaging assets (condition-based monitoring).
Respond to breakdowns of food and drink processing and packaging assets. Conduct reactive maintenance or corrective actions to resolve deviation.
Identify faults (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and pneumatics) on food and drink processing and packaging assets, action as required.
Lead or support food and drink operational teams with machinery change overs and set ups.
Manufacture and repair component parts for food and drink processing and packaging assets.
Contribute to continuous improvement projects to optimise food and drink assets or processes. For example, participate in failure investigations to ensure process effectiveness and to contribute to and implement practical engineering solutions for efficiency and profitability.
Contribute to technical performance reviews in collaboration with other functions and stakeholders.
Maintain engineering documentation for food and drink maintenance work.
Support maintenance and operational team members in developing engineering technical competence.
Ensure availability and performance of maintenance tools and equipment.
Contribute to food and drink internal and external audits.

What we’re looking for

Level 2 Maths/English and a recognised Engineering Apprenticeship (C&G/EAL NVQ 3/4 or OAL FDEM)
Ability to complete IET Wiring Regs & Level 2 Food Safety
Multiskilled capability or an electrical bias
Strong problem‑solving, communication and teamwork skills
Knowledge of SHE procedures
Experience in fault finding, maintenance planning, IT systems and working to SOPs
Mechanical/electrical knowledge including hydraulics, pneumatics, motors, PLCs and sensors
Multi-skilled capability with electrical bias
Planning works and writing reports.
Understanding of asset performance and spare parts management
Desirable: IOSH Managing Safely, FMCG experience, continuous improvement, condition‑based monitoring or reliability techniques
Fault finding: Electrical & / or Mechanical systems.
Supervisory skills
F&D assets, welding, machining, turning, hydraulic, pneumatic & thermodynamics systems and / or, electrical principals, motors, motor control circuits, motion control, encoders, PLCs, sensors.
Knowledge of spare parts management systems.
Knowledge of CMMS.

We’re proud 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.

What you’ll get in return

Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Competitive matched pension contributions
Life insurance up to 4x salary
Company share 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.

Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

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lead maintenance engineer jobs in taunton, eng

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Coffee & ~Vending Machine Engineer

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Aircraft Engineer (Wildcat) (Mechanical and Avionics)

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Project Planner - Equipment Installation

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