New Holland 1st Shift Card Technician

Milliken and Company; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Milliken & Company in Gainesville, GA is hiring a Card Technician for 1st shift. The role maintains and repairs carding, drawing, and opening equipment, performs safety checks, and documents downtime and work orders.

You’ll collaborate with the production team, conduct handoffs, and alert management to issues to minimize interruptions. You must follow prescribed safety procedures, complete maintenance checks, and participate in routine cleaning and prevention tasks.

Qualifications

• Experience following prescribed safety procedures.
• Ability to read work orders and follow directions.
• Attention to detail during equipment inspections.

Responsibilities

• OPENING: follow safety procedures and monitor opening equipment for issues.
• CARDING: inspect machinery, respond to work orders, and correct problems when possible.
• DRAWING: patrol assigned machinery, stop non-conforming material, and notify management.
• Document downtime, perform handoffs, and communicate with operators throughout shifts.

Skills

Safety procedures

Troubleshooting

Equipment inspection

Shift handoff

Job description

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New Holland 1st Shift Card Technician

Date: Sep 22, 2026

Location: Gainesvle, GA, US, 30501

Company: Milliken and Company

Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leaderwhose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow's breakthroughs today. Fromindustry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products thatenhance people's lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken's curious minds and inspired solutions at Milliken.com and on Facebook , Instagram and LinkedIn .

The technician repairs machinery breakdowns and flagged items as required. If unable to repair the breakdown, the technician submits a work order including the machine number, department, type of breakdown, and description.

The technician completes a thorough information 'handoff' with the technician from the previous shift and checks the work order system at the beginning of each shift.

The technician wears his plant radio and carries the Card Technician smart phone at all times.

1. OPENING: The technician follows the prescribed safety procedures. (Ref. SAFETY00 & SAFETY4M)

After shift change, alert production manager if any machine operator is absent in opening, carding, or drawing.

Cycle the laydowns in the basement at the start of the shift to be sure that there are enough bales cut to run the shift. Check that the stock cutter has hand-leveled and cleaned all laydowns. Alert production manager if any problem.

Cycle opening equipment and look for opportunities to prevent stock flow interruptions (filtration gauges, conditions, MPM jumping trunks, chokes in lines, etc.). Communicate with operators all during the shift.

On weekends, complete the weekly machine cleaning checklists as assigned by shift.

During normal operation, the technician cycles all equipment. He or she cleans MPM flaps and listen for any unusual noises. Identify the source of any problems and correct the problem if able. Create a work order for any problem that cannot be handled by the technician.

During the shift, the technician must clean all PWS hoppers and then put the test weight on all pans that are in production to check that the pans are weighing correctly. Enter the weight number into the DTM computer system. Stop off any pans that are not weighing correctly and call their manager.

Track any downtime on cards and document the reason that cards are down or in slow speed during the shift.

When there is no stock cutter on duty, the technician sweeps around the laydowns twice

per shift.

Check the Monday maintenance schedule and make sure that all equipment scheduled for maintenance is run out for maintenance to be performed.

The technician must never defeat any safety or quality monitoring device.

AUTHORIZATION SHUTDOWN

The card technician is authorized to shut down any piece of opening equipment, correct the problem, if possible, and/or notify the production manager when detecting the following.

2. Chokes in equipment 7. Abnormal noises or smells

3. Weight issues 8. Bad can build

4. Repeating machine stops 9. Any other quality problems

5. Suction cleaning problem

2. CARDING: The technician follows the prescribed safety procedures. (Ref. SAFETY00 & SAFETY14)

The technician patrols the assigned machinery inspecting for quality problems and mechanical difficulties. The technician corrects problems as found.

The technician responds to work orders and radio calls for assigned machinery. Work orders must be put in for all radio calls.

The technician cleans, repairs and performs general upkeep in the prescribed manner, (Ref. WRKIN003).

If the technician identifies non-conforming material, the technician stops the machine making non-conforming material. He corrects the issue, if possible, and notifies the production manager. (Ref. SPI Manual-PISPI01)

MIXTURE PREVENTION/QUALITY CHECKS

During each shift, the technician observes and assures that: (1) correct identification of cans at each card, (2) card coiler identification is correct, and (3) can build correct. If incorrect, the technician corrects, if possible, and/or notifies the production manager.

AUTHORIZATION SHUTDOWN

The card technician is authorized to shut down the cards, correct the problem, if possible, and/or notify the production manager when detecting the following.

2. Snowballing and/or loading 7. Abnormal noises or smells

3. Repeating ends down 8. Bad can build

4. High nep level 9. Any other quality problems

5. Suction cleaning problem

3. DRAWING: The technician follows the prescribed safety procedures. (Ref. SAFETY00 & SAFETY14)

The technician patrols the assigned machinery inspecting for quality problems and mechanical difficulties. The technician corrects problems as found.

The technician responds to work orders and radio calls for assigned machinery. Work orders must be put in for all radio calls.

The technician cleans, repairs and performs general upkeep in the prescribed manner, (Ref. WRKIN023)

In case of sliverdata shutdown, the technician follows the prescribed procedure to resolve the problem. (Ref. PISPI03)

If the technician identifies non-conforming material, the technician stops the machine making non-conforming material. He corrects the problem, if possible, and notifies the production manager. (Ref. SPI Manual-PISPI01)

MIXTURE PREVENTION/QUALITY CHECKS

During each shift, the technician observes that: (1) the draw frames are correctly identified, (2) the correct number of cans are in the creel, (3) the cans are correctly identified, and (4) delivery cans correctly identified. If incorrect, the technician corrects if possible and/or notifies the production manager.

AUTHORIZATION SHUTDOWN

The technician is authorized to shut down the drawing frames, correct the problem, if possible, and/or notify the production manager when detecting the following.

1. Safety hazard 6. Repeating ends down

2. Mixture or contamination 7. Bad top rolls or bearings

3. Wrong cans in the creel 8. Improper or missing I.D.

4. Bad can build 9. Any other quality problem

5. Abnormal noises or smells

Milliken is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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