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What does a Packaging Designer do for Pratt Industries?
Our Packaging Designers are responsible for overseeing creation of artwork and structural box samples to assist Sales Representatives in sales promotions. This function is crucial to gaining and keeping customers through unique and quality boxes.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Formulate and communicate ideas for new accounts or products, analyzing customer needs and production feasibility.
- Accompany Sales Representatives on occasion to present new products or designs to customers or prospects.
- Review accounts and make recommendations for updates on style, board weight, new developments, etc.
- Analyze changes in the industry and research innovations in equipment that can be adapted to company operations.
- Produce samples on CAD table or cut samples by hand.
- Make production specifications from proto-type.
- Responsible for meeting deadlines with possible overtime required.
- Implement, maintain, and support all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.
- Additional duties may be assigned by management.
Qualifications
College education or heavy college coursework in the field of CAD, drafting, design, and engineering.Five years experience in a graphics, drafting or related field.Good communicator with customers and sales staff.Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following :3-5 years experience in the packaging or a related field.Knowledge of Artios CAD, Kongsberg table, or similar tools.Experience in a production / manufacturing facility, especially in the corrugated industry.Schooling or training in art.Wage and Salary
Pay is based off of experience.Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.Mathematical Skills
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.Reasoning Ability
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.Technical Skills
The individual must have a working knowledge of the following :
Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation. This also supports the supervisor's role of teacher and trainer for his / her personnel.Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.Budget development, adherence and analysis.Quality standards.Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear and sit and stand. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and / or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Additional Information
Pratt Industries is America's 4th largest paper and packaging company with more than 10,000 highly skilled green collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than twenty states. The company operates several of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by harvesting the urban forest.
Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, paid holidays, and childbearing and parental leave.
Pratt Industries provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
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