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We are currently seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering to join our Minneapolis Milk Plant in Minneapolis, MN. In this newly created role, you will oversee and manage all aspects of the engineering and maintenance functions optimizing productivity and maintaining the facility’s infrastructure and equipment. As a people leader, you will direct a team of maintenance supervisors and technicians and work closely with plant management to accomplish goals while demonstrating Kemps’ Culture of Excellence principles.
Kemps is a farmer-owned brand of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a dairy marketing cooperative owned by more than 12,500 family farmers. Our mark matters and it represents the wholesomeness of dairy that we share with our communities and loved ones. DFA manufactures a variety of dairy products, including cheese, butter, fluid milk, ice cream, dairy ingredients, and more, under well-known and established regional brands. Our fingerprints touch thousands of brands across the marketplace, and we’re passionate about delivering the simple pleasures of dairy to people everywhere, straight from our family farm owners.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Ensure mechanical and electrical expertise is available to production and other departments to maintain production systems, utilities, buildings, and grounds in a 24-hour 7-day per week operation.
- Ensure the site has an effective predictive/preventative maintenance program which has a maintenance strategy for all assets to remove unscheduled down time, increase the lifespan of assets by keeping them in optimal condition, and contain maintenance strategies so assets are timely maintained to minimize costs of asset breakdowns.
- Utilize a computerized maintenance management system to optimize asset utilization through scheduled preventative maintenance.
- Collaborate with plant management and corporate staff to utilize equipment to improve employee safety, production quality, equipment reliability, and overall equipment effectiveness by utilizing Continuous Improvement techniques and a Management Operating Structure (MOS).
- Collaborate with senior management to identify and prioritize capital improvement projects. Recommend expense or capital projects which are necessary or will improve productivity, safety, or operational efficiency.
- Remain current with the latest and emerging industry regulations and codes relative to mechanical and electrical systems design and operation.
- Prepare and manage the department’s budget, ensuring cost-effective allocation of resources.
- Perform replacement analysis of equipment considering space costs, depreciation, service life, and maintenance costs; advise production management of information and recommend appropriate actions.
- Source and evaluate vendors, contractors, and suppliers to obtain quality products and services at competitive prices. Negotiate contracts and agreements with external parties as necessary.
- Promote a safe and environmentally sound workplace that complies with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Provide management of employees directly or through supervisors to ensure effective selection, retention, development, disciplinary action, and performance management. If a collective bargaining agreement exists, may participate in negotiations, grievances, or other contract-related activities and discussions.
- Follow all DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements.
Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline is strongly preferred.
- 8+ years’ experience in engineering or maintenance functions in a food manufacturing environment.
- Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience of maintenance personnel is required.
- Experience managing budgets and capital projects.
- Ability to develop, scope, schedule, budget, and lead plant capex projects utilizing CAD and/or other tools.
- Experience with electrical motor control circuitry up to 480V 3 phase is preferred.
- Experience with PLC troubleshooting; Allen Bradley experience preferred.
- Ammonia/Refrigeration level 2 certification required (or willing to obtain certification).
- Boiler 1B or greater MN license required (or willing to obtain certification).
- Technical knowledge of wastewater treatment processes, regulatory compliance, and environmental best practices required.
- Union (for union facilities), Safety, and Worker's Compensation experience preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Auto CAD (preferred).
- Experience leading and following Safety/Security Policies and Procedures.
Benefits:
- Health and Welfare benefits begin 1st of the month after start date
- 401(k) with company contribution
- Competitive pay
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Career growth opportunities – we promote from within!
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Service recognition and employee rewards
- Employee referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Work for dairy farm families
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Estimator/Project Manager (Bridge/Structural) to support preconstruction, estimating, and project execution for bridge and heavy civil structural projects across MN. This role will play a key part in pursuing new work, developing competitive bids, and successfully delivering projects from award through completion.
