Food Specification Technologist – Hybrid (12-month FTC)

Greencore Group; Worksop; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Greencore, a leading UK convenience food producer, is recruiting at its Manton Wood site in Worksop for a 12-month FTC with hybrid working. The role focuses on approving external specifications, updating labels, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

You'll document procedures, develop gold standard specs for raw materials, and drive continuous improvement across quality systems, while adhering to health and safety.

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to HND level or equivalent professional qualification.
• Holds a level 2 food hygiene and a level 2 health and safety certification
• Experience working with computers and experienced in using web-based customer specification systems
• Knowledge and experience of writing specifications for retailers in food manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of legal labelling legislation and application
• Knowledge and experience of variety of retailer own web-based systems

Responsibilities

• Set up approval for external specifications and relevant technical information in accordance with customer requirements
• Review copy artwork, in line with updated customer technical and labelling policies, and include all regulatory changes that will impact on the accuracy of the pack information and labelling
• Document procedures to ensure that internal and customer compliance is met, and the relevant process development practices are adopted
• Reviewing raw material specification content to develop "gold standard" specifications for each raw material to improve compliance
• Validation of specifications and processes to identify synergies and scope for consolidation through a continuous improvement process
• Operate in compliance with Health Safety and Environment policy to ensure that the working environment remains safe for all colleagues

Skills

Spec writing

Web-based systems

Regulatory labeling

Data accuracy

Education

HND level or equivalent

Tools

Web-based systems

Retailer portals

Job description

Greencore, a leading UK convenience food producer, is recruiting at its Manton Wood site in Worksop for a 12-month FTC with hybrid working. The role focuses on approving external specifications, updating labels, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

You'll document procedures, develop gold standard specs for raw materials, and drive continuous improvement across quality systems, while adhering to health and safety.