Packaging Designer (Engineer)

Your Job

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding career in a growing industry? Do you want to work in a company where our culture drives our success? If so, you might be the perfect fit for our team!

Georgia Pacific Corrugated Packaging in Martinsville, Virginia is currently seeking a talented, motivated, and creative individual to join us as Packaging Structural Designer.

The Designer will work collaboratively with a diverse and talented group of designers who share a passion and vision to provide a competitive advantage to the sales organization in the product design arena.

The ideal candidate will be able to develop design solutions compatible with our current manufacturing capabilities and proactively identify and recommend improvements for key accounts.

This position will report to the Designer Center of Excellence Leader.

If you are ready for a challenge and want to make a difference, apply now, and join us on our journey!

Our Team

This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your design capability and be a part of a dynamic team and culture.

Our Design Team is committed to delivering sustainable, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to our customers while providing profitable opportunities for the company.

The design team focuses on positive proactive customer experience, internal and external operational excellence, packaging optimization, and total cost-effectiveness.

Location: This position is based in our Martinsville, VA plant supporting design for our Martinsville, VA and Asheboro, NC corrugated box plants.

You will be part of a community that values sustainability, innovation, and quality.

Open to relocation for this position.

Travel: Approximately 20-30% travel may be required to visit customers with potential overnight travel.

What You Will Do

• Support regional design efforts for local and national customers within our Mid-Atlantic region, with a primary emphasis on design at our Martinsville, VA and Asheboro, NC facilities.

• Independently develop solutions compatible with existing manufacturing capabilities

• Collaborate within the Center of Excellence (COE) and across the entire Design Community.

• Proactively identify and recommend improvement / optimization opportunities for customer accounts.

• Manage project load while providing feedback to COE Leader on risks and key needs.

• Utilizing Microsoft Office Suite 365 (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Teams, Artios CAD (other CAD), Tops and other software tools.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in corrugated structural design

• Flexibility to travel up to 30% of the time with potential overnight travel

• Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• Corrugated box plant experience

• Produce and/or agricultural experience

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Science or related f...