Food Specifications Technologist: Compliance & Gold Standards

Bright Blue Foods Limited; Hull and East Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Company Shop discount

25 days holiday

GP access

Bereavement service

Learning & Development

BBF Star Awards

Onsite canteen

Onsite Cake Shop

Free on-site parking

Job summary

BBF Limited in Hull is seeking a meticulous Specifications Technologist to create, manage and update product specifications using web-based retailer systems to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. You will play a key role in maintaining high quality and safety for our products.

You will set up approvals for external customer specifications, review labelling policies, and document processes to ensure internal and customer compliance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of writing specifications for retailers in a food manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of legal labelling legislation and application.
• Good level of computer literacy and experience using web-based customer specification systems.
• High level of detail.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Set up approval for external customer specifications or relevant technical information in accordance with customer requirements.
• Review copy artwork in line with updated customer technical and labelling policies, including all regulatory changes that will impact on the accuracy of the pack information and labelling.
• Procedures correctly documented to ensure that internal and customer compliance are met, following the relevant Process Development procedures.
• 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.

Skills

Specification writing

Regulatory knowledge

Computer literacy

Communication skills

Tools

Web-based specs systems

Job description

BBF Limited in Hull is seeking a meticulous Specifications Technologist to create, manage and update product specifications using web-based retailer systems to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. You will play a key role in maintaining high quality and safety for our products.

You will set up approvals for external customer specifications, review labelling policies, and document processes to ensure internal and customer compliance.