Quality Specialist - Packaging

Job Description

Job Description

The Quality, Safety & Food Safety Coordinator supports plant compliance and continuous improvement across QMS, Food Safety (GFSI/HACCP), and EHS programs. This role maintains documentation, coordinates audits, conducts training, and drives corrective actions to ensure our packaging meets customer, regulatory, and certification requirements-especially for food-contact packaging. Ideal for a detailoriented problem solver who can work crossfunctionally with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

Responsibilites:

• Maintain and improve the Quality Management System (QMS) in alignment with ISO 9001, including document control, audits, and customer/supplier compliance requirements.
• Lead nonconformances, root cause analysis, and CAPA processes; verify effectiveness and drive reduction in defects, scrap, rework, and customer complaints.
• Support inspection and testing activities (first article, in-process, and final), manage sampling plans, and ensure calibration of measurement tools.
• Coordinate and maintain the facility's Food Safety Program, including HACCP/Preventive Controls, cGMPs, allergen control, foreign material control, and sanitation verification.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with GFSI standards (BRCGS/FSSC), FSMA requirements, and FDA 21 CFR regulations relevant to food-contact packaging.
• Oversee Supplier Quality for raw materials: approvals, COAs, performance monitoring, and compliance with food safety and regulatory requirements.
• Support traceability/recall programs, mock recalls, batch/lot genealogy, and environmental or foreign material monitoring (as applicable).
• Participate in EHS programs, including OSHA compliance, safety training, inspections, incident investigations, JHAs, nearmiss reporting, and followup on corrective actions.
• Deliver or coordinate plant training on quality, food safety, and safety topics, promoting a strong cGMP, 5S, and continuous improvement culture.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready documentation and records; use plant systems (ERP/MES/LIMS/eQMS/eHS) to generate reports, dashboards, and trend analyses for leadership.

Required

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical field OR equivalent experience in manufacturing (packaging, plastics, converting, printing, or similar).
• 2+ years of experience in quality, food safety, or EHS within a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of HACCP/cGMPs, basic GFSI scheme expectations (BRCGS or FSSC), and ISO 9001.
• Experience with nonconformance/CAPA, internal audits, and customer complaint handling.
• OSHA 30 certification (General Industry).
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and strong documentation/communication skills.
• Ability to work crossfunctionally and support offshift activities when needed.

Preferred

• Experience in food-contact packaging (film extrusion, thermoforming, injection/blow molding, paperboard, labels, flexibles).
• HACCP or PCQI certification; Internal Auditor training (ISO 9001, BRCGS/FSSC).
• Familiarity with OSHA programs (LOTO, machine guarding, hazard communication).
• Experience with SPC, sampling plans, capability studies, or quality data analysis tools.
• Familiarity with eQMS, LIMS, MES, or Power BI.

Company DescriptionDSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.
Working across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.
With offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.

We believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.

Our service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.

Company Description

DSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.\r\nWorking across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.\r\nWith offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.\r\n\r\nWe believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.\r\n\r\nOur service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.