Tufting Machine Lead Operator

Challenger Turf; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Challenger Turf is seeking a Tufting Machine Operator to join our production team in Dalton, GA. The role involves operating tufting equipment, loading creels, and ensuring product quality throughout the process.

You will verify specifications, perform weight checks on initial rolls, and communicate any mechanical or material issues to supervision. A strong emphasis on safety and accuracy is required in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of tufting machine operator experience.
• Bilingual in English and another language.

Responsibilities

• Confirm specifications of finished product during production
• Obtain weight check for first roll of every order
• Hang and tie or splice fiber into creel
• Rotate fiber tubes to maximize creel loads
• Assists in decreeling machines, or removing spent fiber tubes and packaging fiber and dunnage
• Identify non-conforming fibers and materials to maintain product efficacy
• Identify product defects such as streaks, high/low lines, loops, or missing ends
• Use mending gun to repair turf rolls
• Operate rollup
• Operate tufting machine without direct supervision
• Ensure order needs are met
• Post transactions in NAV
• Doff and label finished rolls
• Notify maintenance and Supervisor of issues
• Notify Quality Control of deficiencies
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment

Skills

Operator experience

Bilingual

Job description

Challenger Turf is seeking a Tufting Machine Operator to join our production team in Dalton, GA. The role involves operating tufting equipment, loading creels, and ensuring product quality throughout the process.

You will verify specifications, perform weight checks on initial rolls, and communicate any mechanical or material issues to supervision. A strong emphasis on safety and accuracy is required in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.