Specification Technologist

Corvin Fox; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home up to 3 days

Bonus

Wider benefits

Job summary

Corvin Fox is seeking a Specifications Technologist in Ely with exposure to a busy specifications environment. The role offers progression, a potential bonus, and wider benefits in a growing fresh produce business serving major UK retailers. Up to 3 days work from home supports a flexible, people-focused culture.

You will contribute to compliance, audits and continuous improvement, shaping how the technical function operates and growing with the business.

Qualifications

• Experience within food manufacturing
• Experience working with retail specifications
• Familiar with work in retail portals
• Strong attention to detail and a process-driven mindset
• A proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in
• Confidence working across teams and building relationships

Responsibilities

• Participate in a busy specifications environment and identify smarter, more efficient ways of working.
• Use retail portals to ensure compliance and support the quality team around systems and processes.
• Contribute to audits, systems work and continuous improvement from day one.
• Collaborate with a close-knit technical team to grow knowledge and skills.

Skills

Food manufacturing experience

Retail specifications

Retail portals

Attention to detail

Proactive attitude

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Specifications Technologist
Ely
Up to £37,000 + bonus + wider benefits

The kind of role that gives you exposure, responsibility and a clear path to progress.

You’re not looking for a role where you just maintain spreadsheets and tick off specifications. You want to improve them, see the impact and grow with a broader technical responsibility.

This is a Specifications Technologist role with a well-established fresh produce business supplying all major UK retailers and it has come about from internal, showing you how the business invests in and grows its people.

People who perform well here don’t stay static, they progress and so could you!

This role offers the chance to step into a critical area of the technical function allowing you to shape how it operates.

What you can expect:

• A busy, detailed specifications environment where you can identify smarter and more efficient ways of working
• Utilising retail portals to ensure the business remain compliant whilst supporting and improvement the quality team around systems and ways of working
• Exposure to compliance, audits, systems and continuous improvement from day one
• Up to 3 days working from home, ensuring you have a work-life dynamic that allows you to thrive
• A close-knit technical team where support and collaboration come naturally, giving you the knowledge and skills to grow your career

This is not a corporate, clipboard-led environment. It’s a people-first food manufacturing business that values authenticity. Your personality matters here and you’ll be trusted to work in your own way.

The Operation at a Glance

This growing food manufacturer operates a complex, 24/7 operation in their fresh produce facility processing over 60,000 tonnes of produce annually. With 2 wash lines and 12 packing lines for both organic and conventional SKUs.

The site turns over £65m annually and supplies major UK retailers with the finest quality produce. They have a flat structure, a people-focused ethos and an appetite for innovation and growth.

Over the last 12 months they have prioritised recruitment that considers not only technical capability but also alignment with their values and long-term strategy. Ensuring quality is a shared responsibility across the business with an approach that ensures they have cohesive, high‑performing teams committed to delivering in all areas.

These values are embedded throughout the business and strengthen their Food Safety and Quality Culture. In order to support this, they have established a comprehensive set of behaviours and values that guide how to engage with stakeholders, work as a team and develop their people.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience within food manufacturing
• Experience working with retail specifications
• Familiar with work in retail portals
• Strong attention to detail and a process-driven mindset
• A proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in
• Confidence working across teams and building relationships

Corvin Fox is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity, embrace inclusion and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

If you don’t hear from us within 10 working days, please assume that, due to the volume of applications, you have not been successful on this occasion.