Resurgent Industries
Textile Technician - Knitting Specialist
Leander +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 7, 2026
- Location
- Leander
Austin - Experience
- 3+ years; equivalent experience, related skills, and/or relevant education may be considered upon review.
About the job
Operates and maintains circular knitting machines to produce quality knitted fabrics and support efficient textile production.
What you'll do
- Operate, set up, adjust, and troubleshoot circular knitting machines and their yarn feeds and production parameters.
- Perform routine maintenance and fabric quality checks, correcting defects and machine issues.
- Support upstream fiber preparation, carding, or spinning processes and maintain production records.
What they ask for
- 3+ years as a textile technician or operator with hands-on textile manufacturing experience, particularly operating circular knitting machines; managing multiple machines in a shift-based production environment is required.
- Practical knowledge of circular knitting processes, yarn feeding, tension control, stitch formation, needle/sinker systems, and defect troubleshooting.
- Working familiarity with blow room/fiber cleaning, carding, and/or rotor spinning.
- Ability to perform routine cleaning, preventive maintenance, and basic mechanical adjustments.
Nice to have
- Direct experience operating and maintaining Monarch and Vanguard circular knitting machines.
- Basic electrical/electronic knowledge, ability to read simple schematics, or familiarity with Lean manufacturing.
Tools
circular knitting machines, Monarch, Vanguard, HMI, PLC
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