Upholsterer - 1st Shift - Conover, NC

Job Summary

Upholsterer position based in Conover. Upholsters seats, backs, arms, and outers for lounge seating products, using Haworth and customer fabric, leather, and vinyl. Manually positions fabrics, forms edges, and attaches fabric with staples. Inspects fabric and parts per quality specifications. Assists with training other Upholsterers.

• Ensures department and plant meet daily and weekly workload requirements.
• References material labels and verifies against production tickets, ensuring pieces are upholstered per order specifications.
• Upholsters various styles of products, using proper molds, presses, and tools such as heat knives, to meet production requirements. Pulls, pushes, and tugs materials, equivalent to 10‑ to 24‑pounds lift, and staples into place.
• Inspects all upholstered parts for fabric flaws, weave alignment, seam position, proper alignment of glued subassembly, and correct contours and fabric shade, ensuring Haworth quality specifications are met.
• Follows all safety requirements and communicates any safety concerns.
• Assists with training other Upholsterers on basic chair styles and fabric types to share knowledge and expertise.
• Maintains safety and cleanliness of work area by performing housekeeping duties, including work center preventive maintenance.
• Frequently loads, unloads, and/or positions materials/parts, weighing up to 50 pounds, occasionally more (assistance given with heavier objects by work partner).
• Completes appropriate paperwork.
• Flexes work schedule as business demands; may work more than eight hours per day and/or forty hours per week, including weekends and/or holidays.
• Performs all duties as assigned to ensure department and plant meet daily and weekly production requirements.
• Rotates through department work centers based on business need.
• Works overtime as needed.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Education

• High school graduate or equivalent (defined as equivalent degree, job‑specific work experience, or combination of education and work‑specific experience; three years job‑specific experience equals one year of formal education).
• Up to 90 days' nonproductive training, with approximately six to twelve months' total on‑the‑job training required.

Work Experience

• Three years upholstery experience.

Environmental and Physical Demands

• Frequent exposure to steam, dampness, sharp edges, and fumes from cutting fabric with heat knife.
• Eye protection required; hearing protection may be required.
• Continuously pulls, pushes, and tugs materials, equivalent to 10‑ to 24‑pounds lift. Lifts and moves material/product weighing up to 50 pounds, occasionally more (assistance given with heavier objects).
• Walks, bends, twists, turns, and lifts while performing functions of position.
• Constant mental and visual alertness required to avoid potential serious injury to self and others in work group.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to utilize precision measuring instruments.
• Excellent vision and color perception essential.
• Ability to work as contributing member within team environment.
• Ability to continuously pull, push, and tug material, equivalent to 10‑ to 24‑pounds lift, into place.
• Ability to frequently lift/move material weighing up to 50 pounds.

Legal Requirements

Applicants must possess an unrestricted right to work in the U.S. to be eligible for the position.

Shift Availability

Applicants will only be considered for the shift they have selected as their available working hours.

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 144 hours paid time off accrual by pay period
• Bonus opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Opportunity for overtime (paid at time and a half)