Weaver

Elgin Limited; Elgin; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnstons of Elgin is seeking a full-time Weaver to join the busy Weaving department in Elgin. You will operate weaving and warping looms to produce luxurious textiles, with a 38-hour week on a rotating early, back and night shift pattern.

The role includes monitoring loom quality, replenishing creels, and ensuring output meets the production plan. Ideal candidates will follow instructions precisely, work well in a team, and possess strong attention to detail and colour vision.

Qualifications

• Ability to carefully and accurately follow verbal and written instructions.
• Be a team player with good communication skills.
• Good colour vision and attention to detail are essential.
• Organised and reliable, able to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Operate weaving and warping looms to produce textiles.
• Monitor looms for defects, colour and pattern consistency; report issues.
• Replenish weft creels with yarn and maintain quality standards.
• Work with attention to detail to meet the production plan.
• There are manual handling tasks and heavy lifting may be required.

Skills

Follow instructions

Team player

Communication skills

Colour vision

Organised

Attention to detail

Deadline driven

Job description

Job Title: Weaver

Reporting to: Weaving Team Leader

We are currently recruiting for a Weaver to join our busy and growing Weaving department. As a Weaver, you will be operating weaving and warping looms to produce our luxurious textiles.

This is a full-time, permanent position working an average of 38 hours per week on a rotating three-shift pattern (early, back and night shifts), with shifts changing weekly.

Rate of pay starting from £13.45, along with shift pay allowance.

About the Role

As a Weaver here at Johnstons of Elgin, you will be operating a set of looms efficiently, as well as repairing any broken warp and weft threads. You will be responsible for monitoring the looms for any weaving defects, evenness of colour or patterns and reporting any defects to our technicians. You will also ensure that weft creels are replenished with yarn, maintain product quality standards and work with attention to detail, you will nonetheless aim to achieve the required output levels to meet our production plan. There are some manual handing tasks and heavy lifting will be required.

About you

This is what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:

• Have the ability to carefully and accurately follow verbal and detailed written instructions
• Take pride in doing a job well, and never compromise on high standards
• Be a team player with good communication skills
• Have good colour vision
• Organised and reliable
• Have a keen eye for detail
• Be able to work to deadlines

About Us

Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin is an innovative, luxury clothing brand celebrating 225 years of experience in working with the world’s finest fibres. Across three centuries, our family-owned company has carefully sourced cashmere and fine woollen fibres from around the world, applying the latest technology and highest quality craft expertise in our very own vertical Scottish mills. Employing over 1,000 staff, our valued employees and communities are at the heart of everything we do, producing unique, high-quality designs that are made to last. Our brand is focused on sustainability, working with natural, renewable, and biodegradable fibres and we are committed to maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.

Johnstons of Elgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer wholeheartedly supporting the principles of equality and diversity to build an inclusive workforce. Our aim is to embed diversity and inclusion in everything we do to create an environment where our employees feel safe to be their whole authentic self without having to downplay or change parts of their identity. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, which goes beyond those characteristics protected by law to include everything that makes us unique, from our backgrounds and experiences to our personalities and ways of thinking.

We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and encourage any candidate who requires assistance to contact us at [e-mail].

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement or qualification. At Johnstons of Elgin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but think your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Please note all applicants must be able to provide evidence of their right to remain and take up paid employment incountry job is based.