Seamer

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:

Seamer
Shreveport, LA

Reasons you’ll love working here:

Health and safety are a top priority with all of our roles and sites:

• Career development: Plan on developing both professionally and personally. Voith Learning & Development team creates classes, seminars, and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Voith’s culture, organization, values, and role in the world. Voith also provide Tuition Reimbursement for all employees past the first year of employment.
• Benefits: Our range of offered benefits can include medical, dental, vision, life insurances, starting on first of month on or after date of hire, employee discounts, 401(k) savings plans, service awards, identify of theft production and more! Find out which benefits you'll get after you choose your role with us.
• Life work balance: Paid time off starting at 16 days in your first year of employment plus 10 paid holidays.
• Working Environment: Safe, climate-controlled workshop, clean shop, an average tenure over 10 years of service within Voith

Summary:

The responsibility of this position is to ensure our fabrics meet Voith’s quality standard which meet or exceed our customer's expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that preparation of fringes, seams and set-up of machines are according to specification and within quality standards
• Have technical ability to set up Automatic seaming machine for run operations and to set-up and take down fabrics
• Monitor Auto seaming process for any defects or quality related problems while machine is in operation
• Bring defects to the attention of the Seaming Team Leader
• Inspecting seams during manufacture and repairing as needed to meet quality specifications
• To ensure proper documentation of all paperwork
• To follow appropriate flow chart prior to calling Technician or Seaming Team Leader

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team? We encourage you to apply – your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles!

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.