October 12, 2024

Pilgrim's Europe

Craigavon

FULL TIME

Product Specification Technologist

As a Specification Technologist, you will play a key role in ensuring that all finished product specifications are accurate, compliant, and up-to-date. You’ll be working closely with cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements and legal obligations, ensuring all data is accurate and validated for successful product launches.

What You Will Be Doing:

Writing, approving, and maintaining detailed product specifications, ensuring they comply with customer requirements, relevant legislation, and company policies.
Collaborating with customers, internal teams, and stakeholders to provide technical data and ingredient declarations.
Ensuring all product specifications are supported by validated claims, such as RSPO logo approval and Vegan Society certifications.
Managing product pack copies, artwork, and ensuring compliance with all legal and customer technical requirements.
Presenting product specifications to customers during visits and audits, implementing corrective actions as required.
Ensuring Recipe Professor is updated with all necessary analytical and nutritional data to match product specifications.

What You Will Need:

A food-related qualification or experience in a similar role.
Strong knowledge of customer specification systems and food legislation (desirable).
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present technical information clearly.
Strong attention to detail, highly organized, and able to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work to strict deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Experience using Excel and Word, and comfortable working with computer systems.

Pilgrim's Pride Limited is a division of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, our business is part of the second largest food company in the world, whose team farm, process, prepare, package and deliver fresh, frozen and value-added food products for sale in more than 100 countries.
We are proud to partner with more than 1,000 UK farmers who share our belief in the highest standards on animal welfare, efficiency, and quality. Our own farming operation is 100% RSPCA Higher Welfare, making us the largest producer of higher welfare pork globally, delivering 25% of pig meat to UK consumers.