Technical System Technologist

The Sterling Choice; Ringway; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A food manufacturing company in Ringway is seeking someone to own the technical paperwork for product specifications and compliance. You will work across teams to ensure all product details meet legal standards, assisting with certifications and maintaining customer satisfaction. This part-time role requires excellent communication and organizational skills and a solid understanding of food legislation.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of food legislation, specifications, and customer codes.
• Ability to communicate complex information in plain English.

Responsibilities

• Write and check product specifications.
• Sign off artwork for labeling.

Skills

Understanding of food legislation

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

You know those people who actually enjoy the “boring but important” details? The ones who get a buzz out of making sure specs are watertight, labels are compliant, and customers don't send snotty emails about allergens being in the wrong font size? That's who we need.

This role is about owning the technical paperwork backbone of a food manufacturing business. Specs, artwork sign-off, customer databases, alerts, certifications - all that good stuff that keeps the wheels turning and the auditors off our backs.

You won't be chained to spreadsheets all day though. You'll be working with Technical, NPD, Quality, and Production - making sure that from concept to launch, everything's not just tasty, but legal.

Responsibilities

• Writing and checking product specifications so customers and regulators don't have a meltdown.
• Signing off artwork (because apparently Comic Sans is still not acceptable for allergens).
• Keeping up to date with legislation and customer requirements - because those rules don't write themselves.
• Helping maintain BRC, organic, and kosher certifications - the glamorous side of food manufacturing.
• Supporting QA, Production, and NPD teams so they can focus on their stuff, not chasing missing info.

What we're looking for

• Someone who actually reads labels in supermarkets and secretly judges them.
• A solid understanding of food legislation, specs, and customer codes of practice.
• A communicator who can talk Technical to auditors and plain English to everyone else.
• Organised. Like, colour-coded-spreadsheets organised.
• The hours? 22 a week. Ideally across 5 days (roughly 4 hours a day), but we'll flex for the right person.

If you're the kind of person who gets satisfaction from knowing the paperwork is 100% right (and maybe likes a quiet “gotcha” when you spot a misprint), then this could be your gig.

Apply now and let's keep the customers, auditors, and regulators happy together.