At a Glance
- Tasks: Create innovative packaging designs that meet customer and environmental needs.
- Company: Join a company dedicated to protecting food, people, and the planet.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, creative work environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative team atmosphere with exciting projects and career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact with sustainable packaging solutions for global brands.
- Qualifications: Degree in design and experience in packaging design required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. Our people on the shop floor produce innovative, sustainable products.
Your opportunity: We are currently looking for a CAD Designer. In this position, you will be responsible for all the response elements of a customer brief, delivering sustainable packaging/carton design solutions for world-class global brands. From concept to supply, exceed customer, environmental and production demands into creative packing proposals and provide a range of alternatives for review. You will report to the CAD Manager and be part of the CAD team.
What you'll be doing:
- Create and provide innovative packaging designs which meet the customer and Company's requirements, ensuring brief responses are delivered right first time.
- Research existing products, ideas and patents and provide added value packaging alternatives on new and existing carton designs.
- Liaison with Customers, Design Studios, Sales Team, Prepress and Production Departments in bringing prototypes to the marketplace.
- Provide visual packaging concepts through structural prototypes & technical drawings.
- Assist in the generation of future pipelines for potential opportunities.
- Create multi-up layouts for pricing/tooling orders.
- Carrying out associated administration and documentation.
- Undertake Special Projects.
- Adhere to the Company's confidentiality rules and procedures at all times.
What you'll bring to the role:
- Educated to degree level standard.
- Relevant design experience within the folding carton industry.
- Track record of developing innovative carton/packaging design solutions.
- Literate in ArtiosCAD or similar bespoke Packaging Software.
- Sample Prototyping.
- Relevant experience working to a design brief, within the constraints of a budget and deadline.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Take project from initial brief right the way through to finished high quality customer facing design presentation.
- An eye for emerging new trends.
- Understanding Customers' desire to encompass sustainability and environmentally friendly approaches to developing solutions.
- Self-motivated.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Conceptual thinker able to research new concepts.
- Ability to plan and organise workload effectively to meet specified deadlines.
- Excellent customer service.
- Innovative and highly creative whilst listening carefully to customer requirements.
- Ability to deal with customer requests for multiple design amendments and being prepared to rework them, sometimes at short notice to meet deadlines.
- Passion to excel and challenge the traditions of packaging design.
Help protect food, people and the planet.
Skills: CAD drawing, CAD Packaging.
CAD Technician I in Belfast employer: Huhtamaki Foodservice Delta Ltd
Join a forward-thinking company that prioritises sustainability and innovation in packaging design, making a meaningful impact on food safety and environmental protection. With a collaborative work culture, employees are encouraged to grow through hands-on experience and creative problem-solving, while enjoying the benefits of working with world-class global brands. Located in a vibrant area, this role offers unique opportunities to contribute to exciting projects that challenge traditional packaging norms.
Contact Details:
Huhtamaki Foodservice Delta Ltd Recruitment Team
