Multi-skilled Engineer

Valeo Foods UK; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension scheme up to 10%

Death in service

Cycle to work scheme

Retailer discount platform

Staff discount

Job summary

Valeo Foods UK is hiring an electrically biased Multi-skilled Engineer based at our Gateshead site, supporting the operation of tortilla crisps and rice cakes. The role runs on a 4 on 4 off schedule: 6am–6pm and 6pm–6am, with a fast-paced manufacturing environment and a positive can-do team culture.

You will perform daily repairs, monitor machine performance, support contractors, and provide technical backup to production while maintaining high housekeeping and precise paperwork completion for

Qualifications

• Relevant Electrical Engineering qualification with basic mechanical skills.
• Able to prove competency in all forms of isolation and electrical safety.
• Proactive / use your own initiative.
• Experience of FMCG operations.
• PC Literate (thereby able to use computer-based maintenance systems).

Responsibilities

• Daily repair of machinery and carrying out proactive tasks when possible
• Planning and Monitoring machine performance
• Monitoring failure
• Supporting External Contractors
• Technical support for production when required
• To maintain the highest standards in housekeeping, adopting a clean as you go policy.
• To maintain the highest standards when completing paperwork and works sign off.

Skills

Proactive mindset

FMCG experience

PC literacy

Maintenance systems

Education

Electrical Engineering qualification

Basic mechanical skills

Job description

Company Description

At Valeo Foods UK we bring together a family of much-loved UK food brands supported by the scale and ambition of a global investment partner. From Kettle’s bold crunch to Rowse’s natural sweetness, through to Matthew Walker and Barratt Sweets, our portfolio blends heritage, craft and category-leading innovation.

Alongside our branded portfolio, we are also one of the UK’s largest suppliers of private label products, partnering with major retailers to deliver quality and category expertise that meets the needs of millions of households every week.

As a business, we’re on a journey of transformation. We’re strengthening our operations, driving quality and investing in our people. It’s an exciting, fast-moving environment where heritage meets new thinking, and where every colleague contributes to shaping the future of food across the UK.

Join us and play your part in building the next chapter of some of Britain’s most loved brands.

Job Description

Multi-skilled Engineer - Electrical Bias - Based at Gateshead

4 on 4 off, 6am till 6pm and 6pm till 6am (rotating shifts)

We're Hiring Electrically biased Multi skilled Engineers – Join Us in Gateshead!

Valeo Foods UK is on the lookout for talented Multi skilled Engineers to join our team at our Gateshead site – home of the much-loved tortilla crisps and rice cakes.

If you're passionate about engineering, thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, and want to be part of a positive can do team that keeps some of the UK’s favourite snacks on the shelves, we’d love to hear from you!

What You'll Be Doing

• Daily repair of machinery and carrying out proactive tasks when possible
• Planning and Monitoring machine performance
• Monitoring failure
• Supporting External Contractors
• Technical support for production when required
• To maintain the highest standards in housekeeping, adopting a clean as you go policy.
• To maintain the highest standards when completing paperwork and works sign off.

Key Areas Of The Role

• H&S and safe work practices
• Food safety, minimizing day to day risks with running of the plant and involving contractors
• Plan is king, ensure that the company can hit its required targets
• Firefighting machinery / site services upkeep and carrying out ongoing maintenance PPM in a timely manner
• Promote and contribute to the continuous improvement of the running of the company
• Minimize down time
• Train / guide production staff in the correct way to treat our machinery and help train our maintenance technicians from within our department.
• Work on projects as allocated by the Engineering Manager
• Any other duties as requested by the Engineering Manager

Qualifications

• Relevant Electrical Engineering qualification with basic mechanical skills
• Able to prove competency in all forms of isolation and electrical safety
• Proactive / use your own initiative
• Experience of FMCG operations
• PC Literate (thereby able to use computer-based maintenance systems)

What we offer you in return

• 4 on 4 off, 6am till 6pm and 6pm till 6am (rotating shifts)
• Excellent Career Opportunities
• Matched pension scheme up to 10%
• Death in service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retailer discount platform
• Staff discount
• And plenty more!