Tufting Operator - NSP Samples - 2nd Shift

Shaw Industries•Cartersville, GA

About The Position

The Tufting Operator operates tufting and yarn-processing equipment and learns to operate other machinery and perform additional responsibilities within the process. The operator must successfully perform the requirements of the machine-operator function within a specified time frame. The position includes utility, yarn-feed, yarn-processing, and machine-operation duties, as well as quality, safety, and teamwork expectations. The role works an eight-hour, non-rotating second shift from 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. The schedule may require shift coverage, overtime during the week, and weekend work when needed. Work takes place in a plant environment with exposure to heat, humidity, cold, and noise.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to operate lift trucks, including squeeze, fork, and pole trucks.
Flexibility with hours and workload, including shift coverage and multitasking.
Computer aptitude.
Ability to work the assigned schedule and accept assignments that may require additional training.
Ability to travel between facilities.
Ability to communicate with groups and individuals.
Ability to stand for long periods and repeatedly lift 10 or more pounds.
Ability to work in a plant environment with heat, humidity, cold, and noise exposure.
Ability to work a 40-hour week, plus weekday overtime and weekends when needed.
Confidentiality, honesty, integrity, and passion.

Nice To Haves

Tufting or warping machine experience.
Full knowledge of and compliance with company quality and good manufacturing practices policies and procedures.
Knowledge of and adherence to SMS safety/environment, quality, and TPM requirements.

Responsibilities

Operate a back winder and stationary lift; pull and relocate yarn.
Break down yarn, load yarn onto a creel using different thread-ups, and blow yarn into a mobile x-creel.
Print orders and operate air-entangled and twister machines to process single-denier yarn into different denier sizes.
Set up and operate all-gauge-group tufting machines; burn in mobile creels and perform crossed- and twisted-end checks.
Identify and eliminate shift chop; troubleshoot roller thread-up and complex thread-up problems.
Retrieve setup sheets, run predictor, update specifications, and transfer samples.
Operate lift trucks, including squeeze, fork, and pole trucks.
Serve on teams or committees and assist with projects as needed.
Work the assigned schedule, accept assignments that may require additional training, and provide shift coverage as needed.
Follow company quality and good manufacturing practices, as well as SMS safety/environment, quality, and TPM requirements.
Attend seminars and classes.
Communicate effectively, adapt and change, and collaborate.