Trainee Textile Operative

Overview

Trainee Textile Operative required for our industry leading Sudbury based manufacturing client. It is not necessary to possess previous textile and/or weaving experience although this would be ideal but it is more important that you are someone who possess a key eye for detail with the motivation to want to join a long-standing company and develop a career with them. In return for your Trainee textile operative role, you will be part of a very passionate team, given a competitive salary and a very clear and structured training plan.

• Loading designs into the loom
• Selecting and threading up the correct yarns for the order
• Responsible for the careful placement of completed orders onto the transport racks
• Weaving orders with careful checking throughout for weaving, yarn or other faults against a standard
• Amending and weaving sample orders in such a way as to make them reproducible when woven as production orders
• Correction of weaving issues as they are identified and the repair of broken threads
• This is a shift-based role on an annualised hours plan

• Most possess some experience of working in a fast-paced production environment.
• Experience in fault identification, diagnosis and problem solving
• Ideally some experience and/or interest in the textile/fabric industry
• Happy to lift and move items
• Ability to read and understand written work instructions to weave fabric to the correct levels of quality and productivity.
• An eye for detail and colour to achieve a high level of quality
• Excellent time management skills
• Aptitude of a good team player, providing positive contributions to production improvements

• Competitive Salary starting at £25.5k rising to £27k once fully trained
• Profit share bonus
• Excellent career opportunity
• Pension scheme
• Sick pay
• Opportunity to work for a very long standing and well-respected company
• Free Parking
• Comprehensive induction programme along with full systems training

If you have not heard back from us within 10 days your application has been unsuccessful.