Textile Machinist

Abraham Moon & Sons are an international brand with a long-standing reputation for innovation, design, and premium quality. Our company creates authentic wool fabrics and accessories for leading fashion brands and interior designers worldwide, fusing traditional craftsmanship and methodologies with the latest technology. We are among a select few in the UK who can perform all processes at a single site, from dyeing the wool and making our own yarn to weaving and finishing the fabric, providing remarkable versatility and the ability to control each process to meet our exacting standards. Our fantastic, diverse team makes all this possible with a culture encouraging autonomy, creativity, innovation, and learning.

**Role**

The Accessories department is responsible for the processing and packing of throws and scarves to ship to our customers. Working closely with the Accessories Supervisor you’ll be working with a small friendly team sewing labels onto products to make sure it is perfect and meets our high quality standards.

**Key Responsibilities of the role**:
**Sewing**
- Sewing labels onto products
- Making cushions
- Overlock/Whip-stitch work for blankets

**Folding**
- Inspection of têxtile items.
- Folding to ensure fringing in in line. Cut any excess lengths of fringing.
- Retrieve any rejected items and repair to 1st grade where possible.
- Get piece end number from the department card system and add card description before putting in stock or out to the customer.

**Packing**
- Packing
- Ensuring that accessory items are refolded and packed in the correct way ready for distribution.
- Labelling the product to the customers’ requirements.
- Embroidery of product to customer specifications (if applicable) from set program
- Performing quality control checks.

**Skills & Experience**:

- Full colour vision
- Basic IT skills desirable.
- Must be punctual and reliable.
- Having high attention to detail.
- Be adaptable to help/cover in other departments where necessary.
- Having good interpersonal abilities.
- Being able to complete paperwork.
- Being able to work with a team.

**Personal Qualities**:
Working hours 07:00 to 15:30 Monday to Thursday and 07:00 to 14:30 Friday with some flexibility on the start time to allow for school hours/transport.

**Salary**: £10.00-£10.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)