Job title: Specification Technologist (12 Month FTC)

Location: Lottie Shaw’s (Brighouse)

About Lottie Shaw’s

The urge to review one of her family favourite recipes; The Yorkshire Parkin cake, a classic much-loved regional bonfire treat, led to Lottie to create her own brand…Lottie Shaw’s.   Convinced once peoples tasted her authentic sticky ginger cake; a blend of oatmeal, ginger and black treacle, folk would enjoy it far & wide, all year round… and the rest as they say is history!

Crowned as the ‘Official Taste of Yorkshire’ in 2018, Lottie Shaw’s is based in Brighouse within a new 12,500 sqft state of the art bakery.  Combining sustainable practices with a pride and passion for the tradition of ‘scratch baking’, Lottie Shaw’s continues to bake award-winning seriously good treats with the authentic taste of Yorkshire home baking.

Since April 2024 Lottie Shaw’s has joined the Jacksons’ and William Jackson Food Group’s family, bringing two family-run, Yorkshire businesses together.  It’s an exciting time to join our craft bakery!

What’s involved?

You will be responsible for developing, managing and maintaining the systems for customer specifications, raw material specifications and packaging specifications to ensure compliance with customer requirements.

You will be knowledgeable regarding all the key format for customer and own label specifications, converse with current labelling legislation and familiar with the requirements of customer codes of practice. 

You will work closely with the Technical, Sales, NPD and the Operations teams to obtain the required information.  You will liaise with suppliers and customers as required.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Customer and own label specifications:

• Prepare customer specifications from information provided for new or updated products and at customer request utilising various software packages including online systems.
• Prepare own label pack copies which are used for mandatory legal information, and for generation of artwork.
• Internal specifications for factory use.

Raw Material Specifications:

• Maintain raw material and packaging specification files – request specifications from suppliers, ensure signed off, maintain electronic files etc.
• Manage Valid IT and insite; pesticides and countries of origin.

Recipe System:

• Maintain recipe systems - Input into ERP system, review Recipe System Database.

Crisis Manual:

• Maintain relevant sections of the Crisis Manual.

Packaging:

• Prepare pack copy for retail packaging and review pdfs for approval.
• Ensure designs meet legal and Jacksons standards.

General:

• Creation reports, answering specific e-mail queries as required at the customer’s request.
• Any other duties as requested by your line manager.

Qualifications and Experience

• Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent level in a food related, bakery, science or engineering biased discipline.
• You will have extensive working knowledge of food manufacturing and particularly experience of compiling customer specifications
• Intermediate / L3 Food Safety or above
• Intermediate / L3 HACCP or above
• Detailed knowledge of current labelling legislation.
• Customer facing experience.
• Computer Literacy Skills – ability to use software programs operational within the Company.
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Experience of online specification systems.

Job commitments

Lottie Shaw’s – Brighouse

Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Why Lottie Shaw’s?

In return for your commitment as a Specification Technologist (12 Month FTC) with us you will receive:

• Competitive hourly rate paid every 4 weeks.
• 6.6 weeks holiday, increasing to 7 weeks with 5 years’ continuous service.
• Stakeholder pension with generous employer contributions.
• WJFG Wellbeing and Rewards Platform
• Online benefits portal providing exclusive discounts with over 900 retailers.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Support grants available for colleagues’ children attending University.

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!