On-site Knitting Mill Ops Leader (Circular Knit)

Buck Mason; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Buck Mason is seeking a Knitting Mill Operations Manager to lead our knitting mill operations and align production with our product vision. You will drive production planning, lead a hands-on team, manage yarn purchases, and maintain quality across knitting, dyeing, and finishing processes.

You will collaborate with Product Development, Design, Production, Merchandising, and HQ to forecast needs, optimize capacity, and keep production on schedule while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in textile manufacturing, knitting, or mill operations.
• Proven experience leading a knitting or textile production team.
• Strong technical knowledge and hands-on experience with circular knitting.
• Experience with dyeing and finishing processes.
• Strong understanding of yarns, fibers, fabric construction, gauges, weights, and fabric performance.
• Experience with production planning, scheduling, capacity planning, and meeting production deadlines.
• Experience with yarn purchasing and inventory management.
• Strong understanding of fabric quality control and inspection.
• Experience overseeing machinery maintenance and mill equipment.
• Highly organized with strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily knitting mill operations, ensuring production runs efficiently and according to plan.
• Develop and manage production schedules to meet deadlines and future production needs.
• Lead, develop, and support the knitting team with clear productivity and quality expectations.
• Oversee circular knitting operations, machine capabilities, fabric construction, troubleshooting, and production processes.
• Manage yarn purchasing, availability, and inventory levels to support production.
• Coordinate dyeing and finishing processes and ensure finished fabric meets Buck Mason standards.
• Partner with HQ teams to plan upcoming production needs.
• Translate future production requirements into mill capacity, material, staffing, and schedules.
• Monitor production progress and address delays, quality issues, and capacity constraints.
• Establish and maintain quality control processes throughout knitting, dyeing, finishing, and fabric production.
• Oversee preventative maintenance, repairs, and upkeep of knitting equipment and mill facilities.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, capacity, quality, and mill performance.
• Maintain accurate production, purchasing, inventory, and operational records.
• Ensure the mill operates safely and in accordance with company standards.
• This role is required to be in person, 5 days per week.

Skills

Textile manufacturing

Knitting

Circular knitting

Dyeing and finishing

Yarns and fabrics

Production planning

Inventory management

Quality control

Equipment maintenance

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on leadership

Job description

Buck Mason is seeking a Knitting Mill Operations Manager to lead our knitting mill operations and align production with our product vision. You will drive production planning, lead a hands-on team, manage yarn purchases, and maintain quality across knitting, dyeing, and finishing processes.

You will collaborate with Product Development, Design, Production, Merchandising, and HQ to forecast needs, optimize capacity, and keep production on schedule while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance