Are you a skilled upholsterer or industrial sewing machinist interested in a new opportunity to grow your career? ASL Technical are now working with a leading Aerospace and Defence supplier as they look to expand their team working on safety critical components.
Main Purpose of the Sewing Machinist
Working within a traditional mechanical assembly environment, you will be assembling, cutting and stitching all fabric and webbing parts required for seat assembly and survival aid containers to required quality standards including.
- Make components using the appropriate fabrics from standard template/ patterns and instructions from drawings, including making first off pieces.
- Part marking components and labels using ink pads and rubber stamps.
- Cut patterns/templates from drawing prints and using templates to cut fabric pieces prior to sewing.
- Monitoring imperfections in material or threads or mistakes in patterns / instructions.
- Using drawings and technical / process specifications identifying and applying part numbers, drawing issues, and relevant ADR `s and surface finishes.
Do you have the required experience for the Sewing Machinist role?
- Experience of working on industrial sewing machines in a manufacturing environment.
- Able to interpret technical drawings and specifications.
- Good hand to eye coordination – able to cut templates and fabric accurately using a template.
- Understand weft and weave.
- Simple maintenance of sewing machines- changing needles etc.
- Working to verbal instructions on development jobs
Other Details of Sewing Machinist
This is a permanent career opportunity offering the following benefits in addition to the advertised salary:
- 25 days Holiday and Bank Holiday pay
- An attractive, non contributory pension.
- Cycle to Work scheme
- On site parking
- Subsidised canteen
- A variety of additional benefits such as options for retail discounts, insurance and health benefits.
Please be aware, due to the nature of the role, applicants must be British nationals or have pre settled Right to Work status without requiring sponsorship.
For further information and to discuss your application in complete confidence, please contact ASL Technical.