Jackson Furniture Industries

Upholster

Jackson Furniture Industries  •  Mississippi (Onsite)  •  14 hours ago
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Job Description

Work as an assembly team to manufacture sofas, loveseats, and chairs. This position requires manual dexterity, fine motor skills, and attention to detail to meet high quality standards.

of essential job functions:

  • Assemble sofa, chair, or furniture frames
  • Attaches spring assembly section to seat and back of frame with clips or ties springs with twine and tacks ends of twine to frame
  • Places padding and covering over seat springs and tacks or staples covering to frame to complete seat upholstering, using tack hammer or powered staple gun
  • Places padding and covering over inside of arms and tacks or staples covering to frame to complete inside arms
  • Places layers of padding over inside back, shaping padding to specifications, and tacks or staples covering over padding to make inside back
  • Tacks or staples cardboard, padding, and upholstery material to top, side, and bottom rails of outside arms, fitting and shaping materials to obtain smooth contour
  • Tacks or staples covering material to top, bottom, and side rails of back frame, and sews upholstery covering edges to adjoining inside back and outside arm coverings with needle and thread to complete upholstery of furniture piece
  • Tacks or staples cover to bottom rails to enclose bottom area. May attach trimming material, such as gimp, braid, binding, skirts, and panels to upholstered frames, using glue, staples, nails, or tacks
  • May be designated according to part or pieces upholstered as Arm Builder; Back Builder; Seat Builder, etc. Other duties to be performed as directed by supervisor(s)
  • Other tasks as assigned

Minimum requirements:

  • High school diploma preferred but not required, and previous upholstery/Framing experience highly preferred
  • Good hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail/high quality expectations
  • Must perform job with safety as a top priority
  • Must be able to show up to work on-time, every day, and take direction from supervisor(s)
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Must be flexible to move to different jobs/lines/departments when needed
  • Must be able to stand on feet for entire shift (8 to 10 hrs per day)
  • Ability to get along with others and work in a team environment
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs repetitively on a daily basis

Benefits:

  • 401K with employer match
  • Great Medical, Dental and Vision plans
  • Paid Holidays
  • Life Insurance options
  • Employee Referral Bonus
Jackson Furniture Industries

About Jackson Furniture Industries

Born in 1903, Mr. W. Ray Jackson left very humble beginnings in Cleveland, TN at age 16 to set out on his own. After working for several years in an auto assembly plant in Ohio, he returned back South to Tennessee to try the chair upholstery business. After quickly learning the upholstery craft, he took the $30 in his pocket - ALL he had left after the banks closed during the Great Depression - and started Jackson Furniture Company. The business grew and grew with expanded factories and more people hired and put to work. His $30 gamble paid off as by the 1970s he had over 1.3 million square feet of furniture manufacturing space in TN, MS, TX, and FL - and now held one of the largest family owned furniture enterprises in the USA.

His greatest turning point was determining that assembly line production of Platform Glider Recliners was the key to a "comfortable America"​. He took his knowledge from the automobile industry and applied it to Chair/Glider production. These same techniques are still used every day in our plants as the culture still thrives under 3rd generation leadership.

Mr. Jackson would often comment that much of his success came from good old-fashioned hard work, and a dedication to giving employees an opportunity to "better themselves"​.

Today, Jackson Furniture Industries remains focused in the USA. We have 6 factories and over 1,500 dedicated employees and vendors committed to producing the most comfortable and longest lasting furniture that money can buy.

At Jackson Furniture, we are investing in our plants and doing everything we can to remain a trusted, strong and competitive employer in the U.S. We are extremely proud of our roots and we look forward to providing you with American-made comfort and quality for many more years to come!

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Cleveland, Tennessee
Year Founded
1933
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