Must be able to provide innovative packaging solutions in a timely manner. They must lead efforts to ensure the production facility can efficiently produce new designs while acting as packaging subject matter expert for the team.

Technical Skills and Responsibilities

- Develop structural design solutions for paper-based packaging (folding carton, corrugated, rigid box). Experience with non-paper packaging materials a plus.
- Manage design projects and maintain effective communication to sales, customer service, and manufacturing.
- Occasionally (10%) engage directly with client, along with sales business development, as subject matter expert, to obtain project related information.
- Ensure new designs are created for optimum efficiency for production.
- Create high-end, flawless packaging prototypes for customer presentations.
- Create organized, clear, and consistent specifications, dielines, and BOMs.
- Ensure all designs meet customer testing standards.
- Follow direction of the management team to ensure proper design protocols and procedures are followed.
- Interpret concrete and abstract direction from clients, sales and management to develop a solution that exceeds customer expectations.
- Work collaboratively with design team members to identify and develop the best possible packaging solution.
- Effectively communicate reasoning behind design decisions.
- Maintain clear organization of large ongoing projects involving a multitude of components and revisions.
- Create 3D renderings including conceptual packaging design, exploded-view schematics, and detailed assembly instructions.

Qualifications

- Bachelor Degree in packaging engineering,



industrial design or related field.
- 3+ years of relevant work experience in structural design of packaging for educational, publishing, retail, consumer products, technology and/or pharmaceutical markets.
- Demonstrated experience in developing innovative solutions for paper-based packaging. Experience working in product design and non-paper packaging a significant benefit.
- Ability to solve complex problems by analyzing variables and applying appropriate solutions learned through experience and proficiency in understanding the job.
- Recognize anomalies and critical situations and respond appropriately.
- Communicate and interact with a variety of internal/external customers and/or co-workers at level of detail required to resolve issues of moderate complexity.
- Knowledge of or ability to quickly learn specialized software to complete work assignments.
- Proactively listen to others to understand issues and situations.
- Clearly articulate business needs to both internal and external customers.
- Very good knowledge of packaging manufacturing equipment, processes, and capabilities.
- Very good knowledge of packaging prototyping equipment and processes.
- Understand the entire design process from concept, prototype, testing, and production.
- Sense of urgency.
- Strong functional computer knowledge. Advanced knowledge of ArtiosCAD required. Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft products preferred. Solidworks / Rhino 3D experience a plus.
- Knowledge of packaging testing procedures- ISTA, TAPPI, ASTM.
- Occasional travel may be required.
- Bilingual (English / Spanish) a very significant plus.

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📌 Structural Designer (Reynosa)
🏢 Impresora Donneco Internacional
📍 Reynosa