Specifications Technologist

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a growing FMCG manufacturing business with the recruitment of a Specifications Technologist based in Avonmouth.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established FMCG business whose products are used across a wide range of well-known food applications in the UK and internationally. The company is looking for an experienced Specifications Technologist to support product compliance, customer requirements, and technical documentation across the business.

If you have experience working with customer specifications, food compliance, technical documentation or specification systems within FMCG or food manufacturing, this could be an excellent next step in your career.

As Specifications Technologist, you will be responsible for maintaining accurate product specifications and ensuring all documentation is compliant, up to date, and aligned with customer and legal requirements. You will work closely with Technical, Regulatory, Quality, NPD and supplier teams to ensure data integrity and resolve specification queries.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain and update customer specification portals and internal specification systems
• Ensure product specifications accurately reflect approved recipes, formulations and processes
• Verify nutritional, allergen and ingredient information for accuracy and compliance
• Manage specification reviews and ensure documentation remains current and audit-ready
• Complete specification risk assessments and escalate issues where required
• Work closely with suppliers to manage updates to raw materials and documentation
• Support supplier approval records, audit documentation and certification management
• Liaise with Technical, QA, Regulatory and Commercial teams to resolve queries
• Manage QA inbox queries within agreed deadlines
• Identify opportunities to improve specification processes and data accuracy
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and customer codes of practice

This is what you'll need:

• Experience working with customer specifications within food manufacturing
• Experience using specification systems, databases or customer portals
• Background in QA, Regulatory or Technical teams would be advantageous

And this is what you'll get:

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• Opportunity to join a stable and growing FMCG business