Cardboard Engineer / FSDU Designer

Linney; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned display design company in Mansfield is seeking a Cardboard Engineer to join their award-winning team. This role involves generating innovative cardboard engineering cutter guides and requires experience in engineering software. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with designers and project managers, ensuring designs align with client specifications and retail guidelines. Candidates should have strong problem-solving skills and a background in cardboard engineering, packaging, or product design. The company values creativity, teamwork, and career development.

Benefits

Progressive career development

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• Experience in cardboard engineering, packaging, structural design, or product design.
• Ability to work in a diverse team and tackle creative challenges.
• Familiarity with value engineering and manufacturing efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Generate award-winning cardboard engineering cutter guides.
• Liaise with designers and sales teams to ensure adherence to specifications.
• Weight testing and experimentation with structures/prototypes.

Skills

Problem-solving

Understanding of manufacturing processes

Excellent communication skills

Experience with engineering software (Artios CAD/AutoCAD/Kasemake/Impact)

Tools

Artios CAD

AutoCAD

Kasemake

Impact

Job description

Due to continuous growth Linney Display are offering an exciting opportunity for a Cardboard Engineer join our award-winning team. The right candidate for this role might be from a cardboard engineering, packaging, structural design or product design background.

We are looking for a problem solver who loves a challenge and works well as a diverse team to take highly creative concepts through to a final product/display.

We design semi-permanent displays and packaging concepts for well-loved Global and High Street brands, check out some examples of our work:

https://www.linney.com/services/2022/pretty-different-influencer-boxes

https://www.linney.com/services/2022/behind-the-scenes-of-l-oreal-professionnel-influencer-boxes

We are looking for candidates with experience in engineering software such as Artios CAD/AutoCAD/Kasemake/Impact or similar. Artfully balancing creativity and practicality, we develop displays that are innovative and eye-catching, while remaining cost-effective and compliant to brand and retailer guidelines. Our working culture is hugely important to us, and teamwork is the key to our success. You will be working collaboratively alongside a diverse mix of 3D Designers, Graphic Designers, Engineers and Project Managers.

Responsibilities

• Generating award-winning cardboard engineering cutter guides.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and an awareness of value engineering and developing manufacturing efficiencies.
• Weight testing and experimentation with new structures/prototypes and materials.
• Excellent communication skills, liaising with designers and sales teams to make sure designs adhere to both client specification and retail guidelines.
• Tackle a range of briefs from simple shelf trays to complex free‑standing displays and events sites and everything in‑between.
• Enjoy the challenge of working in a fast‑paced studio environment and be able to pivot from job to job with ease.
• Pushing the boundaries of the possible and challenging convention.

Linney is a Mansfield based, family‑owned business, on a dedicated 42‑acre site, employing over 1200 people. We are fully committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. We believe in rewarding our people based on talent and performance and offer progressive career development.