Upholstery

About the Role

Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing, and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle, and building products industries. We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with a winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation, and premium products.

At Lippert, we value a culture where Everyone Matters, celebrating unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to create a work environment that aligns cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.

Responsibilities

• Stretch webbing and fabric using webbing stretchers.
• Collaborate with interior designers to decorate rooms and coordinate furnishing fabrics.
• Maintain records of time required to perform each job.
• Pick up and deliver furniture.
• Repair furniture frames and refinish exposed wood.
• Adjust or replace webbing, padding, and/or springs, and secure them in place.
• Attach bindings or apply solutions to edges of cut material to prevent raveling.
• Attach fasteners, grommets, buttons, buckles, ornamental trim, and other accessories to covers or frames using hand tools.
• Build furniture with loose fiber stuffing, cotton, felt, and/or foam padding to form smooth rounded surfaces.
• Design upholstery cover patterns and cutting plans based on sketches, customer descriptions, or blueprints.
• Discuss upholstery fabrics, colors, and styles with customers and provide cost estimates.
• Draw cutting lines on material following patterns, templates, sketches, or blueprints.
• Examine furniture frames, upholstery, springs, and webbing to locate defects.
• Fit, install, and secure material on frames using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, and/or staples.
• Interweave and fasten strips of webbing to the backs and undersides of furniture using small hand tools and fasteners.
• Make, repair, and/or replace automobile upholstery and convertible and vinyl tops.
• Make, restore, and/or create custom upholstered furniture using hand tools and knowledge of fabrics and upholstery methods.
• Measure and cut new covering materials using patterns and measuring instruments, following sketches and design specifications.
• Operate sewing machines or sew upholstery by hand to seam cushions and join sections of covering material.
• Read work orders and apply knowledge of materials to determine types and amounts required to cover work pieces.
• Remove covering, webbing, padding, and/or defective springs from work pieces using hand tools such as hammers and tack pullers.
• Sew rips or tears in material or create tufting using needles and thread.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 months to a year of upholstery experience.
• Manufacturing or industry experience preferred.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Skills

• Ability to communicate clearly.
• Organizational skills.
• Initiative and thoroughness.
• Time management.
• Quality control.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Very active position requiring standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing throughout the day.
• May need to lift and/or move items between 5 and 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Schedule

This is a full-time salary position. Hours of work and days are determined by production and your reporting General Manager.

Travel would be minimal and primarily local during the business day.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, and vision.
• 401k with employer match.
• Vacation and holiday days.
• Personal days.
• Fair and competitive compensation.
• Career development and mentoring opportunities.