Yarn Creeler: Material Flow Technician

Shawfloorscareers; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Shaw Industries in Dalton, GA seeks a Creeler to maintain a steady yarn supply to the creel and support continuous production on a non-rotating 8‑hour PM shift. You will check lot numbers, hang and splice yarn, remove exhausted tubes, and keep the creel clean and ready.

Basic reading, writing, math, color recognition, and depth perception are essential for quality control. Experience with identifying non-conforming yarn and reporting maintenance needs helps minimize downtime and ensure product

Qualifications

• Must be able to recognize conformance or nonconformance requirements.
• Must be able to recognize letters and numbers to identify yarn lots.
• Must be able to distinguish colors.

Responsibilities

• Check lot numbers to ensure that the correct lot is running.
• Hang and splice in yarn in creel, i.e. spotting, doubling and cutting back the creel.
• Remove exhausted tubes from creel.
• Place tube caps on running packages.
• Maintain the yarn level and cleanliness of the creel throughout the shift.
• Make preparations for boxes and tubes to be removed from creel.
• Guide LTO in loading cases or boxes.
• Remove all tubes of yarn in the creel or work area that appears to be unusable and follow procedures for disposition.
• Perform a walk through of assigned creel at the beginning of the shift or when moved to a new creel to check overall condition of creel.
• Replace any missing eyelets or tie downs.
• Identify and report any maintenance needed at the creel and tag with pink ribbon.
• Load yarn into the creel.
• Responsible for properly identifying non-conforming yarn.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reading numbers

Color vision

Basic math

Depth perception

Job description

Shaw Industries in Dalton, GA seeks a Creeler to maintain a steady yarn supply to the creel and support continuous production on a non-rotating 8‑hour PM shift. You will check lot numbers, hang and splice yarn, remove exhausted tubes, and keep the creel clean and ready.

Basic reading, writing, math, color recognition, and depth perception are essential for quality control. Experience with identifying non-conforming yarn and reporting maintenance needs helps minimize downtime and ensure product