Jr Structural Designer

About the role

Pratt Industries is seeking a Junior Structural Designer for our San Antonio, Texas location. This is a Full Time, Salary Non-Exempt position reporting to the Design Manager.

Essential duties

• Review artwork and structural box samples and design/create samples or layouts based on customer artwork and specifications
• Fabricate creative and functional designs for corrugated shipping containers including structural and graphics
• Provide accurate and legible documentation (both CAD files and Print Cards) to Sales staff, Customer Service and Production departments to ensure customer needs and production efficiencies are met
• Maintain a library of all active and non-active tooling in both die cut and printing areas
• Create prototypes and samples manually or using CAM system to send to customers
• Produce small order quantities when required
• Purchase required tooling used during the manufacturing process such as cutting dies, print plates, anvil covers or various supplies for the repair shop
• Meet with vendors daily to discuss efficiencies and best tooling pricing
• Proof all new incoming print plates and cutting dies and coordinate tooling repairs with shop personnel
• Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping
• Follow corporate Quality, Sanitation, GMP and HACCP standards to achieve finished product within quality control specifications
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience: Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent certification from a two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Computer Skills: ArtiosCAD, TOPS or CAPE, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator; Internet software; Manufacturing software; Spreadsheet software; Word Processing software.

Other Skills and Abilities: Basic experience operating equipment and machinery (Kongsberg cutting table); able to read measuring devices such as a tape measure.

Other Qualifications: One to two years experience in related field preferred; manufacturing experience a plus.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

Mathematics: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables where only limited standardization exists; ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Competencies

• Intelligence: Demonstrate ability to acquire understanding and absorb new information rapidly
• Analysis Skills: Identifies significant problems and opportunities
• Creativity: Generates new approaches to problems or original modifications to established approaches
• Organization/Planning: Plans, organizes, schedules, and budgets in an efficient, productive manner; focuses on key priorities; juggles multiple projects effectively; anticipates reasonable contingencies; pays reasonable attention to detail; manages personal time well
• Excellence: Sets high standards of performance; demonstrates low tolerance for mediocrity; requires high quality results; exhibits conscientiousness and attention to detail
• Adaptability: Adjusts quickly to changing priorities; copes effectively with complexity
• Customer Focus: Regularly monitors customer satisfaction; meets internal and external customer needs in ways that provide satisfaction and excellent results; establishes partner relationships; regarded as visible and accessible by customers

Physical demands

• Occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste or smell
• Frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel

Work environment

• Occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, risk of electrical shock, vibration
• Not exposed to wet or humid conditions, high/precarious places, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold or heat, work with explosives, risk of radiation
• Noise level: Moderate noise

Benefits

• Within 1 month: Eligible for insurance benefits
• At 3 months: 401k with partial match
• At 6 months: Paid vacation days
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance