Specifications Technologist
Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday
Working Hours: 8.30 – 5.00 with half hour unpaid break
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specifications Technologist to join our Technical Department.
As a Specifications Technologist, you will play a key role within the team, supporting the management and maintenance of product specifications and technical documentation.
The role will involve collating, responding to customer enquiries, completing and maintaining both customer and internal specifications, managing document control processes, proofing product labels, and ensuring compliance with current legislation.
With the main objective of managing all aspects of internal specifications and supporting the maintenance of customer specifications.
A bit about us
Cranswick Convenience Foods is one of the largest cooked meats manufacturers in the UK, supplying high quality cooked meats, from standard tiers through to premium, to leading high street retailers.
With a diverse team of over 1,000 colleagues, every day at Cranswick brings unique challenges and opportunities for personal and professional growth – there has never been a more exciting time to join us!
You will:
- Ensure production of internal specifications, recipes and process control documentation based on the information supplied by the NPD. Production, Planning, Purchasing and Process Control departments.
- Assisting in the management of the document control system for individual customer Technical Manual systems, issuing new documentation and ensuring obsolete documentation is destroyed with the master copy being archived.
- Ensuring all amendments are adequately documented.
- To ensure all customer specifications are completed to the highest standard within set timescales.
- In conjunction with the tech services manager/tech team carry out annual reviews of all customer specifications, internal specifications, recipes, process control documentation and labels to a set plan.
- To assist in ensuring a definitive list of all controlled customer technical documents is kept up to date and manage the filing/access of such documents.
- Learning to and then complete proof reading/signing all product labels ensuring they comply with current legislation.
- In conjunction with the site technical manager to keep the company up to date of current legislation.
- Any other duties as requested by the Specification Manager / Technical Manager.
A full job description is available upon request.
A bit about us
Cranswick Convenience Foods is one of the largest cooked meats manufacturers in the UK, supplying high quality cooked meats, from standard tiers through to premium, to leading high street retailers.
With a diverse team of over 1,000 colleagues, every day at Cranswick brings unique challenges and opportunities for personal and professional growth – there has never been a more exciting time to join us!
What we need from you
Essential
We’re looking for a proactive team player, with strong attention to detail and key time management skills. Our ideal candidate will have a sound knowledge of basic food safety, technical expertise, strong organisational and analytical skills and the ability to work under pressure. As this is an office-based role, confidence using computers, Excel and internal systems is important, along with good communications skills. A positive attitude, willingness to learn is important and understanding of safe working practices are essential.
Desirable
Whilst full training will be provided, Level 3 certification in HACCP and Food Safety would be advantageous. GCSE/O Level education (or equivalent).
What you’ll get in return
We offer a fantastic reward package in return, here’s a peek at some of our fantastic benefits:
- Discounted Sharesave scheme
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay with service
- Enhance pension scheme
- Long service awards – vouchers and enhanced holidays with service
- Access to our ‘Feed Your Wellbeing’ hub offering a range of retail, restaurant and entertainment discounts, as well as access to health and wellbeing support (including 24h virtual GP)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Opportunity to purchase extra holidays
- Recommend a friend scheme
- Death in service benefit
- Access to discounted and exclusive memberships
- On site parking
Interested?
Send us your CV and covering letter to [email protected] and let us know what position you’re applying for in the subject of the email.
Closing date: 17/04/2026 (please note that the closing date may be brought forward)
If you are an internal applicant, please notify your line manage before applying