Specification Technologist

Samworth Brothers; Melton Mowbray; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned food business in Melton Mowbray is seeking a Specification & Artwork Technologist to join their Meals Technical Services team. In this role, you will ensure customer specifications and artwork are accurate, compliant, and audit-ready, facilitating product launches. Ideal candidates will have experience in the food industry and proven skills in data accuracy and communication. Join our dynamic team and contribute to maintaining product integrity while enjoying a range of benefits including a pension scheme and health insurance.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Private health scheme

Employee discount scheme

Annual pay reviews

Profit related pay

Training and growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience within a food industry technical team.
• Strong experience checking numerical data and accurately inputting data.
• Demonstrated accuracy, attention to detail, and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Produce, maintain and update customer specifications across multiple platforms.
• Collate and summarise complex ingredient specifications.
• Verify numerical data with a strong right-first-time approach.
• Coordinate artwork checks for product launches.
• Support NPD handovers and product launches.

Skills

Experience within a food industry technical team

Checking numerical data accurately

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Reviewing complex ingredient specifications

Understanding of food labeling legislation

Confident using Microsoft Word and Excel

Job description

About The Role

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations:

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

In this role as Specification & Artwork Technologist you will be based within the Meals Technical Services team. This role is key to ensuring customer specifications and artwork are accurate, compliant and audit‑ready at all times, supporting product launches from concept through to production.

Working closely with NPD, Process Development, Commercial and Procurement teams, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining product integrity, meeting customer codes of practice and ensuring food safety and labelling compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce, maintain and update customer specifications across multiple platforms (including retailer and internal systems)
• Collate and accurately summarise complex, multi‑page ingredient and raw material specifications to meet customer requirements and food safety audit standards
• Check, input and verify numerical data (nutrition, allergens, chemistry and product data) with a strong right‑first‑time approach
• Coordinate artwork checks for product launches, ensuring accuracy against approved pack copy and managing stakeholder feedback
• Support NPD handovers and product launches, ensuring critical path timelines are met

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience within a food industry technical team
• Strong experience checking numerical data and accurately inputting data into documents or systems
• Demonstrated experience where accuracy, attention to detail and clear communication are critical
• Ability to review complex ingredient specifications and produce concise, compliant summaries
• Understanding of food labelling legislation and customer codes of practice
• Confident using Microsoft Word, Excel and specification or artwork systems

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role. Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member – you'll be an integral part of our thriving family. Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!

About Us

We are a fourth‑generation family business producing high quality own‑label products for many of the UK’s best‑known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well‑invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.