Engineer Weekends

Engineer Weekends | Rochdale

As a vital part of our weekend team, you will play a key role in keeping production running smoothly, ensuring equipment performs reliably, minimising downtime and supporting the consistent delivery of high-quality products.

What you will be doing

The Work: You will be responsible for the technical integrity of our plant, performing critical maintenance and diagnostic repairs to ensure maximum operational availability.

• Execute planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and carry out corrective repairs on site equipment failures to minimize downtime.


• Diagnose mechanical and electrical defects, utilizing system drawings and manuals to effect repairs and evaluate results before handing back to operations.


• Maintain accurate records via CMMS systems and provide detailed handovers to ensure seamless communication across shifts.


• Conduct root cause analysis and dynamic performance tests to identify ways to improve efficiency, yields, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

What you will bring

The Requirements: To succeed in this role, you must be a qualified technical professional who balances high mechanical and electrical standards with a collaborative, proactive approach to problem-solving.

• Experience: Ideally you’ve worked in food manufacturing or a similar fast-paced environment, with experience maintaining production machinery


• Qualifications: Minimum Level 3 HNC in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering


• Technical skills: Confident reading and working from mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic drawings


• Personal skills: A clear communicator who can work across teams, share knowledge and stay positive under pressure

Why join us

Joining Danish Crown means becoming part of a supportive weekend team where your technical expertise directly impacts our site's success. We offer an environment that encourages autonomy, allowing you to take ownership of your designated area and implement best practices that drive real operational improvements.

You will have the opportunity to work with modern technology and contribute to meaningful site improvement projects that sharpen your professional skills.

The role offers a flexible 3-day shift pattern, working either Friday to Sunday or Saturday to Monday, along with a strong holiday allowance and pension scheme to support your long-term wellbeing and career within a global food leader.

About us

Danish Crown UK is a business built on trust, teamwork and ambition. We exist to deliver food that people believe in, and we know that takes strong leadership and collaborative cultures.

Our leadership principles guide us. We act for the good of the whole organisation. We hire brilliant people and help them grow. We are ambitious, curious and open to new ideas. We build trust by accepting mistakes as part of development. We believe real leadership is earned through example, not title.

Whoever joins us will help create a workplace where people feel safe to speak up, share ideas, challenge old ways of working and stretch themselves to achieve more. If that sounds like the environment where you thrive, we would love to hear from you.