Specifications Technologist

Posted 23 October 2024
Salary Negotiable
LocationCavan
Job type Permanent
Discipline Food Manufacturing / FMCG
Reference10630_1729695206
Contact NameSophie Brown

Job description

Specifications Technologist (NPD)
Co Cavan, Ballyconnell
Fulltime/Permanent
Monday - Friday Days
Competitive Salary DOE

Vickerstock are excited to be partnered with our award winning FMCG client who are seeking to appoint an NPD Specifications Technologist to join the team at their state-of-the-art factory based in Ballyconnell.

With 5 production sites across the whole of Ireland you will be joining a well-established company who are genuinely interested in the success of the employees within the business.

Your key duties will be

  • Organise resources to achieve the day-to-day delivery of factory trials and projects
  • Assist in the monitoring and benchmarking of product quality of new and existing product
  • Support the process of creating and delivering customer NPD samples & mock-ups
  • Organise & deliver nutritional, organoleptic, micro and cooking analysis samples
  • Organise factory trials and help write up factory trial reports
  • Generate accurate recipes and QAS type documents
  • Co-coordinate all information for new product specifications and transfer data into specific customer formats.
  • Sign off packaging, including checking artwork against specification through several stages.
  • Produce and amend internal factory specifications for each new product or update changes to existing product specifications.
  • Manage customer specification web systems
  • Review & update customer specifications within required timelines
  • Review new product shelf lives from the laboratory and new suppliers and convert them to product specifications.
  • Any other duties as required by management.


We are looking for

  • Third level qualification in a relevant discipline
  • 2 years experience in a similar role working successfully with other departments
  • Experience with Technical Systems and Standards and Management within Food Manufacturing.


Sound like the career move you've been after and would like to hear more, pick up the phone to Sophie now on 01 5267473 or send an updated CV - in Word format - via the link on the page (or email).
If this opportunity doesn't quite get the taste buds flowing but like me you are passionate about food, let's get a chat and see how I can help grow your career.
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