2nd shift - Final Inspector

Culp, Inc.•Stokesdale, NC

23h

About The Position

The Final Inspector inspects fabric against specified standards to ensure correct identification, shade, and quality. The role prepares and identifies fabric rolls, flags defects and second-quality material, and obtains samples for laboratory testing. The employee maintains housekeeping and follows safety procedures. The position requires proficiency with inspection and fabric-handling equipment and may involve lifting up to 80 pounds with equipment. The role is on the 2nd shift.

Requirements

General knowledge of inspection.
Proficiency in operating and properly using an inspection frame, scissors, yardage meter, hoist sewing machine, air hose, production tickets, printed barcode labels, tape measure, doff table, pens, brooms, masking, two-way and colored tapes.
Excellent communication skills.
Strong team player.
Commitment to company values.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including walking, sitting, using hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reaching, balancing, stooping, and talking or hearing.
Ability to occasionally lift up to 80 pounds with the use of equipment.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

Tie in a new roll of cloth as needed.
Pull standards or production swatches for grading and to ensure correct identification and shade; return them to the proper location after use.
Inspect cloth according to specified standards, flagging seams and splices and cutting defects as required to make first-quality fabric rolls.
Wind straight rolls without telescoping.
Doff full tubes and identify them properly with a ticket.
Run additional tickets as necessary.
For second-quality rolls, cut out a one-yard, full-width example of a defect for the daily quality meeting and flag the roll for customers as second quality.
Obtain a laboratory swatch from every fabric lot unless it is marked “Testing Complete.”
Maintain good housekeeping in the work area.
Follow safety procedures and policies and advise supervision of unsafe conditions.
Perform other duties as requested by the supervisor.