Job Description

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5,5 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Weaver 
Florence, MS

 

This position will start as temp-to-hire through a staffing agency. After  successful completion  of contract, which will be approximately 90 days, the candidate may potentially be hired on as a Voith employee.

Summary:

Joins and reinforces parts of articles and dryer clothing by performing the following duties:

Responsibilities:

• Operates machine to join, reinforce, seam dryer fabrics and conveyors
• Selects thread, according to specifications or color of parts
• Aligns fasteners, or trimmings, following seams, edges, or markings on felts
• Sews felts with various types of stitches such as felling tacking, stitch and basting
• Trims excess threads
• Trims edges of parts
• Identify weave patterns, spirals, and forming cables
• Measures width of felt to begin seaming
• Ties and sews on weights
• Fringe and prepare fabric
• Performs reweave sequence by specifications
• Moves fabrics in and out of seaming area
• Operates overhead gantry crane for material handling

Requirements:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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