About the Voith Group
The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5,5 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
Voith Paper is hiring for:
Weaver
Florence, MS
This position will start as temp-to-hire through a staffing agency. After successful completion of contract, which will be approximately 90 days, the candidate may potentially be hired on as a Voith employee.
Summary:
Joins and reinforces parts of articles and dryer clothing by performing the following duties:
Responsibilities:
- Operates machine to join, reinforce, seam dryer fabrics and conveyors
- Selects thread, according to specifications or color of parts
- Aligns fasteners, or trimmings, following seams, edges, or markings on felts
- Sews felts with various types of stitches such as felling tacking, stitch and basting
- Trims excess threads
- Trims edges of parts
- Identify weave patterns, spirals, and forming cables
- Measures width of felt to begin seaming
- Ties and sews on weights
- Fringe and prepare fabric
- Performs reweave sequence by specifications
- Moves fabrics in and out of seaming area
- Operates overhead gantry crane for material handling
Requirements:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- High School Diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.