Embroidery
Company: Ray O'Herron Company
Category: Manufacturing/Skilled Trades
Downers Grove
Type: Full Time
The Ray O’Herron Company, Inc., a Law Enforcement and First Responder Supply company seeks an individual to join their expanding Embroidery and Custom Shop, team. If you have Embroidery Machine experience or if you have awesome machine sewing skill and limited embroidery experience, they will teach you. They are currently running 7 single head embroidery machines that can be looped together to run as 1 for larger orders. In their custom shop, they Engrave metal name bars, Heat press garments, and various other custom work. They would like to find someone that has some experience with embroidery and a willingness to learn their engraving machine and heat press. Must maintain a neat and clean work environment. Their custom shop is heated and air conditioned, housed within an office space. Also, experience in Digitizing would be viewed as a plus. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm for full time.
They are offering a competitive wage that is commensurate with experience starting at $20.00 an hour and a nice benefits package which includes: 401(k); 401(k) matching; Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance; Employee discount; Health savings account; Paid time off; Retirement plan.
Interested candidates may send their resume to jeff@oherron.com.
Daily jobs/tasks:
- Embroidery work
- Answering emails and occasional phone calls
- Reading orders proficiently
- Prepping work on the computer to run the embroidery machines. They use Wilcom software and Advance Embroidery machines.
- Prepping clothing to run on the Embroidery machines
- Cleaning the clothing items from loose threads, backing, etc.
- Maintaining the embroidery machines as needed; oiling, cleaning them, etc.
- Other custom work/ job duties:
- Setting up engraving machine every morning to make metal name bars
- Running the engraving machine
- Reading orders to ensure correct spelling
- Setting up names to run on the heat press
- Helping maintain proper supplies in the custom shop
- Ironing and folding garments when completed
- Required Qualifications
- Embroidery experience
- Must be able to read, write, and speak English
- Have some familiarity with Microsoft Office software
- Lift up to 40lbs
- Determine the difference in thread colors
- Have a driver’s license



