Creeler Upper - 3rd Shift (Dalton, Georgia, United States, 30721)

About the role

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and hang cones of yarn on Creels to feed and run the Tufting Machine, which produces carpet.
• Maintain the yarn supply fed to the tufting machine which includes unpacking yarn, loading it into the creel, splicing the ends together, removing empty cones and placing cone caps on the hung yarn.
• Feed correct yarn into the tufting machine by making sure the correct lot numbers are used.
• Place yarn into buggies (carts), pushing it to the creel area and hanging the yarn on creel racks.
• Blow back lines of yarn back to the operator when needed.
• Help run the machine to give breaks to the tufting machine operator.
• Help change backing on the machines as needed.
• Climb up to 4 flights sets of stairs depending on creels.
• Maintain all housekeeping items and follow all housekeeping procedures associated with the position.
• Follow all safety rules and procedures.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
• Carry out tasks involving variables in standardized situations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Basic English grammar, reading, and math skills.
• Must be able to pass a color blind test. See variations on color Hue test preferred.
• Carpet mechanical skills preferred.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts and in precarious places.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to crawl, stoop, kneel, stand, walk, crouch, reach, handle, sit, climb and balance.
• Able to lift up to 25 pounds of weight.

Quality and Safety Responsibility

This job has the responsibility and authority to report to management any quality and safety problems, and potential problems, that are encountered while performing the job.

Pay

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Schedule

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Benefits

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