Overview:
Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.
At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.
Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.
Responsibilities:
***Preferred candidate identified***
Shift: 1st Shift
Pay: £ 12.71
MSA Safety Yate Service Center is now hiring for a Service Centre Sewing Machinist. Sewing Machinist will be responsible to perform the following tasks:
- Sewing and repairing fire garments, rescue garments and hoods back to standard condition ensuring they are fit for purpose.
- Utilizing a variety of sewing machines to perform daily tasks.
- Confidently unpick, repair, and double check your work ensuring highest quality repairs are completed to make the garment fit for purpose.
- Use the correct fabric and trims specified for the garment repair.
- Inspection to find/spot any other repairs to the garment are needed and escalate to the supervisor.
- Utilizing style, measurement books provided as reference guide when making repairs to ensure proper procedures are followed. If unsure, escalate to your supervisor.
- Sign off the repair ticket with your name once the repair is completed.
- Strong attention to detail is a must.
- Complete and accurately update job tickets and necessary paperwork.
- Ability to work under pressure and understand order of priority along with ensuring a 7-day turnaround is met. If unable to meet turnaround deadline, escalate issues/concerns to your supervisor.
- Strong communications skills to work with your team.
- Acting as a role model.
- Take part in weekly housekeeping check/tidy up and cleaning exercise in your work area.
- Ensure sewing machines are in good working order and report any faulty equipment to your supervisor.
- Dispose of "sharps" correctly and to MSA guidelines.
- Complete "Near Hits" for all unsafe acts, resolving if you can and escalating to your supervisor if needed.
- This role will may also be crossed trained in others areas such as batch, inspection, wash, picking, warehouse, etc.
- Speaking, reading and writing in English.
- Sitting, standing, walking, reaching, bending, stooping, twisting, good vision and hearing.
- Ability to make good judgement and meet deadlines.
- Communicate effectively and work as a team.
- Perform repetitive tasks.
- Work in somewhat hot/cold environment.
- Work with moderate noise.
- Ability to wear required PPE - safety glasses and/or gloves if needed.
- Maintain focus and attention on tasks.
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