Lead Seamstress

Company Description:

Founded in 1819, Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the country and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). Today we are a diversified academic institution that offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and professional certificates to adult learners online and to Corps and civilian lifestyle students on campus. Norwich faculty and staff challenge all of our students to push themselves academically, socially, and as leaders. Our graduates build upon their Norwich educations to launch or grow careers and make outsized contributions to their communities, the nation, and the world.

Norwich University is located in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont, only 20 minutes from the state capital, Montpelier, and three hours from Boston or Montreal. It is a private institution nestled in a rural setting with a campus size of 1,200 acres.

Our excellent benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, group life, and disability insurances, flexible-spending accounts for health and dependent care, a 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, an employee assistance program, paid time off, use of the University pool and fitness center, and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members. Some employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program on their Federal Student Aid Direct Loan balance. For more information about our benefits, visit https://norwich.trgportal.com.

Job Description:

Fulfills the mission of Norwich University by maintaining, fitting, and altering uniforms for the staff and students. Coordinates and manages the time, duties, and supplies of the sewing room and staff.

This is a 40 hour per week and 52 weeks per year 1 FTE position.

Essential Functions

1. Issues well-fitting and well-maintained NU Corp of Cadets and VSM Uniforms. Measures, fits and alters waist bands, pants and skirt hems, and sleeve cuffs. Repairs and changes rank on uniforms as needed.
2. Performs fittings and alterations for local service people to current department and service branch standards.
3. Undertakes alterations and sewing projects from the community at large when NUCC workload allows.
4. Delegates sewing, inventory repairs, and fitting tasks to part-time workers and supervises their performance. Trains workers in fittings and sewing skills as necessary to process the workload.
5. Manages the supplies and time schedule of the Sewing department. Informs the Uniform & Laundry Services Manager of any inventory or sewing space needs.
6. Coordinates with the Uniform & Laundry Services Manager to establish necessary timelines and communicates the needs of the shop in order to achieve deadlines.
7. Manages workflow area to ensure a productive, safe and enjoyable environment.
8. Contacts customers with potential questions or status updates.

Other Functions

1. Maintains confidentiality of sensitive or private information.
2. Communicates with employees, students, and others in a respectful and clear manner.
3. Serves on University committees, councils, workgroups, or other designated bodies as assigned.
4. Uses computers, telephones, and job-related equipment, including proficiency in related systems and software.
5. Speaks, reads, and writes in English.
6. Communicates by telephone, email, letter, in person, or other means or device.
7. Performs other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent. Additional Sewing/alterations experience may substitute education requirement.
• 3 years of sewing experience with an intermediate or higher skill set.
• Ability to operate and troubleshoot industrial sewing machines (Juki DDL-8700), consumer serger, blind hem machine, industrial gravity iron, and Janome embroidery machine.
• Ability and willingness to learn military insignia placements and alterations requirements
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Basic proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook)
• Able to sit, squat, reach, push, pull, and manipulate related equipment; lift 40 pounds; travel outdoors to various parts of the campus, climb up and down stairs repeatedly.
• Work some evening or weekend hours required at time of Rook Issue in Fall, and Graduation in Spring.

Environmental Conditions

• Indoor work at a sewing workstation.
• Low to medium level of exposure to noise, dust, fumes, vibrations and temperature changes.

Additional Information:

Norwich University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a positive education and work environment that recognizes and respects the dignity of all students, faculty and staff. Reasonable accommodations will be made for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant. Please contact the Office of Human Resources at [email protected] for assistance.

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring immigration sponsorship, including but not limited to non-immigrant visas such as H1B, STEM, or F1, now or in the future. A post offer, pre-employment background check will be required of the successful candidate.

Application Instructions:

Please provide a resume, 3 references, and Norwich application.

Review of applications begins as soon as they are received.