Day Shift Engineer

Join the Alpro Kettering Engineering Team

We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled Day Shift Engineer to join our Maintenance & Engineering team at Alpro's Kettering manufacturing site, where we produce plant-based food and drink products.

This is a hands-on role focused on maintaining and improving our state-of-the-art production equipment, ensuring reliability, efficiency, safety and product quality across the site.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities
• Responding to equipment breakdowns and restoring production quickly and safely
• Diagnosing and repairing mechanical and electrical faults
• Supporting continuous improvement projects and root cause analysis activities
• Assisting with equipment modifications and installation projects
• Completing maintenance records and updates through SAP
• Driving high housekeeping, safety and engineering standards

What We're Looking For:

• Time-served and qualified maintenance engineer
• NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent engineering qualification
• Multi-skilled engineer preferred (electrical or mechanical background considered)
• Electrical engineers with 18th Edition qualification are desirable
• Experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ideally food, FMCG or packaging
• Knowledge of pneumatics, hydraulics, automation and control systems
• Good IT skills, including SAP and Microsoft Office
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• Private healthcare
• Income protection
• Ongoing technical and professional development
• Modern manufacturing environment
• Supportive and collaborative engineering team 

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Company pension
• Private healthcare
• Income protection
• Ongoing technical and professional development
• Modern manufacturing environment
• Supportive and collaborative engineering team

Why Join Alpro?

At Alpro, development is at the heart of what we do. You'll have the opportunity to work with advanced manufacturing technology, develop new skills, and build a long-term engineering career within a growing business.

The role requires a reasonable level of physical fitness and occasional support to site services areas when required.

Closing Date for applications is: 21 August 2026