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Shaw Industries is hiring a Tufting Burn-In Operator for 3rd Shift (Sunday night–Thursday night, 11:00 PM–7:00 AM). This position is responsible for burning in yarn during beam changes and creeling yarn to support continuous machine operation.

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more.   

Responsibilities:

Responsible for burning in beams or splicing beams during a beam change as well as creeling yarn in order to keep machines in operation

Cut the yarn with tape & paper off and place the contaminated yarn in trash & the yarn without tape or paper in the recycle collection centers placed through out the department.

Pull yarn off of beams and remove beam weights at end of each set

Creel yarn for all creel machines

Assist Tufting Operators with threading tufting machines, ensuring no crossed ends

Clean machines, sweep, and perform ATD as needed

Doff rolls as needed

Assist Tufting Operator with mending and inspection of carpet

Report to management any quality and safety problems, and potential problems that are encountered while performing the job

Position Requirements:

Ability to carry out written or oral instructions

Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations

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