2nd Shift Knit & Weave Operator

Interstate Narrow Fabrics; Haw River (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Interstate Narrow Fabrics, Inc. is seeking an operator for the knitting and weaving departments. The role reports to the department supervisor and involves detailed production work, multi-application training, and adherence to plant policies.

Responsibilities include tending machines, patrolling looms, detecting yarn issues, reading weaving drafts, and adjusting equipment to meet specifications. Prior manufacturing experience is preferred and the position trains on 1st shift.

Qualifications

• Ability to effectively communicate with coworkers and management.
• Must be attentive, watching and listening for any problems in area of responsibility.
• Must be able to hand off the status of jobs to overlapping shifts.
• Ability to read and comprehend documents such as safety rules, work instructions, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Possess basic mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure.

Responsibilities

• Tends to a battery of machines that knit or weave narrow fabrics.
• Continuously patrols looms and creels.
• Observes process to detect yarn breaks and ties broken yarn ends.
• Observes process to detect exhausted yarn packages.
• Thorough and detailed observation for defects in product as it enters doff boxes and notifies supervisor when defects are noticed.
• Understand what creates a defect and be able to troubleshoot or fix the issue.
• Fetch yarn spools, creel machine and tie end of yarn to yarn in machine or thread yarn through guides, tension springs and yarn carrier.
• Adjust machine mechanisms, tensions, and speeds to produce specified products.
• Inspect products to ensure that specifications are met and to determine if machines need adjustment.
• Corrects misdraws and crossed ends.
• Notifies machine fixer/supervisor of mechanical issues.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Reading drafts

Mathematics

Teamwork

Reliability

Organized

Problem solving

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Interstate Narrow Fabrics, Inc. is seeking an operator for the knitting and weaving departments. The role reports to the department supervisor and involves detailed production work, multi-application training, and adherence to plant policies.

Responsibilities include tending machines, patrolling looms, detecting yarn issues, reading weaving drafts, and adjusting equipment to meet specifications. Prior manufacturing experience is preferred and the position trains on 1st shift.