Chase & Associates is hiring: Structural Packaging Designer in Neenah

Chase and Associates is partnering with a leader in custom packaging solutions to find a Structural Packaging Designer. This role bridges commercial objectives and operational performance, ensuring structural designs and tooling are practical, cost-effective, and fully executable on the manufacturing floor.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop structural packaging concepts and production-ready designs for folding carton applications, ensuring manufacturability and cost efficiency.
• Own the tooling lifecycle—from specification and vendor coordination to validation and implementation on the production floor.
• Serve as a technical liaison between Commercial, Operations, Production, and external tooling partners, engaging with customers as needed to clarify design intent.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Estimating, Operations, Purchasing, and Quality to support accurate quoting, reliable sourcing, and successful production launches.
• Provide production support to resolve design- or tooling-related challenges, improve runability, and reduce waste.
• Ensure documentation and tooling oversight support traceability, operational continuity, and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, enhance packaging performance, and drive cost control.

What You Need:

• MUST HAVE: Experience in structural packaging design within a folding carton manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in ArtiosCAD is required.
• Working knowledge of packaging materials, tooling development, and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects in a production-driven environment with strong mechanical aptitude and practical problem-solving skills.
• Experience interacting with customers on design or functional requirements is a plus.
• Clear communication, cross-functional collaboration abilities, and a high level of accountability, organization, and follow-through.
• A production-oriented mindset—you understand that successful packaging design is defined by performance on the manufacturing floor as much as customer satisfaction.