Specifications Technologist — Quality, Compliance & Launch

Puratos; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£33,745 per annum

25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

Cycle to work scheme

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

Puratos Fourayes, UK’s leading processor and grower of fruit, is seeking a Specifications Technologist to safeguard customer and internal specifications and ensure compliance with food safety standards.

Reporting to the Technical Manager, the role focuses on maintaining accurate specifications, supporting launches, audits, and regulatory updates while contributing to continuous improvement across the Quality and Technical teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in food safety management in a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of food safety, hygiene and quality management systems.
• Knowledge of food legislation and labelling.
• Strong organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and spoken communication.

Responsibilities

• Complete, amend, review, and approve customer and internal factory specifications within agreed timescales.
• Ensure specifications remain compliant with customer standards, food legislation, labelling and regulatory updates.
• Prepare and maintain internal factory launch documentation for product introductions and changes.
• Complete customer pack copy information accurately and within deadlines.
• Support Quality and Technical teams with organoleptic assessments and shelf-life monitoring.
• Collate microbiological shelf-life data and compare with internal/customer standards.
• Review analytical nutritional results for compliance with specs and legal requirements.
• Manage customer technical information requests and traceability exercises.

Skills

Food safety management

Auditing

Problem solving

IT competence

Communication skills

Education

Food Safety Level 2 or 3

Tools

SAP software

Job description

Puratos Fourayes, UK’s leading processor and grower of fruit, is seeking a Specifications Technologist to safeguard customer and internal specifications and ensure compliance with food safety standards.

Reporting to the Technical Manager, the role focuses on maintaining accurate specifications, supporting launches, audits, and regulatory updates while contributing to continuous improvement across the Quality and Technical teams.