Knitter

At Thuasne, our mission is to restore mobility and improve quality of life. With 180 years of expertise, we design, develop and manufacture medical devices in the fields of orthopedics, medical compression and sports so everyone can take control of their own health.

Joining Thuasne means growing within an international group on a human scale, where your expertise actively contributes to improving the daily lives of millions of patients around the world.

Ready to set your career in motion? Join us on the journey of movement.

Join Thuasne and our 2,500 passionate employees to push the boundaries of movement.

• Communicates with the Master Technician, Head Technician, Technicians other Knitters and Department Manager concerning the machine performance issues.
• Documents issues on the “white communication board”.
• Review the machine’s LCD to evaluate production and stops to determine potential issues.
• Reviews the machine’s LCD to understand the stops daily to identify poor performing machines.
• Reviews the machine units produced to identify poor performing machines.
• Communicates yarn performance issues to the Manager.
• Participates in shift meetings.
• Performs weekly preventative maintenance on assigned machines successfully meeting expectations per the audit performed by the Master Technician, Head Technician or Manager.
• Assist with style or size changes as is required.
• Performs basic repairs within the Knitter’s capabilities.
• Re-needle and sinker the knitting machines as instructed and per capabilities.
• Inspects knitted products as they come off the knitting machines
• Inspections include inspecting product relaxed and on a form board for visual defects.
• Replenishes yarns as is required.
• Disposes of “bad” yarn per instructions.
• Doffing orders using IFT keying system.
• Ensures correct yarns are used to produce product per work order instructions, verifies info on the manufacturing order matches info displayed on the machine LCD, ensures flat layout is correct.
• Keeps work areas clean
• All other duties as assigned

• High School or equivalent
• Ability to work any shift and overtime as needed
• Ability to work with little or no direct supervision
• Must have successfully completed Knitter Trainee program and or have 3-5 years’ experience in maintain circular knit machines
• Knowledge of Circular Knitting Machines to include Lonati,and Santoni

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

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Today, Thuasne operates 18 subsidiaries worldwide and brings together 2,500 employees driven to make a difference.

What if your talent could take us even further?