Garment Inspector - Staples Promotional Products

Staples; Orange City (IA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & holidays

Online and retail discounts

Company 401(k) match

Wellness programs

Job summary

Staples Promotional Products – a division of Staples – is seeking an embroidery production associate in Iowa. This piece-rate role starts at $19.00 per hour with a Monday–Friday 7:00am–3:30pm shift. You will inspect embroidered items, verify designs, and prepare orders for shipping, ensuring accuracy and quality.

Benefits include PTO, holiday schedule, and discounts; experience in garment embroidery is a plus. Training on embroidery equipment is provided as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Basic English communication skills (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Operate embroidery equipment and maintain quality control.
• Inspect embroidered products and prepare for shipping or storage.
• Verify design placement, complete production paperwork, and sort items by color and size.
• Attach barcodes, stickers, and hang tags as needed.

Skills

Embroidery ops

Attention to detail

Lifting up to 50 lb

Basic English

Math counts

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Staples is business to business. You’re what binds us together.

While you may know Staples as the world’s leading office supply company, Staples Promotional Products – a division of Staples – is a national leader in the promotional products industry. At Staples Promotional Products, we help customers build love for their brands with customized merchandise solutions. Whatever story they want to tell, connection they want to make, or goal they need to deliver, Staples Promo makes it easy to design promo experiences that create lasting impact. Join our winning team!

Pay: This is a Piece Rate position starting at $19.00/Hourly

Shift Hours: 7:00am-3:30pm/Monday-Friday

What you will be doing:

• Work in a temperature-controlled building where your attention to detail ensures high-quality embroidered products reach our customers.
• Inspect a variety of embroidered products, including shirts, sweatshirts, coats, sweatpants, and shorts, preparing them for shipping or storage.
• Use work orders to verify proper design placement, review order accuracy, remove embroidery backings, fold, stack, package products, and sort finished items by color and size.
• Attach barcodes, stickers, and hang tags as needed, complete production tracking paperwork, and ensure all records are accurate.

What You Bring to the Table:

• Experience with embroidery equipment, including operation, adjustments, and maintenance.
• Strong ability to maintain accurate counts using basic math skills.
• Physical stamina to stand, bend, twist, reach, and grip throughout your shift and lift up to 50 pounds, stacking boxes and totes as needed.
• Detail-oriented mindset committed to meeting high-quality embroidery standards.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure product quality and order accuracy.

What’s needed: Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Basic English language skills (both verbal and written communications).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in garment inspection, embroidery, or related fields is a plus.

We Offer:

• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
• 112 Hours of PTO and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays + 1 floating holiday)
• Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more!

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.