Operations Development Trainee - Garment Construction

National Safety Apparel•Cleveland, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Operations-focused rotational program designed to develop a well-rounded individual to be able to understand and apply knowledge learned in garment manufacturing. This program includes time spent in the following departments: Technical Design, Pre-Production, Production Planning, Cutting, Sewing, and Quality. Each rotation will be for the duration of about 3 months. At the end of these 6 rotations, the successful candidate will be placed in a position which best fits NSA needs and the candidate’s strengths.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required.
3 year in a manufacturing environment as a lead or above required.
Communication (both written and verbal)
Initiative
Achievement Orientation
Analytical Thinking
Self Confidence
Teamwork and Collaboration
Must be able to stand for duration of day and walk frequently.

Nice To Haves

Garment construction or apparel related education preferred.

Responsibilities

Garment construction at every work center/ learn all equipment used.
Learn and help implement single piece flow/monitor teams efficiencies.
TSS teams and Teamwork concepts
5S
Lean workflow
Training new employees/employees’ development
Learn to navigate and use ERP system used in production.
Knowledge of fabrics used to manufacture NSA products.
Knowledge of spreading and cutting processes with minimum waste.
Understand the Cut Support, Order Prep and Additional work activities.
NSA quality guidelines by product type
First item inspection
QA log
Be able to read the label sheet
RMA training
Understand the daily planning for all spreaders.
Ability to run reports to help prioritize orders that need cut.
Ability to help prioritize stock and MTO orders based on needs.
Ability to run reports by item, work center, and materials.
Ability to use and understand the available software to manipulate patterns.
Ability to construct the BOM for a product.
Ability to achieve certification on the software for establishing the SAMs.
Sample process
Ability to make makers for NSA products with material utilization being the focus along with manufacturability (i.e.. total cost).
NSA policies and procedures
Employee development
Works as a team to accomplish production and manufacturing goals.
Other duties as assigned.