Slip Cover Seamstress


Grand Prairie, TX

FULL TIME, TEMPORARY
Hours / Week: 40
Work Hours: 1st Shift
$22 to $30/hr
Seasonal / Peak-Period Overtime
✓ Multiple Openings

ARL-JPA-94662324
Posted: 21 days ago

JPA Workforce is working with a family-owned supplier warehouse of premium leathers and finished interior products for private aviation, based in Grand Prairie, Texas.

WE ARE SEEKING CANIDDATES AVAILBALE TO TRAVEL TO FLORIDA FOR A DURATION OF 2 TO 3 MONTHS.

Description:

Leather seamstress, sewing slip covers (dress covers) for private aircraft seats.

1st shift, Overtime is available.

Candidate must be able to train in Grand Prairie and travel to Florida for contract work. Housing, and per diem is provided.

What you'll do:

  • 3+ years of professional sewing or upholstery experience with leather.
  • Proficient on industrial walking-foot and double-needle machines.
  • Clean, consistent stitching and strong attention to detail.
  • Able to work from patterns and take accurate measurements.
  • Willing to travel, including extended stays in Florida.
  • Aircraft interior, yacht, automotive or luxury furniture upholstery experience is a strong plus.
  • Monitor machine operation to detect problems such as defective stitching, breaks in thread, or machine malfunctions.
  • Position items under needles, using marks on machines, clamps, templates, or cloth as guides.
  • Place spools of thread, cord, or other materials on spindles, insert bobbins, and thread ends through machine guides and components.
  • Match cloth pieces in correct sequences prior to sewing them, and verify that dye lots and patterns match.
  • Guide garments or garment parts under machine needles and presser feet to sew parts together.
  • Start and operate or tend machines, such as single or double needle serging and flat-bed felling machines, to automatically join, reinforce, or decorate material or articles.
  • Record quantities of materials processed.
  • Select supplies such as fasteners and thread, according to job requirements.
  • Mount attachments, such as needles, cutting blades, or pattern plates, and adjust machine guides according to specifications.
  • Cut excess material or thread from finished products.
  • Fold or stretch edges or lengths of items while sewing to facilitate forming specified sections.
  • Repair or alter items by adding replacement parts or missing stitches.
  • Remove holding devices and finished items from machines.
  • Attach tape, trim, appliques, or elastic to specified garments or garment parts, according to item specifications.

Education: No formal education required.

Experience: 36 months

Physical:

  • Manual Dexterity
  • Repetitive Motion
  • Bending / Stooping / Kneeling
  • Standing / Walking

Skills:

  • Aircraft interior, yacht, automotive or luxury furniture upholstery experience is a strong plus.
  • 3+ years of professional sewing or upholstery experience with leather.
  • Proficient on industrial walking-foot and double-needle machines.
  • Clean, consistent stitching and strong attention to detail.
  • Able to work from patterns and take accurate measurements.
  • Willing to travel, including extended stays in Florida.
  • Able to pass a background check and legally authorized to work in the US.

Related Experience: Sample Maker, Seamstress, Sewer, Sewing Machine Operator

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Industry: Manufacturing
SOC Code: 51-6031.00
Category: Sewing Machine Operators
Post ID: ARL-JPA-94662324
Post Date: 2026-10-14
Post Expires: 2026-11-13

⭐ Slip Cover Seamstress/ Manufacturing (industry) job opening(s) near: Irving, TX; Arlington, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Dallas, TX; Euless, TX; Bedford, TX; Duncanville, TX




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