About

• HOURLY JOB OPPORTUNITY FORM

• Position

• Custom Sample Tufting Operator A

• Department

• Custom Samples

• Reports To

• Manager

• Post Start

• Post End

• Shift

• Posting No.

• ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Set up and make adjustments to tufting machines and replace needles, loopers and knives. While machine is running, inspect carpet quality and defects such as breaks, pull-downs, low lines. Program patterns in computer. Splice in next order to specifications.

• Confirm pattern and machine set-up to specification. Record or make changes to setup from original specification when needed under direction of designer, lead or Manager for aesthetic or quality reasons. Identify sample with correct PDS#. Notify Spec coordinator when called for. Load yarns on creel or in yarn tubes as necessary. Interact with our Designers to make adjustments to the machine for quality and design approval. Housekeeping , Other duties needed to maintain department levels of production.

• EXPERIENCE OR REQUIREMENTS

• * Six months experience as a mender .
• * 5 years experience as a Tufting Machine Operator or the equivalent experience on machines: #4 , #3 ,#25 , #20 , #32, #27, #41, #52
• * Knowledge of carpet quality standards.
• * Communication skills to read, write, understand and discuss (in English)
• * Understand numerical and alphabetical lot numbers.
• * Work overtime as needed, including weekends.

• PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Frequent: Handle, manual dexterity, lifts 15-20 lbs., reach, stand, stoop, and walk. Use personal protective equipment. Occasional: Balance, climb, crawl, crouch, grasp, hear, kneel, and speak.

• Required: Close vision, color and depth perception.

• ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• General warehouse environment. Background noise, dirt, oil, humidity, temperature variations. Work near moving mechanical parts 

• Bentley Mills provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

• This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

• *The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The range provided is required by California State Law. Bentley Mills reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to: candidate skills and experience, complexity of the job, budgetary factors, and local/geography. Bentley Mills conducts regular reviews of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.