Specification Technologist

Alexander Steele Recruitment are working with an award-winning food manufacturer who make quality bespoke products for UK retailers and Food Service. They are looking for a Specification Technologist to join their Technical Function.

The Specification Technologist is a crucial role within the Technical Team to ensure food safety, quality and legislative compliance whilst striving to improves systems and processes for efficiency.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Creation of initial and full customer specifications.
- Creation of artwork for labelling to required standards.
- Maintaining specifications.
- Liaise with customers and auditing bodies for all technical queries.
- Maintaining of the supplier approval systems, specifications and related risk assessments.
- Leading the scale up process from development to first production run.
- Supporting the technical team and wider business during day-to-day operations, customer visits and audits.
- Liaising with the senior management team on technical matters.
- Support project teams to focus on specific short-, medium
- and long-term goals.
- Experience of writing food specifications
- A BSc or food related degree or equivalent experience
- Excellent working knowledge Microsoft Applications
- Experience of technical food standards such as Food Safety and Quality Standards
- Experience of working within an administration role or technical based role
- Analytical, thorough and accurate
- Able to demonstrate ability to build effective working relationships
- Knowledge of basic food law
- Able to work effectively with customers and suppliers

The role is working Monday to Friday and our client is offer a salary of £25,000 to £32,000 depending on experience.