Specialist, Data & Spec Management (Food Science) Job Listing at Kelly Services in East Hanover, NJ (Job ID 10148936)

Description

Career Opportunity: Specialist, Data & Specification Management
Location: East Hanover, NJ
Duration: 18+ Month Contract
Pay Rate: $28.00 – $29.00 / Hour
Shift: 1st Shift (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST)
The Opportunity
Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for food science and technical data integrity? Join a global leader in the food and beverage industry as a Specialist in Data & Specification Management. In this high-impact role, you will be the technical anchor for specification reviews and approvals, ensuring that every product meets the highest global quality and compliance standards.
What You Will Do

• Drive Compliance: Provide expert specification management support to ensure all data aligns with rigorous quality standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a key liaison across various functions to lead specification reviews, approvals, and change notifications.
• Process Innovation: Identify opportunities for process improvement, offering suggestions to enhance data consistency and completeness.
• Technical Stewardship: Manage the full lifecycle of specifications, including archiving obsolete data, running maintenance audits, and providing day-to-day troubleshooting and user support.

What You Bring

• Educational Foundation: A University degree in Food Technology, Chemistry, Food Engineering, or a related scientific field.
• Industry Insight: 1–2 years of hands-on experience within the food industry is essential.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong Microsoft Excel skills are required; experience with PLM systems is a distinct advantage.
• Professionalism: Excellent organizational skills, priority-setting abilities, and the "learning agility" to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Communication: Fluent English with the interpersonal skills to work seamlessly with domestic and international colleagues.

Why Join Us?
This is a stable, 18-month fixed-term contract that offers significant resume equity and the chance to work alongside industry-leading experts. You'll enjoy a consistent 1st-shift schedule in a modern office environment—no steel-toed shoes required!
Apply Today!
We are looking for a proactive self-starter to join our East Hanover team. If you are ready to take the next step in your Food Science career, we want to hear from you.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly® Engineering?

Your engineering skills are in demand, but how do you find the right fit? Easy. At Kelly Engineering, our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world's most critical challenges. We connect you with leading organizations where you can collaborate on innovative projects, work with cutting-edge technologies and accelerate your growth. Whether you prefer the variety and flexibility of short-term projects or are looking for a long-term opportunity, we're here to guide you to the next step in your engineering career.

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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