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

Corrugated Packaging Designer - Kansas City

Georgia-Pacific Corrugated Packaging in Kansas City, MO is seeking a Packaging Structural Designer to join our team. The Designer will collaborate with a diverse group of designers to provide a competitive advantage to the sales organization in product design. 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.

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 (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), Teams, Artios CAD (other CAD), Tops and other software tools

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

Location

This position is based in our Kansas City, MO plant.

Travel

Approximately 20% travel may be required to visit customers or other GP facilities, with potential overnights.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. All offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. See http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf