Specification Technologist

Specification Technologist - FTC

Food Manufacturing

Oversees supplier approvals and is responsible for creating, maintaining, and updating specifications for own-label and branded finished products using web-based retailer systems, including artwork sign-off, allergen and nutrition information, to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

• Product Specification Management:Overseeing the development, review, and approval of detailed product specifications, covering ingredients and other relevant factors.
• Regulatory Compliance:Ensuring all product specifications comply with current food safety, quality, nutritional, and legal labelling regulations.
• Project Support:Proactively managing critical path items and addressing issues during the specification-to-launch process to ensure timely and successful product introductions
• Supplier & Customer Liaison:Acting as a key point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers, customers, and technical teams, to resolve issues and manage compliance audits.
• Documentation & Systems:Maintaining accurate, up-to-date documentation and ensuring effective document control and management within relevant systems
• Reviewing artwork against specification, to ensure full compliance with legal and customer specifications.
• Managing and maintaining the raw material and service suppliers approval database, including risk assessment, VACCP, food defence and product authenticity.
• Ensuring retailers technical requests, including customers specifications, questionnaires are responded to promptly
• Provide up to date labelling, nutritional and allergen information on all new product introductions and existing products when label change revision is required
• Ensure technical co-approval of packaging by verifying that artwork aligns with specifications and complies with current market regulations on quality, safety, and labelling.
• Guarantee that all product information, including nutritional data, allergen declarations, and ingredient lists, complies with UK,US,EU food safety legislation and customer-specific standards.
• Support product launches (shelf-life testing and QAS)
• Provide comprehensive documentation and support for customer and third-party audits, such as those for BRC accreditation
• Ensure that all own-label and branded specs are up to date

• Food hygiene level 3 and above
• Relevant industry experience
• Good Communication skills
• Literacy skills
• Numeracy skills

Monday - Friday

OR

Monday - Thursday (Longer days)

FTC - Approx.. 16 Months

Immediate start

30,000 - 36,000

On-Site - Lancashire

Reach out to Gemma Harris - The Oval Partnership