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Job description

The Employer is: MOURNE WEAVERS LTD. Mourne Weavers Mill is looking for an organised and proactive Weaving Mill Production Assistant. This role requires the applicant to work as part of a flexible production team in support of all day-to-day weaving production and warehouse activities. The role requires an interest in industrial manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Produce Mourne Textile products to a consistently high standard.
• Support all yarn management tasks including processing yarn deliveries, updating stock sheets and general stock management.
• Support Warehouse Manager to provide assistance with all production lifecycle tasks including but not limited to cone winding, warp creation and mending fabric/finished product.
• Support Weaver/Tuner with all loom maintenance, loom set up and weaving tasks.
• Assist with tying on new warps/drawing in new drafts.
• Quality check fabric coming off the looms and create inspection reports.
• Bailing fabric and preparing fabric for dispatch, preparing accompanying paperwork for fabric to be sent to the finishers.
• Measuring fabric and cutting blankets returned from finishers.
• Work with the Weave team to maintain all associated production documentation including those on Google Sheets as well as hard copy documents.
• Monitoring/replenishing sample swatches to maintain a good level in stock for orders.
• Stock control, helping with stocktakes, update all stock sheets when needed.
• Communicating with suppliers and ordering consumables for the business when required.
• Prepare swing tags and care labels, make sure folders are up to date.
• Gaining quotes from shipping companies to get best price and communicating with them to rectify any dispatch issues that may arise.
• Monitoring dispatched items.
• General housekeeping, day to day maintenance of workshop/warehouse, ensuring a clean, tidy and safe work area.
• Dispatch responsibilities when required, packing items to a high standard, ensuring good attention to detail.
• Updating online production documents in Google Drive when required.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Be a good communicator and team member who can also work autonomously within their own area of responsibility.
• Be well organised and able to manage the workload/timekeeping.
• Be committed to project completion and attention to detail.
• Demonstrate a flexible attitude towards supporting other areas of the business.
• Able to grow within the business, willing to take on new tasks as the business develops.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working with industrial machinery is desirable but not essential.
• Qualifications within the textile/weaving industry may be preferred but not essential.
• Full UK driving licence preferred but not essential.

Further Information

Although this is a full time temporary opportunity, hours may be extended and it could lead to a permanent position. The job advert may end before the closing date if requested by the employer.

Application Information

JOBSTART IS OPEN TO 50-64 YEAR OLDS. If you are on UC contact your Work Coach via your Journal. If you are in receipt of JSA, IS or ESA phone a Work Coach on 0300 200 7807. If you are 50-64 years old, do not have a work coach, unemployed, and not in receipt of benefits phone 028 90726788.