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Specification Technologist

Kandhu Ltd
Posted 17 days ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Leeds, North Yorkshire LS25 6JH, England

Salary

£25,000 - £35,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role of Specification Technologist requires essential food manufacturing experience and involves coordinating new product specifications and maintaining existing ones.
  • Candidates should ideally possess a Degree or HND in Food Technology or an equivalent qualification and have strong experience in a Specifications Technologist role with a large retail account.
  • Key responsibilities include checking product shelf life, managing deadlines, and ensuring accurate ingredient declarations.
  • The position requires collaboration with the Process Technologist and the Planning and Purchasing department to guarantee correct supplier specifications.
  • Salary details are not provided, but candidates should have significant experience in writing Raw Materials and Finished Product Specifications.

Food Manufacturing experience is ESSENTIAL for this role. Accurate Product and Raw Materials Specifications are critical in the food industry!

If you have some Specification experience or want a more senior specifications role then look no further.

The Specification Technologist will be responsible for coordinating information for new product specifications, updating and maintaining specifications when information is updated, checking new product shelf life from the laboratory and converting them to product specifications and managing deadlines. Ingredient declaration will also be a key part of the role.

You will liaise with the Process Technologist to obtain the appropriate factory information to ensure that the correct information is present on the customer specification

Coordinate with the Planning and Purchasing department to ensure that all raw materials suppliers are correct on specifications and to ensure that Group Technical Services are informed of any new suppliers that are used.

CANDIDATES for this role will demonstrate the following:

  • Ideally you will have a Degree or HND in Food Technology or equivalent.
  • Strong experience in a Specifications Technologist role dealing with a large retail account
  • You will have written both Raw Materials / Finished Product Specifications
  • Have strong experience in Ingredient Declarations.

If this Specifications Technologist job is of interest and you would like to investigate this further, apply TODAY!!!

Kandhu Recruitment are specialist recruiters within the Food, Drink and FMCG Sector

"Kandhu Recruitment will consider all applications based on each candidate's suitability to the role or similar roles within the Food Sector and if we feel you are a relevant candidate we will process your application by adding you to our secure recruitment database and then contacting you to progress job opportunities further. We do not contact unsuitable applicants."

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.