Description
Summary:
Anchorfish Printing and Embroidery is seeking an experienced commercial embroidery machine operator to set up, operate, and maintain production embroidery equipment.
Highlights:
1. Operate commercial embroidery equipment and run production jobs
2. Monitor quality, troubleshoot issues, and perform basic machine maintenance
3. Work efficiently in a production environment with strong attention to detail
Experienced Embroidery Machine Operator
Anchorfish Printing and Embroidery is looking for an experienced commercial embroidery machine operator to join our production team.
This is not an entry-level position. Applicants must have previous hands-on experience operating commercial embroidery equipment.
We are looking to hire quickly so the new operator can work directly alongside our current embroidery operator before her departure at the end of September.
Pay: Based on experience
Schedule: Full-time, daytime hours
Location: Evanston/Skokie area
Position: In person
What you'll do
- Operate commercial embroidery equipment
- Set up and run production embroidery jobs
- Hoop shirts, polos, jackets, hats and other garments
- Load designs and prepare machines for production
- Select thread, needles, backing and stabilizers
- Monitor quality throughout production
- Troubleshoot thread breaks, tension problems, registration and other common embroidery issues
- Perform basic machine maintenance
- Trim, finish and inspect completed garments
- Follow production schedules and work orders
- Catch quality problems before garments are completed
- Help keep embroidery production organized and on schedule
Requirements
- Professional/commercial embroidery experience required
- Ability to independently set up and operate commercial embroidery equipment
- Experience with hooping and garment placement
- Understanding of thread, needles, backing and stabilizers
- Ability to troubleshoot common embroidery problems
- Strong attention to detail
- Dependable and able to work efficiently in a production environment
- Experience with Barudan equipment, caps, puff embroidery and challenging garment placements is especially valuable.
To apply, please send a resume or work history to employment @ anchorfishprinting.com and tell us what embroidery machines you've operated, how many years of commercial embroidery experience you have.