Burler & Mender Operative
Overview
As a Mender at Abraham Moon & Sons Ltd, your primary responsibility is to inspect and repair luxury woven fabrics, ensuring that only high-quality materials are processed further. Working in a calm and detail-oriented environment, you will receive training to effectively manage your own mending station. The role is integral in ensuring the company’s products meet the highest standards of craftsmanship before being sent for final finishing.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring that Abraham Moon & Sons Ltd delivers the finest woven fabrics to its customers, supporting the company’s reputation for excellence.
- Inspect and Repair Fabrics: Carefully check woven fabrics for defects and mend any faults to ensure quality standards are met.
- Determine Mending Requirements: Assess the type of repair needed for each design, tailoring your approach accordingly.
- Mend Various Faults: Fix issues such as knots and dropped ends in the fabric.
- Safe Use of Tools: Use appropriate tools in a safe and correct manner while working.
- Maintain Quality Standards: Ensure consistent quality throughout the mending process, adhering to company standards.
- Hand Sewing Expertise: Proficient in hand sewing with excellent hand-eye coordination for precision work.
- Focus and Attention to Detail: Ability to concentrate for extended periods due to the intricate nature of the work.
- Organisational Skills: Strong ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines in a structured manner.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Methodical in approach, with the ability to identify issues and develop solutions.
- Proactivity and Detail Orientation: A proactive, detail-oriented approach to ensure the best possible outcomes for fabric quality.
- Hungry – we want you to commit to working hard, have a burning desire to achieve your goals and are willing to put in the effort and dedication to make them a reality.
- Humble – we want you to recognise your strengths while staying open to learning, growing and acknowledging the contribution of others.
- Smart – we want you to be honest and inclusive and respectful of others, value diversity and foster a sense of belonging for everyone.
We are an international brand with a long-standing reputation for innovation, design and premium quality – producing authentic, woollen fabrics and accessories for leading fashion brands and interior designers worldwide.
As one of the select few mills in the UK that can perform all processes at a single site, we boast remarkable versatility and the ability to control each process to meet our exacting standards. Each of these processes required incredible expertise and finesse, which is where our fantastic, diverse team come into play who champion a culture that encourages leadership, creativity, innovation and learning p interacting as one team, irrespective of position or level.
Even after almost two centuries in business, we remain incredibly ambitious with big plans for growth and expansion. End-to-end technology integration, growing new routes to market, and increasing brand awareness are just some of the exciting new projects in the pipeline, with plenty more to come.
Key Responsibilities
- Inspect and Repair Fabrics: Carefully check woven fabrics for defects and mend any faults to ensure quality standards are met.
- Determine Mending Requirements: Assess the type of repair needed for each design, tailoring your approach accordingly.
- Mend Various Faults: Fix issues such as knots and dropped ends in the fabric.
- Safe Use of Tools: Use appropriate tools in a safe and correct manner while working.
- Maintain Quality Standards: Ensure consistent quality throughout the mending process, adhering to company standards.
Skills & Competencies
- Hand Sewing Expertise: Proficient in hand sewing with excellent hand-eye coordination for precision work.
- Focus and Attention to Detail: Ability to concentrate for extended periods due to the intricate nature of the work.
- Organisational Skills: Strong ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines in a structured manner.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Methodical in approach, with the ability to identify issues and develop solutions.
- Proactivity and Detail Orientation: A proactive, detail-oriented approach to ensure the best possible outcomes for fabric quality.
Who we want
Hungry
We want you to commit to working hard, have a burning desire to achieve your goals and are willing to put in the effort and dedication to make them a reality.
Humble
We want you to recognise your strengths while staying open to learning, growing and acknowledging the contribution of others.
Smart
We want you to be honest, inclusive and respectful of others, value diversity and foster a sense of belonging for everyone.
To apply for this role, please send us your CV and covering letter using the button below. If you have any further questions, please get in touch at careers@moons.co.uk.
