Embroidery Machine Operator

The Print Bar; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The Print Bar in Brisbane is seeking a skilled embroiderer to join our production team. This hands-on, full-time role covers from setup to finished garments, often with tight turnarounds. You will work in our embroidery department five days a week, delivering quality items for a fast-paced environment.

You'll set up and run multi-head embroidery machines, hoop garments, and maintain consistency across tees, polos, caps, hoodies and bags, aiming for same-day or next-day delivery.

Qualifications

• Commercial embroidery experience, ideally on multi-head machines.
• Strong attention to detail and a good eye for quality.
• Comfortable working at pace and managing your own queue.
• Reliable, punctual and a good team player.
• Digitising experience (Wilcom, Pulse) is a bonus, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Setting up and running multi-head embroidery machines
• Hooping garments and placing them accurately across a range of products (tees, polos, caps, hoodies, bags)
• Thread changes, tension adjustments and basic machine maintenance
• Checking finished items for quality and fixing issues before they go out
• Working through daily production queues to meet same-day and next-day deadlines
• Keeping your work area clean and organised

Skills

Multi-head embroidery

Quality control

Time management

Teamwork

Digitising (Wilcom/Pulse)

Tools

Wilcom

Pulse

Job description

The Print Bar is a custom apparel printing business offering embroidery, DTG, DTF and screen printing with same-day turnaround and no minimums. We also produce orders for print-on-demand platforms worldwide. We’re growing, and we’re looking for a skilled embroiderer to join our production team.

About the role

This is a hands-on, full-time role working 5 days a week in our embroidery department. You’ll take orders from setup through to a finished, quality-checked garment, often on tight turnarounds.

What you’ll be doing

Setting up and running multi-head embroidery machines

Hooping garments and placing them accurately across a range of products (tees, polos, caps, hoodies, bags)

Thread changes, tension adjustments and basic machine maintenance

Checking finished items for quality and fixing issues before they go out

Working through daily production queues to meet same-day and next-day deadlines

Keeping your work area clean and organised

What we’re looking for

Commercial embroidery experience, ideally on multi-head machines

Strong attention to detail and a good eye for quality

Comfortable working at pace and managing your own queue

Reliable, punctual and a good team player

Digitising experience (e.g. Wilcom, Pulse) is a bonus, but not essential

What we offer

A stable, full-time position

A friendly, fast-paced production team

Variety of work across brands, businesses and print-on-demand orders