Vickerstock are excited to be working in partnership with our award-winning Food Manufacturing client on the appointment of NPD Specifications Technologist to join the team at their state-of-the-art factory in Craigavon. What's in it for you? Competitive Salary DOE Monday-Friday Company pension Free parkinG What your day to day will look like: 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, including sensory assessments for new products, preparation of attribute sheets and organisation of photography of visual standards. 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. What you will need to succeed 2 years experience in a similar role working successfully with other departments Experience with Technical Systems and Standards and Management within Food Manufacturing. Third level qualification in a relevant discipline Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to liaise with people (internal and external) across all levels High level of computer literacy to include Microsoft Excel, Word and Internet Methodical approach, highly organized with good prioritization skills, the ability to work to short deadlines and attention to detail. Ability to work independently with minimum direction required What to do next: Sound like the career move you've been after and would like to hear more, pick up the phone to Anna now on or send an updated CV - in Word format - via the link on the page. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR A FULL LIST OF OUR CURRENT VACANCIES Skills: SPECIFICATIONS FOOD INNOVATION NPD