Production Associate

Job Description

Job Description

About Austin Print Co.

Austin Print Co. is a custom branding shop serving businesses, teams, and events across the Austin metro. We produce custom apparel, embroidery, DTF transfers, laser engraving, UV printing, promotional products, and awards. We are known for fast turnarounds, rush orders welcome, and doing whatever it takes to get a customer’s brand on anything. We are growing and building out our production capacity, and we need people who take pride in output quality and speed.

You will be hands on in daily production, taking custom apparel and branded merchandise from approved artwork through finished product. This is not a desk job. You will work across multiple areas of production including DTF printing and heat pressing, commercial embroidery, laser engraving, UV printing, order fulfillment, quality control, and shipping. On any given day you might be pressing a 300 piece DTF apparel run in the morning and hooping polos on our 8 head Tajima embroidery machine in the afternoon.

• Produce custom apparel and merchandise according to approved artwork and order specifications
• Operate and maintain our DTF printing workflow: print, powder, cure, and press transfers onto apparel
• Operate our Tajima 6 head commercial embroidery machine: garment prep, hooping, thread changes, tension checks, trimming, and finishing
• Assist with laser engraving and UV printing
• Review orders before production to verify garments, quantities, sizes, artwork, placement, colors, and special instructions
• Perform quality control checks before, during, and after production
• Identify production issues and communicate questions before proceeding with an order
• Fold, package, label, and prepare completed orders for customer pickup or shipping
• Process recurring and fulfillment based production orders
• Receive, count, sort, and organize incoming garments and production materials
• Assemble and prep awards, trophies, and engraved products
• Maintain clean, organized production stations, equipment, supplies, and inventory
• Update job statuses and accurately track assigned production work
• Assist other production team members as needed to keep orders moving and hit rush deadlines. Speed with accuracy is the job

• Dependable, punctual, and able to maintain a consistent full time schedule including weekends. This is the number one requirement
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality. You can catch a misprint or a wrong thread color before completing an order
• Able to follow written production instructions and approved artwork accurately, and ask questions when something is unclear
• Able to recognize when something does not look right and speak up before proceeding
• Comfortable working independently once trained
• Able to manage multiple jobs and priorities in a fast paced production environment
• Willing and able to learn multiple production methods and pieces of equipment
• Comfortable performing repetitive production tasks while maintaining accuracy
• Good communication and problem solving skills
• Comfortable standing for extended periods and performing hands on production work for a full shift
• Able to lift and move boxes of apparel and production materials, up to 40 lbs
• Basic computer comfort for reading orders and updating job status

• Previous experience in DTF printing, heat pressing, embroidery, screen printing, laser engraving, UV printing, fulfillment, manufacturing, or warehouse production
• Familiarity with garment brands and blank apparel (Bella Canvas, Richardson, Carhartt, Nike, etc.)
• Engraving or awards assembly experience

We will train the right candidate who demonstrates reliability, attention to detail, a strong work ethic, and a willingness to learn.

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid sick time
• Paid holidays
• Employee discount on apparel and custom products
• Growth path into lead production, embroidery specialist, or shop management roles as we scale

Send a short note on why you are a fit, plus your work history, to View email address on ziprecruiter.com. No formal resume required. Tell us about a time you had to get something done right under a deadline.

Austin Print Co. is an equal opportunity employer.

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