Specifications Technologist 

Location: Sittingbourne 

Hours:  Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5pm 

Pay rate : up to £28,,500 (Paid Breaks) 

Purpose

To provide support across the Group Technical team to ensure that the requirements of the Company Management System and ISO 22,000 are adhered to at all times, that accurate information is calculated and recorded on finished product specifications and to further ensure that labels are legally compliant

About the role

Reporting to the Consumer Technologist and based at the Sittingbourne office, you will work closely with all areas of the business to assist in maintaining our products are labelled accurately and are up to date with the latest legislation

What you’ll be doing‿

Learning & Development:

*        Build and maintain skills in product and label legislation

*        Level 3 Food Safety and HACCP

*        Increasing knowledge of food production of manufacturing

*        Embrace feedback and take part in regular one-to-one check-ins to support your development journey and objectives

Food Safety:

*        Carrying out and recording cooking time validations/verifications to ensure that the reheating instructions on packs ensure safe food for the end consumer

*        Ensuring allergen or food safety concerns for any new products are raised/actioned as appropriate and sent to the lab for verification

*        Conducting and recording of Home Delivery verification trials to determine product suitability for HD, ensuring food safety and quality is maintained

*        Ensure finished product specifications, recipes and labels are up to date with accurate nutritional analysis and allergen information

Team Collaboration:

*        Work closely with team members to understand requirements and deliver solutions

*        Communicate clearly and respectfully with both technical and non-technical colleagues

*        Create and maintain a good relationship with Kitchen staff at all sites (especially labelling)

*        Liaise with Food Team to arrange finished product samples for cooking verification and lab testing if required

*        Become a key member of the Commercial Timeline meetings, to ensure dates are met from Pre 200 stage to Ops Sign Off

*        Attend food safety meetings as Group Technical Representative

Other Bits

*        Extracts via SQL

*        Team/Business wide projects including Price Change, Packaging Changes

*        Answering Technical Queries upon request

*        Complete Request for Changes in a timely manner, keeping an accurate log

*        Carry out shelf-life studies alongside the Consumer Technologist

*        Update the HFSS spreadsheet monthly and send updates to Concession stakeholders

*        Keep Specification Checklist up to date – sending samples to the lab for verification

What Cook is About 

We’re a proudly independent, family-owned B Corp, which basically means we care. A lot. About our food. About our people. And about doing the right thing—even when it’s not the easy thing. 

Other bits 

Excellent Benefits including paid breaks, free food, CookieJar Smart Spending discounts on leading brands, profit share, 30% staff discount and birthdays off and much more. 

Due to some lone working you will need to be over 18. 

Our vision for COOK has always been that we are a place where EVERYONE is welcome. We want everyone to feel like they belong at COOK. We all have different roles, different abilities and different personalities. By collaborating we can do remarkable things. Whatever your story, if you would like to grow with COOK please apply. 

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