Embroidery Operator - 2nd Shift

Description

About L2 Brands

At L2 Brands, we make the gear people love to wear. For more than 30 years, we’ve been designing and delivering high-quality, custom-logo apparel, headwear, and home décor for the Collegiate, Resort/Destination, Golf, and Corporate markets.Through our lifestyle brands — League, Legacy, Ouray, and Locale — we help fans, travelers, golfers, and employees show pride in the schools, destinations, traditions, and workplaces that matter to them. If you’ve ever thrown on a favorite college hoodie or souvenir hat, there’s a good chance we had something to do with it.

Embroidery Operator

2nd Shift

As an Embroidery Machine Operator you are responsible for operating a multi-head industrial embroidery machine, ensuring high-quality embroidery on headwear while meeting daily production metrics. This position reports to the Embroidery Supervisor, with performance monitored by both the Production Manager and the Embroidery Supervisor.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Embroider front, side, and rear locations on Legacy, Locale, and Ouray headwear, maintaining precise attention to detail for each placement.
• Operate a Barudan 15-head embroidery machine, including reading work orders, programming and loading the machine, troubleshooting embroidery issues, performing basic machine maintenance (cleaning, oiling, threading needles), and monitoring bobbin tensions.
• Hoop 200–450 hats per shift, depending on experience and type of work.
• Demonstrate knowledge of thread types and colors, headwear styles, and embellishment techniques.
• Recognize and ensure high-quality work, including accurate logo placement, applique positioning, and consistent embroidery quality.
• Adhere to safety standards and report any safety concerns to management.
• Communicate questions or concerns promptly to the floor lead or supervisor.
  
  

Other Responsibilities

• Participate in special projects as needed.
• Maintain positive working relationships that align with the company’s Core Values and profitability goals.
• Represent the company professionally both internally and externally.
• Perform other duties as assigned by senior management.
  
  

Competencies

• Excellent time management, judgment, and ability to manage multiple priorities with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills across all organizational levels.
• Highly productive, hands-on team player with a sense of urgency.
• Self-motivated with the ability to understand how individual responsibilities fit into the bigger picture.
• Able to collaborate across departments to achieve results.
• Adaptable and able to integrate effectively into a strong corporate culture.
• Honest, forthright, flexible, and coachable.
• Strong understanding of L2 Brands’ products.
• Commitment to the company’s vision, values, and brand.
  
  

Work Environment

• This role operates in a production environment using industrial embroidery machines and standard embroidery tools.
  
  

Physical Demands

• Requires close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 15 pounds.
• On your feet up to 10 hours per day, with excellent hand/wrist dexterity and frequent bending at the waist.
  
  

Position Type / Expected Hours Of Work

• Full-time position.
• 2nd Shift: Monday–Thursday, 4:30 p.m.–3:00 a.m.