TEXTILE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY INSPECTOR

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Job Summary: Responsible for developing technical standards and ensuring correct execution of printing, transfer, and packaging processes, guaranteeing compliance and batch release. Key Highlights: 1. Develop and validate technical production standards and acceptance criteria. 2. Monitor production and conduct technical inspections for batch release. 3. Identify deviations, record non-conformities, and guide necessary adjustments. **JOB SUMMARY** Responsible for developing technical standards and ensuring correct execution of printing (silk screen and sublimation), transfer, and external packaging processes, ensuring compliance with technical specifications and proper release of production batches. **ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** * Develop and validate technical production standards, including master samples (flags) and acceptance criteria. * Support the preparation and review of technical specifications related to printing, transfer, and packaging processes. * Monitor production startup at suppliers’ facilities, ensuring correct application of defined methods. * Conduct technical inspections and batch release in accordance with established standards. * Identify process deviations, record non-conformities, and guide necessary adjustments. * Proactively prevent rework, rejection, and production delays. **TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:** * Ability to identify technical defects in silk screen and sublimation printing processes, such as color tone variation, coverage defects, artwork misalignment, print distortion, ink migration, press marking, uneven gloss, curing defects, and adhesion issues. * Ability to evaluate transfer application regarding positioning, centering, temperature, pressure, application time, fixation, and post-application resistance. * Ability to interpret technical specifications and translate requirements into practical inspection criteria, ensuring measurements, print positioning, colors, and finishes comply with approved standards. * Skill in comparing production output against master samples (flags), pilot runs, or quality-approved standards to identify variations prior to batch release. * Ability to monitor production startup, validate initial process settings, and intervene technically when deviations occur. * Experience in process inspection and production release, with decision-making based on technical criteria—not solely visual assessment. Ability to record non-conformities clearly and objectively, facilitating correction and traceability. * **BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES:** * Attention to detail, with ability to identify defects impacting product quality standards. * Discipline and focus on strict adherence to established technical criteria. * Responsibility in making batch release decisions. * Organization in managing samples, records, and standards. * Firm technical stance under schedule-related pressure. * Teamwork and clear communication with production teams and suppliers. Professional ethics, maintaining consistency between defined standards and practical decisions * **EDUCATION** High school diploma completed Technical degree in Apparel, Textiles, or Industrial Processes (strongly preferred) **COMPLEMENTARY COURSES** Technical Course in Apparel Technical Course in Textile Processes Quality Control Course Applied to Textile Production