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Specifications Technologist

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
East Mildands
Salary
to £35,000 plus excellent benefits
Closing date
21 Sep 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Quality Assurance, Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Specifications Technologist

Job ref: 62238 | up to £35,000 + excellent benefits | South Central / Midlands

The company

This role is working for a fast growing and profitable manufacturer which is a world-class leader within their market sector. Through constant creativity, they provide top quality, innovative products that deliver a high degree of customer satisfaction.

The job

Reporting into the Head of Quality and Technical, your role will be to manage the Food Technology Department and provide technical support across all departments, particularly the Marketing and Sales teams, ensuring specifications are correct and maintaining the finished product specification system as well as liaising with external customers.

You will ensure that the company is kept up to date regarding food legislation as well as customer and company standards, driving continuous improvements across the function whilst assisting with the benchmarking and analysis of new products, ensuring technical compliance to specifications as well as nutritional and shelf life requirements and advise on legal, nutrition and labelling matters.

You will also generate pack copy information for the creation of artwork, approve artwork, identify and advise on any labelling non-conformances, attend and assist with the development, pre-production trials and launches to ensure products are produced in accordance with their specifications and compile, review and update internal finished product specifications.

Your experience

As well as a Food Science, Food Technology or other Science based degree / HND and previous experience in a technical role, you should have a good understanding of retailer specification systems (FIND, INSPIRE, TQC, ASPECT etc), knowledge of UK & EU Food Legislation, retailer policies & codes of practice, ingredients, nutrition & factory process methods and HACCP. In addition, you should have strong communication, influencing and team leadership skills and also be a real ‘team player’.

More details

The Specifications Technologist job is based in the South Central / Midlands region and is paying up to £35,000 plus excellent benefits including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, holiday purchase scheme, pension scheme, healthcare plan, retailer discounts, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme and free car parking.

How to apply

If this really sounds like you and you want to be considered for the Specifications Technologist job, please click the Apply button.

Or, alternatively you can apply directly for this job, by emailing me, Suzy Standen-Payne, suzy@b3jobs.co.uk quoting job reference 62238.

What happens next?

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to be able to contact you about your job search, for full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website. We aim to contact you within 24 hours on the assumption that your credentials fit the requirements for the role.

b3 jobs is a professional, friendly and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All of our consultants have considerable experience in recruitment so you can be confident that they will have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.

We deal with food jobs covering product development / NPD, quality assurance / QA, technical, process, production, operations, planning, supply, sales, account management, engineering, microbiology, food technology, specifications, marketing, logistics, purchasing, hygiene and auditing. We cover all job levels including Assistants, Technologists, Technicians, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Managers and Directors.

Alternative job titles

Food Technologist Jobs | Technical Administrator | Specifications Writer | Food Spec Tech Jobs | Technical Assistant | Technical Officer | Food Science Jobs | Food Manufacturing Jobs | Oxfordshire

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

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https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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