Specification and Technical Administrator

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

GCL Food Ingredients in the UK is seeking a Specification and Technical Administrator to support the Technical Team with food quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. You will maintain product specifications, technical data, regulatory documents and QA records to ensure accuracy and compliance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Working closely with the Technical Manager, you will assist in supplier documentation, SOPs and data systems, respond to customer requests, and contribute to

Responsibilities

• Maintain product specifications, technical data, regulatory documents and quality assurance records to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Support customer requests and queries relating to specifications and regulatory documentation.
• Assist in supplier documentation, SOPs, and data systems within the technical team.
• Coordinate with Technical Manager, Technical Information Manager and Raw Material Technologist to ensure safe, legal and high-quality products.

Job description

Specification and Technical Administrator

Specification and Technical Administrator

STRICTLY NO RECRUITMENT AGENCY CONTACT REQUIRED

You must be eligible to work in the UK.

Are you passionate about food safety, quality and continuous improvement? Do you enjoy working in a fast paced manufacturing environment where every day brings new challenges?

Established in 1964, GCL Food Ingredients is a trusted manufacturer and supplier to both foodservice and industrial customers across the UK. As a family-run business, we pride ourselves on building long-term partnerships with our customers and suppliers while continually investing in innovation, food safety and product development.

Joining GCL means becoming part of a supportive team where your ideas are valued, your development is encouraged, and your contribution genuinely makes a difference.

The Role:

As a Specification and Technical Administrator, you will play a key role supporting the Technical Team with food quality, safety and compliance activities. You will be responsible for maintaining product specifications, technical data, regulatory documentation and quality assurance records to ensure accuracy and compliance.

This is a hands on technical support role, ideal for someone with experience in food technical or quality environments who enjoys working with product specifications, supplier documentation, SOP's and quality management systems.

Based within the Technical Team, you will work closely with the Technical Manager, Technical Information Manager and the Supplier Assurance Technologist to support the delivery of safe, legal and high quality standard and products.

Main Duties will involve but not limited to:

To work alongside the technical team and provide support for customer requests and queries.

Generating and maintaining internal specifications, customer specifications and assisting in the maintenance of the supplier raw materials database.

Ensure a right first time approach to the specification writing process.

Assisting in product data, regulatory documents, and quality assurance records

Update product specifications and coordinating compliance data.

Liaise with key parts of the business to make sure that raw material and launch information obtained is correct, up to date and approved.

Monitoring updates in customer policies and legislation, assessing their impact on products and processes.

Completing SAQs and customer required paperwork.

Attend Launch meetings as required and providing feedback to the Technical Team.

Contributing to continuous improvement of specification systems and processes.

Where applicable, cover for the Specification Technologist and Raw Material Technologist.

Manage relationships with customers and suppliers

Support product development team as a user of the specification system.

Request and work on traceability information alongside the Raw Material Technologist.

Responding to alerts that affect raw materials and technical requirements.