Engineering Maintenance Planner

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.

Engineering Maintenance Planner

Monday to Friday - 40 hours

Valeo Foods York is home to our Poppets and XXX Mints.  We have an exciting new opportunity  for an Engineering Maintenance Planner. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining all engineering computer systems — including our CMMS platform (Hollistech) — to ensure corrective actions, planned work, and contractor activities are accurately recorded, tracked, and completed.

You’ll play a key part in keeping the engineering function running smoothly by supporting planning, documentation, compliance, and data management across the department.

Key Responsibilities of the Engineering Maintenance Planner

CMMS Ownership & Development

• Act as the site super user and lead for the management, development, and continuous improvement of the CMMS system.

• Work closely with the Asset Care Manager to support the successful implementation and rollout of CMMS processes.

Maintenance Planning

• Plan, schedule, and distribute work orders and planned maintenance tasks.

• Keep the engineering team updated on outstanding actions and priorities.

• Maintain accurate maintenance records to support cost-of-ownership analysis, proactive maintenance planning, and effective procurement.

Procurement & Administration

• Raise purchase orders for corrective maintenance and improvement work.

• Maintain up-to-date engineering documentation, ensuring all health and safety records for contractor site visits are current and stored correctly.

Reporting & KPIs

• Produce daily, weekly, and monthly updates on Engineering KPIs to support performance tracking and decision-making.

• Demonstrated knowledge of understanding areas of quality control, health, safety, environment, and effective cost management
• CMMS  (Hollistech) knowledge and experience would be ideal
• Strong IT skills (MS Office)
• Ability to engage front line Engineers and mobilize teams in pursuit of common goals.
• Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills

What we offer you in return

• York location, working Monday to Friday
• Excellent salary
• Matched pension scheme up to 10%
• Death in service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Canteen
• Retailer discount platform
• Staff discount