Full-Time

Structural Designer

Buckeye Corrugated

Buckeye Corrugated

201-500 employees

Employee-owned sheet-plant packaging operator

No salary listed

Indianapolis, IN, USA

In Person

Category
UI/UX & Design (1)
Required Skills
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
SolidWorks
Requirements
  • 5+ years’ experience in structural packaging design – corrugated or display industries
  • College degree in Structural Design, Package Engineering/Packaging Science or Industrial Design from an accredited institution or equivalent experience
  • Working knowledge of ArtiosCAD software, including parametric designs
  • Experience with CAPE design and palletization software
  • Operating sample table cutting devices (i.e. Kongsberg tables)
  • Display and/or retail ready packaging design development
  • Package testing and methodologies (UN, ISTA, etc.)
  • Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, SolidWorks and Strata 3D is a plus
  • Good knowledge and grasp on available printing methods currently in the market
  • Travel Requirements: Little to none, less than 10%
  • Full-time role in an office/design department setting
Responsibilities
  • Follow established safety rules, policies and procedures at all times
  • Develop corrugated industrial, graphic packaging and POP display prototype samples based on project requirements customer expectations
  • Develop detailed specifications to efficiently utilize our manufacturing and fulfillment capabilities
  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams resources during research, ideation, evaluation and validation stages of all design solutions
  • Stay current with industry and market trends and identify opportunities for new products and packaging solutions
  • Verify incoming tooling ensuring specifications are met according to approved and supplied dielines
  • Generate detailed display specifications (including material, production info, label lines, multi-outs, etc.) and validate specifications of other Structural Designers for overall accuracy
  • Interface fully with Customers, Account Executives, Customer Service and Project Managers through the design and execution process
  • Accompany Account Executives on design-related meetings and presentations as needed
  • Develop distribution and in-store setup instruction sheets for retail packaging and displays
  • Initiate action to prevent problems and contribute solutions, document quality problems, verify implementation of solutions and control further processing when a problem is identified
  • Maintain, organize and update customer records. Keep work area clean and well organized
  • Personify a “Team Attitude” and provide support to others as needed
  • Understand and interpret documents such as packaging design specifications, operating instructions, training and procedure manuals
  • Must work well under pressure with multiple interruptions and be able to meet deadlines
  • Create, adjust and prepare art files for a wide array of printing methods
  • Other duties as assigned

Buckeye Corrugated is a packaging company that runs a network of corrugated sheet plants to design, manufacture, and supply corrugated packaging products. Its core operation is converting corrugated board into boxes and other packaging items at its sheet plants, serving customers with customized packaging solutions. The company grows by acquiring other packaging firms and integrating them into its decentralized, employee-owned culture, making it the largest independent sheet plant operator in the United States with over 850 employees and annual sales over $450 million. Unlike some peers that rely on venture capital or public markets, Buckeye Corrugated remains fully employee-owned, emphasizing shared ownership and a steady, acquisitions-driven expansion strategy. The goal is to provide reliable, scalable packaging solutions through a long-standing, worker-owned business model that grows by expanding facilities, capabilities, and geographic reach to meet modern packaging demands.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$32.3M

Headquarters

Wooster, Ohio

Founded

1958

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What believers are saying

  • Reno facility adds three-color die cutter by May 2026, cutting West Coast lead times.
  • Raised $3.9M equity via CFO John Powell, funding $33.3M total growth.
  • Lancaster Division wins 2025 Governor’s Safety Excellence Award.

What critics are saying

  • WestRock acquisitions erode BCI market share in 12-24 months.
  • Smurfit Kappa’s $3B expansion obsoletes Reno facility in 6-12 months.
  • Ohio’s 25% tax hike raises Fairlawn HQ costs by $2-4M annually from July 2026.

What makes Buckeye Corrugated unique

  • Employee-owned since 1966, fostering decentralized culture without VC funding.
  • Largest independent US sheet plant operator with $450M sales.
  • 1958-founded focus on custom corrugated displays and structural design.

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Company News

Securities and Exchange Commission
Oct 10th, 2023
SEC FORM D

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not necessarily reviewed the information in this filing and has not determined if it is accurate and complete.The reader should not assume that the information is accurate and complete.

intelligence360
Jul 20th, 2022
Fairlawn Ohio based Buckeye Corrugated is raising $3,942,675.00 in New Equity Investment.

Fairlawn, OH - According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Buckeye Corrugated is raising $3,942,675.00 in new funding. Sources indicate as part of senior management Chief Financial Officer, John Powell played a

The Business Journals
Jan 14th, 2022
Six NE Ohio companies land VC funding in fourth quarter

In 2021, companies in the Akron, Canton and Cleveland metropolitan statistical areas raised $290 million in 37 deals.