Corrugated Packaging Engineer

PSI Group•Williamsport, MD

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Packaging Services Industries, Inc., began production in 1976 and represents a family of privately owned businesses located in Maryland (MD) and Pennsylvania (PA). Since our inception, PSI has expanded to three plants, located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is staffed by over 350 employees. We feel this progress is directly attributed to our philosophy: to tailor our products to meet our customers' needs and to provide exemplary customer service - always with product guarantee! We believe our success depends on satisfying the customer and establishing a long record of performance that provides our customers with the quality they expect. PSI has built our reputation on being able to develop and deliver custom cardboard packaging products to assist our customers with their packaging challenges. Our staff is composed of uniquely qualified corrugated box professionals that can help with every step of the custom cardboard packaging process. Our Structure Designers and Graphic Designers are trained to take any product, no matter how fragile or oddly shaped, and custom engineer high quality corrugated boxes to suit our customers' specific needs. We are hiring a Corrugated Packaging Designer-in-Training for our Williamsport, MD location. This is a design position for a creative and detail oriented individual. The successful candidate will be motivated by the challenge of developing structural design solutions for our corrugated packaging and display customers. You will be working closely with other members of our Design, Sales and Production teams. This position may have the opportunity to transfer to another PSI location after successful completion of training program.

Requirements

Strong working knowledge of Computer Assisted Design (CAD) software and Microsoft Office are required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Structural Design, Engineering, or an Associate's Degree in Drafting and Design.
Previous experience with packaging and point of purchase display creation and design preferred.
Experience in the corrugated industry with a technical understanding of corrugated packaging design, cutting dies and printing preferred
Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Learn how to apply advance design skills in the creation of designs for packaging and/or point of service displays for new and existing PSI customer product
Partner with Senior Designers in evaluating customer needs and expectations and translating them into drawings, designs and prototypes within the manufacturing capabilities of the plant
Under the guidance and direction of Senior Designers, develop designs and recommend materials and production methods that will meet customer requirements and efficiently utilize plant equipment
Create samples of designs for customer inspection
Act as a liaison between clients, vendors and internal staff regarding project status, resource availability, design feasibility and scheduling

Benefits

choice of two medical plans (single and family)
dental
vision
company paid life insurance
voluntary short-term disability
voluntary long-term disability
voluntary supplemental life insurance
critical illness coverage
voluntary accident insurance
401K plan with employer match
Paid holidays
PTO (combination of vacation, sick and personal) granted after 90 days of employment
FMLA: Your Employee Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act