Key Responsibilities
Preconstruction / Business Development
- Identify and pursue bridge and structural project opportunities in public and private markets
- Review plans, specifications, and contract documents for constructability and risk
- Develop quantity take-offs, production rates, and detailed cost estimates
- Solicit and evaluate subcontractor and supplier pricing
- Develop bid schedules, work plans, and risk assessments
- Participate in bid strategy meetings and final bid reviews
Project Management / Execution
- Lead project handoff from estimating to operations in partnership with the Superintendent
- Develop project schedules, phasing plans, and detailed work packages
- Manage project budgets, cost controls, and job cost reporting
- Oversee subcontractor procurement, buyout, and contract administration
- Lead coordination meetings with owners, engineers, and internal teams
- Manage change orders, RFIs, submittals, and progress billing
- Ensure compliance with contract requirements, safety standards, and quality plans
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
- (or equivalent experience in bridge/heavy civil construction)
- 5–10+ years of experience in bridge or heavy civil construction estimating and/or project management
- Proficiency with estimating software, scheduling software, and project management
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Detail-oriented with excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Collaborative, field-first mindset
- High level of integrity and accountability
What You'll Get
- Industry leading salary and compensation package
- Long-term growth opportunities
- Bonus, Medical, 401K match
- Collaborative working environment
We are seeking a highly motivated Geotechnical Engineer to join our team and grow with us. The successful candidate will have a solid background in geotechnical engineering and an understanding of chemical grouting and retrofit foundation work. You will have the opportunity to work alongside our subject matter experts and highly skilled implementation teams and with future potential as a practice leader.
This position will be in our geotechnical division which focuses on existing structures challenged by ordinary solutions. Example projects in our business line include soil strengthening and stabilization, such as for existing structures with poor bearing strata; groundwater control and waterproofing for below-grade structures experiencing moisture infiltration; or installation of new micro-pile foundations in industrial plants in congested areas. Our unique solutions include the ability to perform complex chemical grouting and injection work with our specialty-trained crews and equipment.
As a Geotechnical Engineer, you will be responsible for:
· Conducting geotechnical investigations, field exploration, and specifying laboratory testing for various civil and geotechnical engineering projects.
· Preparing geotechnical reports
· Designing foundation retrofits and grouting solutions
· Preparing technical specifications for projects
· Preparing proposals and project schedules
· Resolving complex issues
· Collaborating with project managers, construction managers, and other engineering disciplines to ensure successful project completion
Qualifications:
· Bachelor's degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering from an accredited institution.
· 5 years of experience in geotechnical engineering with a focus on soil strengthening and stabilization, groundwater control, and foundation retrofits.
· Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.
Our ideal candidate is an innovative but decisive engineer who can work effectively in a fast moving highly collaborative, team-based environment; has the ability to set goals and expectations and hold others accountable; can encourage and mentor others; is approachable, empathetic and outgoing; can quickly gain trust and respect; and is able to establish and maintain relationships.
STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES is proud of a company culture that promotes 24/7 safety and quality. We offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical and dental insurance, 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, tuition reimbursement, career development and growth opportunities, and a caring work environment. EOE/M/F/D/V
$80K plus DOE
Location: Plymouth MN 55441
Duration: 12 months
As a member of the Acute Therapies Verification and Validation engineering team, you would be responsible for supporting product verification, validation, and compliance test activities on electrical and mechanical medical device components/systems.
Your expertise will be applied to all levels of product development from component prototypes to final system design.
This will include developing, executing, and validating test methods/creating associated documentation. Interface with/support different groups, e.g., R&D, Project Management, Quality, and manufacturing.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
* Under supervision, Develop/execute verification test methods, protocols, and reports for verification of requirements on components and systems
* Drive quality into product development through analysis, test, and timely feedback of test results back to team
* Under supervision, Design test cases to include test methodology, test setups, materials, equipment, procedure, and acceptance criteria based on requirement and standard
* Execute functional testing of mechanical assemblies, electrical circuits, and systems
* Support hardware team in product development, concept feasibility, pre compliance and change activities by developing test, collecting, and providing test data
* Under supervision, design hardware and/or software tools and fixtures used to execute test methods and analyze data
* Review, understand and characterize electrical/mechanical designs to develop test methods and ensure coverage of requirements
* Read/understand medical compliance standards and requirements, evaluate risk, and develop test procedures to ensure requirements are met
* Perform hands on test execution in the lab and at third party medical device test labs, communicate all defects/issues/failures during the test execution.
* Under supervision, develop and implement feasibility and characterization testing on designs
* Analyze test data for conformance to pre-determined acceptance criteria and record clearly results in testing platforms like ALM.
* Collaborate with System team to better understand requirements and improve test effectiveness.
* Actively participate in improving existing testing scenarios and test cases.
* Maintain laboratory equipment and inventory levels for laboratory supplies
* Perform troubleshooting, hands on rework and calibration of electromechanical Systems
What you'll bring
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 1+ years of experience
* Experience with system and component level electromechanical V&V testing, plans/procedures/reports, equipment, and test methods preferred
* Demonstrated results in both Troubleshooting/resourcefulness.
Use own expertise/guidance from others to identify/resolve critical issues.
Understanding/application of root cause analysis methods.
* Knowledge of electrical/mechanical engineering disciplines with ability to read, understand and analyze electrical schematics/ mechanical drawings.
* Experience using electrical/mechanical lab equipment. e.g., oscilloscope, DMM, power supply, force/pressure gauge, caliper, thermometer, flow meter and scales
* Takes a hands-on approach to testing, fault diagnosis and isolation
* Experience creating detailed, clear, and complete documentation and records
* Demonstrated experience collaboratively and effectively across disciplines/project teams
* Comfortable/effective in a fast-paced environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
Security Account Manager - MN
At NETSCOUT, we are an elite force of trailblazers, innovators, and problem solvers. We protect the connected world from cyberattacks and performance and availability disruptions through our unique visibility platform and solutions powered by pioneering deep packet inspection at scale technology. We are Guardians of the Connected World. We are looking for exceptional talent to join our team.
About NETSCOUT:
NETSCOUT has been helping the world’s largest organizations solve their most complex digital challenges for more than 40 years. NETSCOUT unlocks insight at unequaled scale, from every data packet to the broadest view of global internet traffic, so the world’s essential organizations can solve problems faster, constantly transform their digital ecosystems, secure what matters – and stay unstoppable for a world that relies on them every second.
Position Summary:
The Security Account Manager is responsible for achieving sales quota in assigned territory through direct sales to Fortune 500 and Enterprise customers. This role controls the accounts directly even if the business is booked through channels.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Adhere to company policies and ethical guidelines
- Follows NETSCOUT’s selling process
- Responsible for booking business per the company bookings policies and revenue recognition policy
- Understand the customer’s business and how our products impact their business
- Develops strong relationships and coaches in the accounts
- Develop territory plan with identified F1000 targets in assigned territory
- Develops a pipeline of 4X quota and is constantly prospecting in new or existing accounts
- Consistently calls at multiple levels high and wide in accounts
- Works collaboratively with Sales Engineers to ensure ongoing account technical support.
- Follows company strategy and direction
- Candidate will need to live in the MN area.
Preferred Education:
- Bachelor’s degree
Preferred Qualifications/Skills:
- 10 + years field sales experience in DDOS, NDR and Network Security software sales
- 10+ years experience selling into IT / Data Centers, CISO, C-Level’s
- Experience selling DDOS /NDR or other Network Security software products
- Proven track record of success in selling Network Security solutions
- A quantifiable track record of success demonstrated by territory/professional growth
- A solid, articulate understanding of our technology, market, and client profile
- Track record of exceptional and consistent quota achievement
- Proven success, established customers and contacts, and solid territory knowledge
- You will need the skill to independently, work with large, complex accounts
- Ability to source, pursue and close new business
Working at NETSCOUT:
At NETSCOUT, our vision is to create a workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We strive to build a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We also know that life at NETSCOUT is not just about what you will contribute, but what we will give back to you. Besides the promise of interesting work in an exciting and ever-growing industry, NETSCOUT is committed to giving you opportunities to continue to learn and grow. Employees are eligible for a variety of professional development opportunities to help them advance their skills and career. We have heavily invested in our individual, management, and leadership training and development programs. We offer a compensation package that includes the following benefits:
• Generous vacation package
• Equity
• Matching 401k plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Attractive medical and dental coverage options
• Domestic partner benefits
• Health and Dependent Care spending accounts and Health Savings Account options
• Life and Disability Benefits
• Volunteer Time Off, Matching Charitable Gifts
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Primary Objective:
To drive successful pricing outcomes through accurate, data-driven costing and pricing processes across projects. This role will engage with customers’ technical teams to adequately understand the customer need and ensure we cost estimate effectively, with the overarching goal of enabling Spectrum to best serve existing and new accounts through competitive and accurate pricing.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as a technical liaison to customers, providing confidence in engineering expertise and guiding them through technical discussions of clarity and feasibility of proposed opportunities.
- Engage with customers to understand and provide relevant feedback (e.g., opportunities to drive down cost without impacting efficacy) on technical details of their quote requests and design elements.
- Oversee project cost estimation for incoming opportunities within aligned product group, including developing cost and engineering process assumptions and designing/executing methodologies for accurate quoting.
- Leverage pricing tools to provide commercial team members with pricing guidance.
- Work closely with internal engineering, product, and sales teams to ensure they have all the inputs necessary to develop an accurate cost estimate and pricing guidance.
- Engage relevant Spectrum personnel to determine relevant factors such as tool availability, production capacity, and capability limits.
- Engage with third-party vendors to get cost estimates of key materials / products that they will need to produce the finished product.
- Identify and communicate impactful opportunities to simplify costing processes and improve overall customer response time efficiency.
- Provide margin guidance, as a technical and customer-facing voice contributing to overall company pricing strategies.
Qualifications:
- Engineering Degree or related field preferred. Appropriate experience may be considered.
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in technical cost estimation, value engineering, or product design within a manufacturing or industrial setting. Experience with a CDMO strongly preferred.
- Candidate must have experience with technical design, technical process, and customer engagement in technical sales or engineering roles.
- Candidate must have knowledge and demonstrate understanding of manufacturing processes, material selection, and production cost drivers, with familiarity with design specifications.
- Candidate preferred to have strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Candidate preferred to have knowledge and demonstrate understanding of some economic, accounting, and financial principles
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to engage with non-engineering stakeholders via simplifying complex technical concepts.
- Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, sales, supply chain, and product marketing teams.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills to handle multiple RFQs, technical discussions, and costing exercises effectively.
- Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident due to CUI/ITAR program compliance.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to assist with production activities as required.
Work Environment:
- Office and Production floor
- Occasional travel required.
Job Title: IT Business Analyst – Aviation (Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN)
No. of Positions: 1
Nature of Job: Full time
About the Company:
We design and market “FieldLogs,” an open Cloud, Mobile and Wearable platform used to digitize a wide set of enterprise technician-driven processes (Aviation, Oil&Gas, Asset Management, etc.). We are an SME based in Paris, France, India (Virtual) and Minneapolis, USA with mostly large international clients.
Our high-tech innovation in modern technologies is what makes us win. We are experiencing rapid growth internationally (USA, Europe, and IN). See us at our product, an open Cloud, Mobile, and Wearable platform, we create innovative software solutions, providing technological and analytical services. Our advanced technology (Integration of ATA2200/iSpec2200/S1000D) in Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul contributed to our strong international growth and establishing collaborations with the biggest aircraft maintenance companies all over the world.
To support our continued expansion, we are seeking an IT-focused Business Analyst / Management Information Systems (MIS) professional to join our growing team in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN.
The Role :
As an IT Business Analyst, you will play a key role in bridging operational requirements with FieldLogs’ technical capabilities. You will work closely with customers, product, and engineering teams to ensure successful implementation, integration, and adoption of our platform.
This position requires strong analytical skills, system understanding, and the ability to translate complex business processes into structured technical specifications within aviation and field operations environments.
Key Responsibilities :
- Gather, analyze, and document business and system requirements
- Translate operational workflows into functional and technical specifications
- Support system integration activities, including API coordination and data mapping
- Ensure alignment between customer enterprise systems and the FieldLogs platform
- Contribute to implementation projects from requirements definition through deployment
- Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to clarify technical requirements
- Support testing phases (UAT), validation, and go-live preparation
- Prepare documentation including functional specifications and integration documentation
- Participate in client workshops, solution discussions, and pre-sales scoping when needed
Qualifications :
- Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 3–5 years of experience in IT Business Analysis, MIS, or SaaS implementation environments
- Strong understanding of enterprise system integration, API interoperability, and data mapping
- Experience translating business requirements into structured system documentation
- Exposure to Aviation, MRO, or technician-driven operational environments is a strong advantage
- Ability to collaborate across international and cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical mindset and structured problem-solving skills
- Valid authorization to work in the United States
We offer a competitive compensation package depending on your profile. You will have a unique opportunity of being part of a young and fast-growing team where you can make your mark. This may include taking over and growing our service delivery for a marquee customer depending on your experience, skills, and drive. Compensation to be commensurate to your experience.
Location:
Minneapolis–Saint Paul (MN) preferred.
Occasional travel to client sites may be required, with up to 25% travel expected.
Contact :
Trekea is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster global diversity, equity, & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Trekea are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Contract opportunity available for a network security engineer. In this role, you will help take enterprise security solutions from concept to release, collaborating with software and security engineers to protect network using cutting-edge technologies. You will work closely with network engineering and cybersecurity stakeholders to ensure visibility requirements are met and network-based threats can be detected efficiently.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate the current configuration management and orchestration environment, identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement, and drive the design and implementation of a modern, scalable solution
- Define state architecture and engineering standards (patterns, guardrails, CI/CD, configuration governance) for the NSM platform
- Lead design reviews and architectural decision records (ADRs), ensuring solutions meet security, reliability, and operability requirements
Qualifications
- 8+ years of network engineering, network visibility architecture, or network security engineering
- Experience designing and operating large-scale telemetry/visibility platforms (high-throughput packet capture, sensor fleets, log pipelines)
- Strong Linux administration skills (RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu, or equivalent)
- Experience with enterprise configuration management and orchestration tools (e.g., Ansible, Salt, Puppet, Chef, Terraform)
- Expertise in analyzing and optimizing systems for capacity, performance, and operational health
- Ability to diagnose issues across system, application, and network layers
- Experience in production environments with change control and operational discipline
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP, routing protocols, VLANs, NAT, DNS, DHCP, and firewall concepts
- Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or similar for automation and tooling
- Ability to communicate engineering solutions through detailed diagrams and documentation
ITR Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, and 401(k) for eligible employees. The W2 pay range for this type of role is approximately $70.00 - $90.00 per billable hour. This range is an estimate and not a guarantee of compensation. The final rate will be determined by factors such as experience, market trends, and specific job assignments. Discover more about how ITR Group connects top talent with leading client opportunities.
Summary:
The Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for leading and advancing the company’s Quality Management System and enterprise-wide continuous improvement strategy. This role drives measurable improvements in customer satisfaction, operational performance, and cost of quality while ensuring compliance with industry standards and company requirements. The position partners cross-functionally to embed a culture of accountability, prevention, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000
Responsibilities:
Quality Leadership
- Own, maintain, and continuously improve the company’s Quality Management System, including document control, policy development, and compliance oversight.
- Ensure adherence to applicable industry, regulatory, and company standards.
- Lead internal, external, and supplier audits and ensure timely closure of corrective actions.
- Oversee nonconformance reporting, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions.
- Manage customer complaints and warranty performance, ensuring effective resolution and prevention of recurrence.
- Establish and monitor cost of poor-quality metrics, including scrap, rework, and warranty trends.
- Partner with Supply Chain to support supplier quality standards, evaluations, and performance improvement.
- Develop and implement inspection, testing, and validation processes to ensure product and process integrity.
- Ensure risk-based thinking is embedded in project execution, engineering, and manufacturing processes.
- Prepare executive-level reports summarizing quality performance, trends, and improvement initiatives.
- Other responsibilities as required.
Continuous Improvement:
- Develop and execute a structured continuous improvement roadmap aligned with company strategic objectives.
- Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives targeting efficiency, waste reduction, lead time improvement, and margin enhancement.
- Facilitate Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and structured problem-solving events across departments.
- Analyze workflows and performance data to identify inefficiencies and implement sustainable solutions.
- Establish KPI dashboards and performance review processes to ensure accountability and measurable outcomes.
- Standardize best practices and ensure long-term sustainability of implemented improvements.
- Drive initiatives that enhance operational scalability and support long-term growth.
Leadership and Culture:
- Champion a culture of integrity, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Train and mentor leaders and team members in quality tools, structured problem solving, and process discipline.
- Provide direction across departments regarding quality standards and corrective actions.
- Serve as a change agent, promoting proactive prevention rather than reactive correction.
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering, Operations, or related field required.
- Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.
Experience/Skills:
- 5+ years of experience in managing corporate quality and continuous improvement programs preferred.
- Experience developing and maintaining a formal Quality Management System, including ISO frameworks.
- Proficiency with ERP, PDM/PLM, & LMS programs.
- Proficiency using Microsoft office required (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Strong analytical capability with experience in data analysis, risk assessment, and performance measurement.
- Ability to develop policies, procedures, and structured improvement plans.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- High attention to detail and strong observational skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities with experience working across internal teams, customers, consultants, and suppliers.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and drive cross-functional accountability.
Performance Expectations:
- Reduction in cost of poor quality and warranty claims.
- Timely closure of audit findings and corrective actions.
- Improvement in key operational KPIs including efficiency, lead time, and defect rates.
- Sustained implementation of continuous improvement initiatives.
Physical Demands:
- Must be able to sit, stand, and walk for a long period of time.
- Must be able to perform essential job functions, which may include using hands to handle and manipulate small and large objects.
- Must be able to stoop, bend, and reach over the shoulders.
- Must be able to detect, read and interpret visual information in the work area, observe details at a close and far range.
Travel:
- This position requires travel up to 5% of the time including possible international travel as needed.
Position Profile:
The Manager, Art Direction & Product Design works closely with the Director, Product Design to support art direction and feedback and manage the Product Design team. The team is accountable for the developing products and packaging for the CURiO Brand portfolio that are innovative, beautiful, safe, and sellable to end consumers. This position provides expertise and guidance to the Product Design team in the creation and sourcing of custom vessels (glass, metal, and ceramic), and secondary packaging (paper boxes, tubes, bags, labels, hangtags). The position collaborates across CURiO’s departments, working closely with: Project Management, Brand, R&D, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Marketing. The role has direct reports that may consist of any of the following positions: Sr. Product Designer, Product Designer, or other similarly assigned roles.
***This role is for candidates who reside within 60 miles of our corporate office on 9th Street SE in Minneapolis***
Work Responsibilities:
Design & Concept: Guides the Product Design team in translating creative requirements from concept through execution using a unique combination of creative and analytical talents.
- Helps lead strategic thinking of CURiO creative work, ensuring design vision aligns with business objectives, brand aesthetics and costing goals.
- Assigns and manages team workflow of projects, monitoring overall capacity of product designers.
- Helps to identify and implement process improvement areas that result in simplified steps and gain efficiencies for the company.
- Organizes and condenses design feedback into digestible, actionable tasks for product designers.
- Leads design meetings as needed throughout the development process.
- Participates in the approval of prototype samples for style details, construction, safety, and usability.
- Communicates with domestic and international vendors to achieve design intent, construction, safety, and usability goals. Contributes problem-solving ideas throughout the development process.
- Mentors and coaches on varying topics such as: design approach, vendor communication, file building and general best practices.
- Collaborates with Director, Product Design, Product Design team and Brand to research and concept new product ideas.
- Develops mood boards for new product collections and product formats.
- Reviews creative presentations and presents concepts to internal brand team and external customers.
- Demonstrates systematic approach in designs for varying structures, materials, sizes and product types. Brand steward, keen eye for detail, refines designs across selected product assortment.
- Works closely with external vendors, helping to build strong partnerships.
- Organizes and labels incoming samples and approved counters.
- Attends weekly Design & Innovation status meetings and other meetings as needed.
- Works closely with Brand, Project Management, Engineering, R&D, Purchasing, Quality, Production, Finance, and Sales to ensure development is on track to meet project goals, design intent and timeline.
- Works closely with designers and print vendors as needed to develop structures, reviews proofs for color/ detail accuracy and attends press checks as needed. Color advocate for the brand standards.
- Works closely with Project Management team and Cost Analyst on costing exercises. Contributes to product cost discussions, providing insights and ideas on how to cost engineer new developments to meet cost objectives.
- Assists and supports design team in daily tasks as needed such as: mock-ups, structure development, file construction, quotes, 3D renderings, etc.
Supervisory: Responsible for providing leadership to the team and ensuring that the team has the talent, resources, and readiness to meet team goals as well as ensuring maximum productivity and performance. Models CURiO Cornerstones and uses cornerstones framework in decision making.
- Effectively manage a multi-locational team under a fast pace and constantly changing circumstances.
- Hires, trains and develops team, ensuring that each employee has a clear and thorough understanding of their role and responsibilities.
- Fosters a collaborative creative environment.
- Effectively orient new hires to CURiO culture, structure and specific role and responsibilities, ensuring a positive and productive employee experience.
- Utilize the company’s performance management program as designed to align individual performance to overall performance objectives. Provide ongoing performance feedback. Identify and work with manager and HR to take appropriate action for non-performance.
- Ensure all CURiO communication is disseminated to the team in a positive and timely manner.
- Administer all internal policies and procedures in accordance with company, human resources, budgetary, and finance guidelines. Ensure accuracy of staff data records.
General Responsibilities:
- Supports CURiO Cornerstones and strives for individual leadership by using cornerstone behaviors in the workplace and in daily decision making.
- Follows all policies and procedures of the company. Works cooperatively with all departments, maintaining a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that promotes cooperation with co-workers, supervisors, and managers.
- Actively seek individual development through taking advantage of opportunities for skill enhancement.
- Keep up to date with the latest best practices, trends, concepts, and regulations in the specific job area.
- Manage time effectively, meet personal goals and work effectively with other members of the team to meet CURiO goals.
- Follows all safety guidelines and polices. Makes supervisor/manager immediately aware of any observed safety issue. Keeps work area clean, safe, and organized.
Position requires extended work hours as necessary to meet seasonal deadlines. Performs other work as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic and design or equivalent work experience
- Four years’ experience in product and packaging development
- Intermediate level supervisory role
Computer and/or software qualifications:
- Intermediate level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Outlook
- Advanced level of proficiency in design software; Adobe CS (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
- 3D printer experience preferred
Core Competencies:
- Ability to work collaboratively with team members and across multiple departments, managing a large volume of projects simultaneously
- Knowledge of design techniques, ability to think creatively, with an eye for color and design
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Excellent attention to detail, well organized, and systematic in working
- Excellent leadership and communication skills
- Excellent presentation and writing skills
- Excellent initiative and follow-through
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with business partners
- Tolerance for moderate stress
- Self-Driven, able to work independently
Travel Requirement: Less 5%
Hybrid Working Environment and Physical Demands:
- General office or home office environment: Works at a desk in a well-lit, air-conditioned cubicle/office/home office, with moderate noise levels.
- Ability to sit for hours at a time, viewing computer monitor on a constant basis. Some walking and standing relative to interaction with other personnel.
- Occasionally required to lift and/or move items weighing 10 – 15 pounds.
- When in a facility, occasional exposure to dusty and fragrant conditions, varying temperature levels, work near moving mechanical parts, and high noise environments is possible.
- Requires in-office visits weekly for such tasks as: sample unpacking/ review, organization needs, shipping, in-person meetings.
Health & Welfare Benefits:
Eligibility begins on the first day of the month following 30 days of employment unless noted otherwise:
- Medical, Dental, Disability Insurance (cost shared)
- Life/ AD&D Insurance (employer paid)
- Additional voluntary benefit offerings (employee paid): Vision, Accident, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Voluntary Term Life Insurance, AD&D
- 401(k) – After 6 months of employment on next quarterly entry date
** Note: This job description does not restrict CURiO’s right to assign or reassign duties or responsibilities to this job at any time. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. It does not alter the "at will" employment relationship between the company and the employee.