Direct Client - Advisor - Food Safety & Quality (Retail Packaging) at Chateck Inc

Role: Advisor - Food Safety & Quality (Retail Packaging) Location: Seattle, WA - Onsite 4 Days/Week Job Description We are seeking a Food Safety & Quality Advisor with experience in packaging materials and supplier quality to support a high-visibility retail packaging program. This role partners closely with packaging engineering, supplier quality teams, and cross-functional partners to ensure the safety, compliance, and quality of customer-facing packaging products. The position is ideal for professionals with experience in packaging engineering, supplier quality, food safety, or materials science, particularly within consumer products, food & beverage, or retail packaging environments Tops Skills Needed Top Candidate Skills Years of Experience 1 Skill: Technical Packaging 2+ Yrs 2 Skill: Communication Application: Written and Verbal, ability to summarize, speak concisely, break down complex situations into manageable sized info 2+ Yrs 3 Skill: Quick ramp up time, ability to adapt, agility 1+ Yrs Years experience?: 3-5 years of experience Technology requirements?: Microsoft Office Suite Smartsheets ServiceNow Quality Management System knowledge Required background & Skills Strong packaging and material science background with emphasis in plastics, pulp, and paper (3-5 years) Experience developing and implementing quality programs and product standards or manufacturer and supplier quality system and product quality auditing with an emphasis in materials (3-5 years) Progressive experience managing the development and review of information required to comply with product safety and quality (3-5 years) Quality Management System knowledge including HACCP, GMPs, ISO or GFSI and BRC complaint standards. Basic understanding of Food Safety and Quality GFSI requirements. Daily Responsibilities: Will work with packaging engineer, ideally has a background with packaging Compliance Tracking Apply in-depth technical knowledge to projects and gather insights (i.e., testing, supplier and product assessment) across a wide variety of single-use packaging materials/items including but not limited to: poly-coated paperboard (hot cups), polypropylene PP (cups and lids), polylactic acid PLA, poly-hydroxyalkanoic acids PHA, molded pulp, corrugate, containerboard, utensils, etc. Proactively analyze product and supplier quality signals, metrics, audit data, customer feedback, regulator, and workgroup input. Identify trends and lead investigation and resolution of packaging related concerns from regulators, retail stores, field QA partners or internal and external customers. Interface and influence suppliers and cross-functional teams, including internationally based partners, to deliver results within demanding timelines. Acts as a Retail Food Packaging Product Safety and Quality system expert in the development of new packaging initiatives or operating practices. Interaction level with team: Highly interactive, will partner with varying partner teams Nice-to-Haves: Similar experience with their previous roles Disqualifiers: Job hopping (not completing contracts) Poorly formatted resume/typos Missing must have skills