Kickstart Your Career in Packaging Innovation! Peacock Group is looking for an enthusiastic CAD Trainee to join our team at AMR Hewitts PrintPackaging. This is an exciting entry-level opportunity to learn from industry experts, work hands-on with packaging prototypes, and help bring innovative and sustainable packaging designs to life.

If you’re creative, curious, and ready to grow your skills, this is the perfect place to begin!

About The Role Reporting to the Senior Packaging Technologist, you’ll support the design, testing and development of packaging solutions for a wide range of customers. You’ll get hands-on experience with prototypes, packaging trials, and cross-functional collaboration with sales, production, prepress and marketing teams.

Your Key Focus Areas Will Include

• Assisting in the design, development and optimisation of packaging solutions.
• Participating in packaging trials and evaluating results.
• Working closely with Sales to understand customer requirements.
• Supporting layout design, structural integrity checks and prototyping.
• Ensuring compliance with safety, quality and sustainability standards.
• Contributing to NPD, marketing projects and custom short-run packaging.
• Assisting with promotional props and assets for customer photo and video shoots.
• Driving sustainability initiatives within packaging innovation.

This role offers genuine development and career progression within a supportive and forward-thinking organisation.

About You We’re looking for someone who is eager to learn, passionate about sustainable design, and ready to dive into a mix of creative and technical work.

You Will Have

• Basic understanding of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• Good communication skills and a positive, proactive attitude
• Strong attention to detail and time management
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• High level of organisation and problem-solving ability
• Passion for sustainability and reducing environmental impact
• Colour vision accuracy (for packaging assessment)

A Certificate in Design, Drafting or related field is desirable but not essential.

WHY JOIN PEACOCK GROUP?

• Work alongside experienced packaging professionals
• Hands-on learning with real customer projects
• Supportive team environment with strong development pathways
• Opportunity to be part of meaningful sustainability initiatives
• A dynamic role where every day is different

Perks

• Paid Parental Leave.
• 17.5% annual leave loading.
• On-site parking.
• Employment Hero Perks Dashboard.
• Novated lease offerings.
• Strong work-life balance.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to the Company's Medallion Club

About The Group The Peacock Group is a dynamic collective of family-owned, industry-leading companies, including Peacock Bros., insignia, and AMR Hewitts. Together, these brands provide cutting-edge solutions in labelling, data capture, coding and marking, product identification, and printed packaging solutions. With a shared dedication to Innovation, Expertise & Efficiency, the Peacock Group seamlessly blends family values with decades of industry experience to deliver exceptional service and products that meet the evolving needs of their clients.