Georgia-Pacific LLC is hiring: Corrugated Packaging Designer - Kansas City in Ka

Overview

Corrugated Packaging Designer - Kansas City role at Georgia-Pacific LLC.

Georgia-Pacific Corrugated Packaging in Kansas City, MO is 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 to provide a competitive advantage to the sales organization in the product design arena. The ideal candidate will develop design solutions compatible with current manufacturing capabilities and proactively identify and recommend improvements for key accounts. This position reports to the Designer Center of Excellence Leader.

Location

Kansas City, MO plant. The design team operates in a community that values sustainability, innovation, and quality.

Travel

Approximately 20% travel may be required to visit customers or other GP facilities with potential overnight stays on occasion.

What You Will Do

• Support regional design efforts for local and national customers
• 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
• Utilize Microsoft Office Suite 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Teams, Artios CAD (and other CAD tools) and Tops

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 3 or more years of experience in corrugated structural design
• Flexibility to travel up to 10% of the time

What Will Put You Ahead

• Corrugated box plant experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Science or related field
• Working knowledge with Artios CAD

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

Georgia-Pacific LLC is a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more. We operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day to make everyday products even better. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength, focusing on overall wellbeing. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf