Upholsterer

Upholstery Technician

Position would require the candidate to be a W2 employee of Donatech. US Citizenship/Permanent Resident Required. Be able to perform various upholstery activities like: remove, install, rework, adjust leather or fabric covers on all the different components from the seats/divans. The experience could be relative from any of the following industries (automotive, furniture or boating etc.). Upholsterers are responsible for fabricating custom designs made out of fabric and other materials. Work for various industries, such as aircraft production. The work involves cutting, measuring, and sewing. Skilled at reading patterns and working with industrial sewing machines and other equipment such as grommet machines, heat seal machines, and more. It is highly repetitive production work that requires precision and a good eye for detail.

Core tasks include sewing machine setup (changing thread, bobbins, and needles as needed), needle prepping and joining, creating and cutting patterns, inspecting product for defects, damage, or stains, marking products, work pieces, or equipment with identifying information, comparing physical characteristics of materials or products to specifications or standards, interpreting cover patterns to perform sewing functions, cutting leather and fabric as needed using patterns, preparing sewing pieces for Master Seamstress, sewing leather and fabric dress coves with very high precision and very high quality expectations, and performing top stitch (single and double) on leather and fabric.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following: works from production/assembly instructions, parts lists, wire lists, diagrams, verbal instructions and notes to assemble, wire and install a wide variety of components, identifies and selects components to be integrated into subassembly and assembly units, utilizes small hand tools such as soldering irons, wire strippers, crimpers, wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers, and hammers, and performs other duties as required.

Education and/or experience: high school diploma or general education degree (GED). Minimum of one year related experience and/or training preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language skills: ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical skills: ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning ability: ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical demands: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.