Textile Loom Technician/Tuner Leeds, England
Job description
Working hours for this role would be Monday to Friday, 6.00am-2.00pm and 2.00pm-10.00pm on a weekly rotating basis. Excellent rate of pay for the right candidate.
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
To work as part of a team providing an efficient service within the weaving department with the purpose of maximising weaving and other operating efficiencies.
Key Responsibilities:
· To ensure that loom down time is kept to a minimum through the efficient management of job changes, by working with twisters to reduce downtime.
· Where a job or gear change is required, it will be important to ensure that the tie-on is satisfactorily completed and the job pulled through and checked as necessary.
· Understand peg plans, drafts and setting temples, yarn pick up, shed timings.
· Assistance with beam installation and the tie in procedure.
· Programming of new job changes.
· To ensure that machines are operated at their optimum speed and efficiency.
· To assist the company in the high quality of woven fabrics, by ensuring that the production of second quality goods is kept to a minimum.
· Passing off the first piece of all new jobs. This will particularly include ensuring that the picks per inch, weave, width and weft colours are as specified on the weaving tickets or match the passing sample.
· Assisting the Cloth Production Manager in the identification and rectification of weaving quality problems.
· To assist in the maintenance of a safe working environment through the strict adherence to company health and safety rules and procedures.
· Ensuring that all maintenance, repair and lubrication is carried out when the looms are at a standstill.
· Ensuring that machines are only operated in line with the manufacturer’s instructions.
· Ensuring that a high standard of housekeeping is maintained, with particular emphasis and notice taken of oil grease and warp lubricant spillages.
· Using Genkinger lifting machine when moving beams to and from the looms.
· Able to understand and change the electromagnetic clutch brake unit.
Attributes & Experience:
- Attention to detail.
- Good literacy/numeracy skills
- Excellent timekeeping.
- Full capacity to recognize and distinguish between different colors.
- Good dexterity and experience with yarn qualities.
- Prior experience as a loom tuner is required, preferably using Dornier looms.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £17.18-£17.19 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
Work Location: One location
