Packaging Designer

The company are looking to recruit a Senior Packaging Designer to lead food packaging development projects for their broad range of customers. You will have experience of developing functional packaging, preferably within cartons or cardboard.

Commutable from: Milton Keynes, Luton, Stevenage

Salary: £30,000 p.a. to £35,000 p.a. + Pension + Benefits

The Role

As the Senior Product Designer you will develop and define packaging from briefs originating from both clients and colleagues alike.
Generate concepts using Artios CAD.
Make revisions, additions and improvements to archived designs.
Work in collaboration with the Purchasing, Cut and Crease, Finishing and Die Managers to ensure the compatibility of new designs with existing manufacturing facilities.
Continuously develop an understanding, and ability to learn, of the complexities and challenges associated with a busy packaging manufacturing plant.
Produce layouts for estimating and die making.
Create technical dimensional drawings.
Make samples and prototypes from a wide range of boards, using our Kongsberg Folding Carton Samples making table, maintaining attention to detail throughout the repetitions of this task.


The Candidate

The ideal candidate for the Senior Product Designer is someone with a proven recent and relevant experience in carton board construction design which demonstrates high levels of creativity to exceed expectations in delivering innovative and creative packaging solutions. Experience within the food packaging environment would be advantageous but not necessary.
Strong ability to use Artios CAD and deliver 3D images.
A self-starter with a positive ?can do' spirit able to demonstrate excellent communication, technical, innovation and creative skills in order to advise on and design an ever-evolving range of paperboard and combination packaging, primarily for the retail and food service sectors.


To apply for the position of Senior Product Designer please forward an up to date copy of your CV to Fraser Nibbs or call 01789 201040.