Corrugated Packaging Structural Designer

• Design and develop new and revised corrugated packaging and display solutions, including cost reduction and performance improvements.
• Create prototypes and samples using CAD software and sample cutting tables for testing and validation.
• Write, maintain, and transmit detailed specifications, drawings, and documentation.
• Collaborate with Sales to gather customer requirements, support projects, and travel to customer sites as needed for audits, testing, and relationship building.
• Coordinate with tooling suppliers and manage ordering, verification, and quoting of cutting dies, printing plates, labels, and preprint materials.
• Work closely with Graphics to integrate structural design with artwork, ensuring the final package is both visually appealing and structurally sound.
• Support Manufacturing by ensuring designs align with equipment capabilities, routing requirements, and production constraints.
• Learn and apply customer and retail guidelines as well as industry testing protocols (e.g., ISTA, Amazon, hazmat, club store standards).
• Manage individual project workloads using project management tools and meet internal and external deadlines.
• Assist with routine lab, graphics, tooling verification, and departmental support activities as needed.
• Maintain clean, safe, and organized work areas while following all safety rules and company policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Industrial Design, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience in structural or packaging design.
• Prior experience in corrugated packaging design or the corrugated manufacturing industry preferred.
• Proficiency with CAD software such as ArtiosCAD or similar tools; familiarity with palletizing software (e.g., CAPE, TOPPS) preferred.
• Strong understanding of box plant machinery, tooling, scoring, manufacturing processes, and equipment limitations.
• Knowledge of paperboard grades, flute profiles, corrugation, printing processes, and material performance.
• Experience operating sample cutting tables and producing physical mockups.
• Strong analytical, math, and problem solving skills with the ability to think in three dimensions.
• Excellent verbal, written, and electronic communication skills with a customer focused mindset.
• Highly detail oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple projects in a fastpaced environment.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within cross functional teams.

Compensation and Benefits

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new and revised corrugated packaging and display solutions, including cost reduction and performance improvements.
• Create prototypes and samples using CAD software and sample cutting tables for testing and validation.
• Write, maintain, and transmit detailed specifications, drawings, and documentation.
• Collaborate with Sales to gather customer requirements, support projects, and travel to customer sites as needed for audits, testing, and relationship building.
• Coordinate with tooling suppliers and manage ordering, verification, and quoting of cutting dies, printing plates, labels, and preprint materials.
• Work closely with Graphics to integrate structural design with artwork, ensuring the final package is both visually appealing and structurally sound.
• Support Manufacturing by ensuring designs align with equipment capabilities, routing requirements, and production constraints.
• Learn and apply customer and retail guidelines as well as industry testing protocols (e.g., ISTA, Amazon, hazmat, club store standards).
• Manage individual project workloads using project management tools and meet internal and external deadlines.
• Assist with routine lab, graphics, tooling verification, and departmental support activities as needed.
• Maintain clean, safe, and organized work areas while following all safety rules and company policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging, Industrial Design, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience in structural or packaging design.
• Prior experience in corrugated packaging design or the corrugated manufacturing industry preferred.
• Proficiency with CAD software such as ArtiosCAD or similar tools; familiarity with palletizing software (e.g., CAPE, TOPPS) preferred.
• Strong understanding of box plant machinery, tooling, scoring, manufacturing processes, and equipment limitations.
• Knowledge of paperboard grades, flute profiles, corrugation, printing processes, and material performance.
• Experience operating sample cutting tables and producing physical mockups.
• Strong analytical, math, and problem solving skills with the ability to think in three dimensions.
• Excellent verbal, written, and electronic communication skills with a customer focused mindset.
• Highly detail oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple projects in a fastpaced environment.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within cross functional teams.

Compensation and Benefits