Job Title: Operations - Assembler 3
Location with zip code: Medley, FL 33178
Pay Rate: $17/Hour on W2
Shift Timing (Day/ Evening/ Night): Day (7AM-3:30PM; Mon-Fri)
Duration: 12+ months
Note: NO UPHOLSTERY EXPERIENCE NEEDED, BUT IT IS PREFERRED.
Job Description:
- The candidate should be able to perform various Upholstery activities like: Remove, install, Rework, Adjust leather or fabric covers on all the different components from the seats/Divans.
- The experience could be relative from any of the following industries: automotive, furniture or boating etc.
- Upholsterers are responsible for fabricating custom designs made from fabric and other materials.
- Skilled at reading patterns and working with industrial sewing machines and other equipment such as grommet machines, heat seal machines, and more.
- It is highly repetitive production work that requires precision and a good eye for detail.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Sewing machine setup (changing thread, bobbins, and needles as needed).
- Needle prepping and joining.
- Creating and cutting patterns.
- Inspecting product for defects, damage, or stains.
- Marking products, work pieces, or equipment with identifying information.
- Comparing physical characteristics of materials or products to specifications or standards.
- Interpreting cover patterns to perform sewing functions.
- Cut leather and fabric as needed using patterns.
- Prepare sewing pieces for Master Seamstress.
- Sew leather and fabric dress coves with very high precision and very high-quality expectations.
- Operator needs to be able to perform top stitch (single and double) on leather and fabric.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:
- Works from production/assembly instructions, parts lists, wire lists, diagrams, verbal instructions, and notes to assemble, wire and install a wide variety of components.
- Identifies and selects components to be integrated into subassembly and assembly units.
- Utilizes small hand tools such as soldering irons, wire strippers, crimpers, wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, and hammers.
Required Education:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
- Minimum of one-year related experience and/or training preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Required Experience:
- Construct/repair upholstered furniture by covering with materials such as leather, cotton or suede.
- Build or rebuild furniture (sofas, mattresses, and chairs) by replacing damaged frames and padding with fabrics.
- Remove worn coverings, padding, and webbings from furniture.
- Pull off anchoring tacks prior to removing coverings to allow for material reuse.
- Remove burlap which covers the springs to replace broken or worn springs in a piece of furniture.
- Repair broken or defective wooden frames, using glue to bind a damaged frame or replace it altogether using a hammer, a saw, and nails.
- Strip upholstered furniture down to its wooden frame in order to identify defects and conduct repairs.
- Conduct repairs in automobile upholstery as well as produce coverings/materials for furniture.
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