This is a hands-on computerised machine embroidery job, and the employer is clear about that. They want someone who understands the technical side of machine embroidery, runs daily production independently and has a sharp eye for detail. If digitising is also in your toolkit, even better.
About the Role
✔ Operate a Brother 10-needle commercial embroidery machine every day.
✔ Produce personalised pouches, bags, accessories and other textile products.
✔ Load and run PES and DST design files accurately.
✔ Keep stitching consistent, clean and on deadline.
Career Opportunity
✔ Work in a personalised products and custom merchandise environment.
✔ Build technical skills across set-up, troubleshooting and quality control.
✔ Grow into digitising, which is a well-paid specialist skill.
✔ Work with a wider team on real customer orders and deadlines.
Computerised Embroidery Machine Operator Position Overview
Your day is about turning a design file into a flawless finished product. You hoop and stabilise the item, choose the right backing, set thread colours, needles and tension, then run the design and keep an eye on it. When a thread breaks or the fabric puckers, you diagnose and fix it fast. Finished pieces are trimmed, inspected and packed for dispatch, while you juggle several customer orders at once.
Key Responsibilities
What You Will Do Day to Day
- Operate and manage a Brother 10-needle computerised embroidery machine.
- Load, position and run digital designs in PES and DST formats.
- Embroider pouches, bags, accessories and other textile products.
- Align names, initials and motifs accurately.
- Hoop, stabilise and choose suitable backing materials.
- Set machine settings, thread colours, needles and tension for each fabric.
- Troubleshoot thread breaks, puckering, misalignment and stitching defects.
- Trim threads, inspect finished items and prepare orders for dispatch.
- Clean and maintain the machine and meet daily production targets.
Digitising
- Convert artwork into machine-ready embroidery files.
- Use Wilcom, Brother PE-Design or similar software.
- Edit files to improve density, direction, underlay and pull compensation.
- Resize designs for different products and fix file issues.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Proven hands-on experience with commercial computerised embroidery machines.
- Multi-needle experience, ideally Brother, Tajima, Barudan or Ricoma.
- Able to set up, run and troubleshoot machines independently.
- Familiar with PES and DST files.
- Good knowledge of thread tension, needles, stabilisers, hooping and fabric handling.
- Strong attention to detail and consistent quality.
- Organised, able to manage multiple orders, and a good team player.
- Preferred: Brother 6- or 10-needle experience, Wilcom skills and custom merchandise background.
About the Employer
The employer is a personalised products business producing embroidered pouches, bags, accessories and gifts on a Brother 10-needle machine. The company name is not given in the posting.
Who Should Apply
Experienced multi-needle embroidery operators, embroidery digitisers and production staff from custom merchandise or personalised gift businesses. If your background is machine-based and detail-driven, this role fits.
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