Textile Fabrication Machine Operator (RF Welding & Industrial Sewing)

Your Schedule

Monday – Thursday | 6:30 AM – 3:45 PM
Friday | 6:30 AM – 11:30 AM

About Us

For 130 years, Anchor Industries has built commercial tents, shade systems, awnings, pergolas, pool covers, and other engineered fabric products in the U.S. Our name stands for innovation, craftsmanship, and customer care across industries.

A Day in the Role

You clock in, review work orders and prints, and set up your station. Using industrial sewing machines, radio frequency fabric welders, grommet machines, and other production tools, you prepare materials with tape measures, chalk lines, rulers, squares, scissors, and marking pencils. You load and feed material—manually or via automated systems—check alignment, and fine-tune machine settings. Throughout the run, you monitor output, verify dimensions, and record counts, defects, and rework with precision.

Between jobs, you perform routine checks, make minor adjustments, and keep your area clean and organized. You move work-in-process and finished goods with jack trucks, hand carts, or push carts, coordinate with teammates to hit targets, and follow all safety and environmental procedures.

What You’ll Do

• Run production equipment per work instructions, prints, and specifications.
• Operate industrial sewing, RF fabric welding, and grommeting equipment to produce high-quality parts.
• Measure, mark, cut, and validate materials using shop measuring and hand tools.
• Perform basic maintenance and adjust settings to maintain consistency and efficiency.
• Load materials by hand or with automated feeders and monitor throughput and quality.
• Document quantities, defects, and errors accurately.
• Transport materials and finished goods using jack trucks, hand carts, and push carts.
• Collaborate with team members to meet production and quality goals.
• Keep work areas orderly and comply with all safety policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• At least 1 year in manufacturing or machine operation preferred.
• Proven ability to learn industrial equipment and understand product specifications.

Skills & Abilities

• Quick learner of production machinery and fabrication processes.
• Strong attention to detail and quality mindset.
• Comfort following work instructions, prints, and schedules.
• Knowledge of, or ability to follow, OSHA and environmental guidelines.
• Reliable, punctual, and team oriented.
• Read and interpret work orders, specifications, engineering drawings, and bills of materials.
• Solid shop math (fractions, percentages, ratios, and measurements).
• Analytical problem-solver with the ability to act on findings.
• Comprehend written, verbal, diagrammatic, and schedule-based instructions.

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

• Lift and carry up to 50 lbs on occasion.
• Pull up to 80 lbs of force occasionally; push/pull up to 40 lbs frequently; up to 10 lbs continuously.
• Stand or sit for extended periods; frequent neck bending, gripping, fine manipulation, and foot pedal work.
• Frequent stooping, twisting, pinching, and reaching below shoulder; occasional walking, kneeling, crouching, and reaching overhead.
• Constant close and color vision with frequent distance vision; reliable tactile sensation.

Why Anchor

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Free on-site wellness clinic for enrolled team members and dependents
• Company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance
• 401(k) with company match after one year
• Stable, growing company with 130 years of success
• Training and advancement opportunities

Proficiencies That Help You Succeed

• Accurate tape measure reading
• Setting up machines for production runs
• Ability to meet the physical demands listed
• Shop math competency
• Ability to read blueprints/prints

Equal Opportunity

Anchor Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.