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Loom Technician

A Team Recruitment
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

Sudbury, Suffolk CO109HN, England

Salary

£18,000 - £21,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A Loom Technician is needed for a manufacturing client based in Sudbury, with a competitive salary starting at £25.5k, increasing to £27k once fully trained.
  • Candidates do not need previous weaving experience but should have some experience in a fast-paced production environment and a keen eye for detail.
  • The role involves loading designs into the loom, selecting yarns, and ensuring quality through careful checking during the weaving process.
  • Shifts are structured on an annualised hours plan, typically from 5am to 2pm and 2pm to 11:30pm, with seasonal variations.
  • The position offers excellent career opportunities, including a profit share bonus and a comprehensive induction programme.

A Loom Technician is required for our industry leading Sudbury based manufacturing client. It is not necessary to possess previous weaving experience although this would be ideal but it is more important that you are someone who possesses a key eye for detail with the motivation to want to join a long-standing company and develop a career with them. In return for your Loom Technician role, you will be part of a very passionate team, given a competitive salary and a very clear and structured training plan.

The role

  • Loading designs into the loom
  • Selecting and threading up the correct yarns for the order
  • Responsible for the careful placement of completed orders onto the transport racks
  • Weaving orders with careful checking throughout for weaving, yarn or other faults against a standard
  • Amending and weaving sample orders in such a way as to make them reproducible when woven as production orders
  • Correction of weaving issues as they are identified and the repair of broken threads
  • This is a shift-based role on an annualised hours plan
  • Generally, shifts are 5am-2pm and 2-11.30pm with Fridays being 2-7pm for 21 weeks and 5.30am- 2pm and 2-11pm with Fridays being 2-7pm for 20 weeks but it is seasonal hence the annualised hours plan.

The Person

  • Must possess some experience of working in a fast-paced production environment.
  • Experience in fault identification, diagnosis and problem-solving
  • Ideally some experience and/or interest in the textile/fabric industry
  • Happy to lift and move items
  • Ability to read and understand written work instructions to weave fabric to the correct levels of quality and productivity.
  • An eye for detail and colour to achieve a high level of quality
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Aptitude of a good team player, providing positive contributions to production improvements

Benefits to you

  • Competitive Salary starting at £25.5k rising to £27k once fully trained
  • Profit share bonus
  • Excellent career opportunity
  • Pension scheme
  • Sick pay
  • Opportunity to work for a very long standing and well-respected company
  • Free Parking
  • Comprehensive induction programme along with full systems training

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.