Multi-skilled Engineer; Electrical Bias

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 Kettles bold crunch to Rowses 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.

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

We’re hiring electrically biased 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!

• 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
• Maintaining the highest standards in housekeeping, adopting a clean‑as‑you‑go policy
• Maintaining the highest standards when completing paperwork and works sign off

• Health & Safety and safe work practices
• Food safety, minimizing day‑to‑day risks with running of the plant and involving contractors
• Planning – ensuring that the company can hit its required targets
• Firefighting machinery / site services upkeep and carrying out ongoing maintenance PPM in a timely manner
• Promoting and contributing to continuous improvement of the running of the company
• Minimizing downtime
• Training / guiding production staff in the correct way to treat our machinery and helping train our maintenance technicians from within our department
• Working on projects as allocated by the Engineering Manager
• Any other duties as requested by the Engineering Manager

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

• 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!