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Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. (BCI) · 3 months ago

Structural Designer | Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, IN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. is a privately held, employee-owned company specializing in corrugated packaging products. The Structural Designer will conceptualize, design, and prepare unique packaging solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams and maintaining relationships with customers and sales teams.

Packaging & Containers

Responsibilities

Follow established safety rules, policies and procedures at all times

Develop corrugated industrial, graphic packaging and POP display prototype samples based on project requirements customer expectations

Develop detailed specifications to efficiently utilize our manufacturing and fulfillment capabilities

Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams resources during research, ideation, evaluation and validation stages of all design solutions

Stay current with industry and market trends and identify opportunities for new products and packaging solutions

Verify incoming tooling ensuring specifications are met according to approved and supplied dielines

Generate detailed display specifications (including material, production info, label lines, multi-outs, etc.) and validate specifications of other Structural Designers for overall accuracy

Interface fully with Customers, Account Executives, Customer Service and Project Managers through the design and execution process

Accompany Account Executives on design-related meetings and presentations as needed

Develop distribution and in-store setup instruction sheets for retail packaging and displays

Initiate action to prevent problems and contribute solutions, document quality problems, verify implementation of solutions and control further processing when a problem is identified

Maintain, organize and update customer records. Keep work area clean and well organized

Personify a “Team Attitude” and provide support to others as needed

Understand and interpret documents such as packaging design specifications, operating instructions, training and procedure manuals

Must work well under pressure with multiple interruptions and be able to meet deadlines

Create, adjust and prepare art files for a wide array of printing methods

Full-time role in an office/design department setting

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Structural packaging designArtiosCADCAPE design softwareAdobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopSolidWorksStrata 3DPackage testing methodologiesCommunication skillsProblem solving

Required

5+ years' experience in structural packaging design – corrugated or display industries

College degree in Structural Design, Package Engineering/Packaging Science or Industrial Design from an accredited institution or equivalent experience

Working knowledge of ArtiosCAD software, including parametric designs

Experience with CAPE design and palletization software

Experience with operating sample table cutting devices (i.e. Kongsberg tables)

Experience with display and/or retail ready packaging design development

Experience with package testing and methodologies (UN, ISTA, etc.)

Good knowledge and grasp on available printing methods currently in the market