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
- 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)
- Able to strip machines in full and reassemble them, as well as completing machine size change procedures and their adjustments.
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!
