Industrial Sewing Machinery Maintenance Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Shape reliability on the manufacturing floor

From the first shift startup to the final quality check, you’ll be the go-to expert who keeps our facility running smoothly—especially our industrial sewing lines that fabricate geotextiles, reinforced vinyl, turbidity barriers, containment products, and other industrial textiles. If you enjoy solving problems with your hands and your mind, this role puts you at the center of safe, reliable, and efficient production.

A day in the life

• Begin with a quick walk-through: review preventive maintenance (PM) schedules, scan service records, and verify critical spare-part levels.
• Move to priority calls: diagnose mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, motor, sensor, control, and servo-drive issues to reduce downtime and protect the production schedule.
• Deep-dive on sewing systems: correct hook and needle timing, align needle bars, tune thread tension, eliminate skipped stitches, optimize stitch formation, synchronize feed systems, and dial in presser-foot mechanisms and material tracking.
• Service a variety of machines: walking-foot, compound-feed, long-arm, double-needle, and other commercial or industrial sewing equipment used across our textile operations.
• Round out the day with improvements: install, set up, calibrate, test, relocate, and upgrade manufacturing, sewing, and facility equipment for better performance.
• Partner with people: collaborate with sewing operators and teams in Production, Operations, and Quality to resolve concerns, boost machine capability, and train operators on correct setup, daily care, and early warning signs.
• Work safe and smart: follow lockout/tagout, maintain an organized workspace, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that raise reliability, productivity, safety, and quality.

What you’ll bring

• Proven maintenance experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting with broad mechanical and electrical troubleshooting responsibilities.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience diagnosing, repairing, adjusting, timing, and maintaining industrial sewing machines (required).
• Demonstrated capability to fix hook timing, needle-bar alignment, feed systems, tension assemblies, presser-foot mechanisms, servo motors, and stitch-formation problems (required).
• Background servicing machines that work with geotextiles, reinforced PVC vinyl, coated fabrics, canvas, marine fabrics, or similar industrial textiles (strongly preferred).
• Skill troubleshooting motors, bearings, gearboxes, drives, sensors, controls, production machinery, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, and facility equipment.
• Ability to interpret equipment manuals, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, parts diagrams, and PM instructions.
• Proficiency with hand tools, power tools, precision measuring tools, and diagnostic equipment; welding or light fabrication is a plus.
• Strong root-cause analysis, organization, communication, and prioritization skills, with the independence to handle changing production needs.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance

Experience requirement

Maintaining industrial sewing machines: 3 years (Required)

Why this role matters

Join a team that builds reliable products to help protect waterways and advance a cleaner, more sustainable future—while enjoying hands-on problem solving, creativity, and teamwork every day.