Senior Structural Designer

Great Northern•Brooklyn Park, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Great Northern Instore is an award-winning, privately owned paper-based packaging manufacturer established in 1962. The company recently won 6 Outstanding Merchandising Achievement (OMA) Awards, including the prestigious “Display of the Year” Award. Great Northern is committed to helping customers succeed by providing effective strategies and continuously investing in new, high-speed manufacturing equipment to maximize capacity and increase production. This creates opportunities for employees to learn and grow. The Senior Structural Designer will be a crucial part of this team, responsible for designing efficient and innovative solutions for new high-speed equipment, ensuring optimized output and minimal downtime. The role contributes to the continuous improvement and growth of the business within a collaborative, safe, clean, enjoyable, and predictable workplace. Team members produce sustainable and eco-friendly products for national brands. Great Northern is dedicated to its team members, customers, and communities, with many employees referred by friends and family.

Requirements

Perform all job responsibilities in strict adherence with the Company’s Mission/Values Statement and in accordance with established standards for external customers as well as internal customers
Have pride in your work
Be on time
Work safely
Work effectively with others
Be optimistic
Take ownership of your responsibilities
Look for continuous improvement opportunities

Responsibilities

Providing development of package and display design concepts to assigned accounts, markets and/or projects
Fabricate final samples of design concepts for approval
Write specifications for cost estimates and Production
Act as a resource to sales and other internal teams to enhance the ability of the company to present the concepts to the market
Designing efficient and innovative designs for our new high-speed equipment, ensuring it is optimized for maximum output and minimal downtime

Benefits

Competitive 401K match
Historically generous profit-sharing retirement savings contribution
Paid time off accrued during your first year of employment
Medical plan options are available to provide flexibility in choosing the one that best suits your individual and family needs
Clean, comfortable breakroom
Opportunities to advance your career and compensation level
Annual merit increases
Market benchmarking to ensure competitive wages
Opportunity to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge that can be applied to grow into new positions with higher pay
Advancement opportunities available at our facilities both locally and nationally