Specification Technologist

Greencore Group; Spalding; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Greencore is seeking a Specifications Technologist for the Spalding site to ensure accurate setup of customer specifications, pack copies, and artwork in line with critical path deadlines. The role involves approving external specifications, updating documentation for regulatory changes, and maintaining rigorous labelling standards.

You will work with a team of around 540 colleagues on site, supporting health and safety, and contributing to continuous improvement through specification validation

Qualifications

• Experience using computers and web-based customer specification systems.
• Knowledge and experience writing specifications for retailers in food manufacturing.
• Understanding of legal labelling legislation and application.
• Familiarity with retailer own web-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Set up approval for external specifications and relevant technical information per customer requirements.
• Review artwork and ensure regulatory changes are reflected in pack information and labelling.
• Document procedures to meet internal and customer compliance with process development practices.
• Develop gold standard specifications for raw materials to improve compliance.
• Validate specifications and processes for synergies and consolidation through CI.
• Operate in line with Health, Safety and Environment policies to keep the workplace safe.

Skills

Computers

Specification writing

Labelling knowledge

Retailer systems familiarity

Education

HND or equivalent qualification

Level 2 Food Hygiene

Level 2 Health & Safety

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to makeevery daytaste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.

Here at Spalding, we have a team of around 540 colleagues. We produce coleslaw, potato salad, salad bar bulk products (2kg), pasta salads and couscous/grains for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Morrisons, Co-op, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Nando’s and Pizza Hut. Our Spalding site has a restaurant with hot food available to all our colleagues.

What you’ll be doing

As Specifications Technologist you willensure that all customer specifications, pack copies and artwork are accurately set up and key customer documentation is produced in line with critical path timescales and launch deadlines.

• 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

What we’re looking for

We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

• Desired: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

These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits


• Holidays


• Competitive matched pension contributions


• Life insurance up to 4x salary


• Company share save scheme


• Greencore Qualifications


• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform


• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform


• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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