About The Team - Who To Contact
Lisa Marie Godfrey
Lisa Marie Godfrey
Lisa Marie Godfrey
Lisa Marie Godfrey, our MD, is a Food Science graduate. Prior to moving into recruitment in 1996 she had a successful career in Quality and Technical Management with Bakkavor and The Co-op as well as completing assignments as an Interim Technical Manager.
Contact Lisa if you're a Food Business who has worked with Jarvis Johnson in the past
Liz Harrison
Lisa Marie Godfrey
Lisa Marie Godfrey
Liz Harrison, our Recruitment Manager has been with Jarvis Johnson since 2018, having previously honed her relationship skills as a National Account Manager with Carlsberg.
Contact Liz if you're a Food Business wanting to know more about working with Jarvis Johnson
Melissa Teece
Lisa Marie Godfrey
Melissa Teece
Melissa Teece has built brilliant relationships with our candidates over the years and has been with Jarvis Johnson since 2021, building 1st Class Technical and NPD Teams.
Contact Melissa if you're an individual looking for your next permanent or interim position
Why Are We Different?
What To Expect When You Work With Us
What Does This Mean For You?
When Jarvis Johnson was set up in 1999 there were virtually no other agencies specialising in Food Manufacturing. We were able to make an impact really quickly as we were offering a pioneering service quickly sourcing Technical and NPD Interims to support Food Manufacturers with audit preparation – there was a great demand for this as
When Jarvis Johnson was set up in 1999 there were virtually no other agencies specialising in Food Manufacturing. We were able to make an impact really quickly as we were offering a pioneering service quickly sourcing Technical and NPD Interims to support Food Manufacturers with audit preparation – there was a great demand for this as BRC Global Food Standard Issue 1 had come out in 1998!
Fast forward to 2026 and the landscape is completely different. Our services now encompass supporting both permanent and interim candidate placement. These days there are more recruitment agencies active in the Food Manufacturing space but as you will see if you have a quick scroll through other agency websites, we are STILL the only recruitment agency whose focus is solely on Technical, QA and Development.
What Does This Mean For You?
What To Expect When You Work With Us
What Does This Mean For You?
Size isn’t everything..!
We are not the biggest agency around. But we can guarantee when you speak to any of our team you will be doing with someone with Longevity, Professionalism and Sector Knowledge, not graduates who didn’t know their HACCP from their TACCP 6 months ago! Our clients tell us they like the personal, almost family serv
Size isn’t everything..!
We are not the biggest agency around. But we can guarantee when you speak to any of our team you will be doing with someone with Longevity, Professionalism and Sector Knowledge, not graduates who didn’t know their HACCP from their TACCP 6 months ago! Our clients tell us they like the personal, almost family service that we consistently deliver. Whilst our team is compact, our network is huge, with our database having almost 25000 registered specialists in Technical, QA and Development – across the whole of the UK.
Our database really is a goldmine! However, we don’t rest on our laurels and just rely on our heritage brand, in 2025 we invested in new technology which maps out companies local to a particular site and helps us to identify “hidden” candidates – this has proved particularly successful for Food and Drink companies who have run their own advertising campaigns and found it hard to attract local talent.
What To Expect When You Work With Us
What To Expect When You Work With Us
What To Expect When You Work With Us
Great communication is the foundation of everything we do. We all know what it’s like to be ghosted so we commit to
- Discovery call / meeting - to ensure we thoroughly understand your requirements before "launching" the job.
- Statistics – on a fortnightly basis we will produce a report showing how many candidates are still in the pi
Great communication is the foundation of everything we do. We all know what it’s like to be ghosted so we commit to
- Discovery call / meeting - to ensure we thoroughly understand your requirements before "launching" the job.
- Statistics – on a fortnightly basis we will produce a report showing how many candidates are still in the pipeline for you. For those candidates not progressing we summarise the reasons why.
Review Calls - carried out fortnightly (or more often if Client requires)
- Where requested we can also compile Salary Surveys