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Early Career, Design Job detail

General Information

Job ID

ATR64276

Posting Job Title

Early Career, Design

Locations

AB Calgary

Employment Type

Part Time

Date Posted

27-Jul-2026

Relocation Support

No

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Early Career, Designer, Part Time, Calgary Alberta What does Smurfit Westrock do? Smurfit Westrock is a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions to customers across the globe. Have you ever ordered pizza that arrived hot and fresh at your doorstep, or an item online that you were excited to receive and open? If so, there is a good chance that the corrugated box it came in was made in one of our Smurfit Westrock facilities. If you are looking for a rewarding career at a company that provides room for growth, has safety and sustainability built into its DNA, and values diversity and inclusion, then you have come to the right place. Career Opportunity: As an Early Career, Designer; Part Time (PT), you will be responsible for developing creative design for customer packaging and managing the design related activities and concepts to completion. Your role as the Early Career Designer PT is also responsible for facilitating processes including customer job intake, monitoring the management of department materials, maintaining a schedule and workflow, and participating in creative sessions to identify new opportunities to meet the design needs of customers. Why work with Smurfit Westrock: An Employer that cares about your health and safety and follows best disinfecting and social distancing practices Training and development opportunities to expand your skills A management team committed to Smurfit Westrock's values of Respect, Accountability, Integrity and Excellence A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety, and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work How you will impact Smurfit Westrock: Receive and confirm new product design requests (specifications) from customers, Sales, Customer Service, or business unit resource managers to ensure accuracy of customer orders Provide knowledge on design manufacturing and provide recommendations based on WestRock’s capabilities to prevent delays in the development Create structural design sketches, technical drawings, and illustrations to translate customer specifications into visual documentation and prototypes Seek opportunities for continuous (LEAN) improvement in design processes and create process documentation and preventative action plans to enable operating efficiency Work collaboratively with Plant teams to confirm operating capacity to produce product specifications and prioritize production of customer orders Partner with Sales and Pre-Pricing specialist to determine price quotes for the customers Collaborate with the customer in ideation exercises for custom requests to thoroughly understand the customer’s need What you need to succeed: High School diploma or G.E.D. 2 years of work experience in a Design and Manufacturing environment is an asset Working knowledge of CAD systems like Artios or similar Highly creative with the ability to think “outside the box” to develop solutions Growth and results oriented with the willingness and drive to learn new concepts Collaborative and works effectively with others to drive organizational excellence