Sewing Machinist / Sailmaker

OneStop Shopfitting and Joinery; Sutherland Shire Council; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Training in specialised manufacturing

Long-term employment

Job summary

OneStop Shopfitting and Joinery in Kurnell, NSW, seeks an experienced Sewing Machinist for long-term employment in a highly specialised manufacturing environment. You will handle large pieces of technical fabric, follow patterns, and produce finished products where accuracy and workmanship matter.

Join a spacious, clean workshop with a supportive team and learn unique production processes developed over decades.

Qualifications

• Experienced with industrial sewing machines.
• Able to operate industrial sewing equipment.
• Experience handling heavier fabrics or materials.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Able to follow patterns and instructions accurately.
• Reliable, steady and team-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Sew and assemble products from large pieces of technical fabric.
• Follow patterns and production specifications to ensure accuracy.
• Operate and manage industrial sewing machines in a clean, well-organised workshop.
• Collaborate with a close-knit team to produce high-quality finished products.

Skills

Industrial sewing

Operate sewing machines

Heavier fabrics

Attention to detail

Pattern following

Quality workmanship

Reliability

Team player

Willingness to learn

Long-term employment

Job description

OneStop Shopfitting and Joinery – Kurnell NSW

If you've spent your career sewing in factories, furniture workshops or production environments, this might be one of the most interesting workplaces you'll ever walk into.

We are recruiting for a specialist Australian manufacturer based in Kurnell who are looking for an experienced Sewing Machinist to join their production team.

And this is one of those jobs that is genuinely difficult to explain properly until you see the place.

We've visited a lot of workshops.

We haven't seen many like this.

The facility is incredibly spacious, clean and organised, with a production setup that has clearly been thought through over decades rather than thrown together as the business grew.

There are nine industrial sewing machines, separate production rooms designed to keep different stages of work organised, two CNC machines and a workflow that feels surprisingly calm and relaxed for a manufacturing environment.

Everything has its place.

The sewing machines themselves are set up in a way we genuinely hadn't seen before.

It is the kind of workshop where you walk through the door and immediately realise someone has put a huge amount of thought into how people actually work.

This isn't ordinary production sewing

The business manufactures highly specialised technical products that are used by customers around the world.

The sewing is detailed, interesting and quality matters.

You're not sitting there smashing out the same basic product hundreds of times a day.

You’ll be working with large pieces of technical fabric, following patterns, assembling components and producing finished products where accuracy and workmanship genuinely matter.

There is plenty to learn, and they are happy to teach someone the specifics of what they manufacture.

What they need from you is a strong foundation behind an industrial sewing machine.

If you've come from:

• Furniture upholstery
• Marine trimming
• Auto trimming
• Canvas work
• Industrial textiles
• Sailmaking
• Heavy-duty sewing
• Similar manufacturing environments

they would be very interested in speaking with you.

The business has some serious history behind it

They have been operating since 1967.

Today the business is run by its second generation, and there is still a huge amount of passion behind what they manufacture and the industry they are part of.

This isn't a corporate production facility where nobody knows who you are.

It is a specialist manufacturer that has spent decades developing its products, processes and reputation.

And that history shows in the team.

A number of employees have been there for 10 years or more.

People actually know each other.

The team regularly sits down and eats lunch together.

There is a closeness to the workplace that is becoming increasingly difficult to find in manufacturing.

The workshop has to be seen

This was probably the biggest thing we took away from visiting them.

It is genuinely impressive.

The workshop is spacious, exceptionally well organised and clean.

Different areas of production are separated properly rather than everything being crammed into one noisy room.

The workflow feels peaceful and methodical.

There is room to work properly.

And the sewing area in particular has been designed in a very unique way to make working with large pieces of material easier.

It genuinely has to be seen to be believed.

For an experienced machinist who has spent years working in cramped, noisy or poorly organised factories, this is a completely different environment.

They're looking for someone for the long term

This business isn't interested in burning through people.

Their staff retention tells you that.

They want someone who can become part of the team, learn the products properly and eventually know the work inside and out.

You don't need experience making their particular product.

They can teach you that.

You do need to be comfortable behind an industrial sewing machine and care about the quality of what leaves your hands.

The right person will ideally:

• Have previous industrial sewing experience
• Be confident operating industrial sewing machines
• Have experience working with heavier fabrics or materials
• Have good attention to detail
• Be able to follow patterns and instructions
• Take pride in producing quality work
• Be reliable and consistent
• Enjoy working as part of a close team
• Be willing to learn a completely different type of manufacturing
• Want stable, long-term employment

Experience within furniture, upholstery, marine, automotive, canvas or technical textiles would translate particularly well.

What's on offer

Full-time permanent employment.

Strong hourly rates depending on experience.

Onsite parking.

A clean, spacious and exceptionally well-organised workshop.

Interesting work that is very different from ordinary production sewing.

A close team where many employees have stayed for more than a decade.

Training in a highly specialised area of manufacturing.

And the opportunity to work for a passionate, second-generation Australian business that has been operating since 1967.

Important: due to the requirements of this role, applicants must have full Australian work rights.

If you're an experienced Sewing Machinist and you're starting to wonder what else is out there, this is absolutely one worth seeing in person.