Elite Sportswear Looking for Pattern Maker at Reading, Pennsylvania Full Time

Job description

About Us:

Want to be a part of the brand that is the Choice of Champions? You’ve come to the right place!

Established in 1981, Elite Sportswear is a global leader in the gymnastics and cheerleading apparel industry. Our company is behind the GK Gymnastics, GK Cheer, Omni Cheer and Dolfin Swimwear brands. We are recognized around the world for superior variety, quality, fit and service. Distributed in over 40 countries, our products have been consistently worn by International Olympians and World Champions.

Our purpose is to manufacture unprecedented performance, innovation, and experience for our athletes.

Elite Sportswear is a growing, family-oriented company that provides a supportive environment with countless career opportunities. Take your career to the next level and join the Elite Sportswear Team!

Job Overview:

The Pattern Maker will take blueprints and design models from the design department and turn it into factory patterns. They will help create and grade garment patterns to maintain our fit standards across all sizes in production, adjust the patterns as needed, develop pattern bases for new fabrics and finalize development patterns.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Create development patterns based on approved garment designs provided by the Design department
• Create and grade garment patterns to make viable samples and production runs
• Process patterns for photo samples as needed
• Monitor and adjust patterns as needed to achieve desired fit standard, issuing fit samples as required
• Adjust patterns as needed for best, production friendly construction method
• Finalize development patterns and save as production style number so pattern is ready for production
• Establish available pattern options as required
• Accurately grade patterns to maintain GK fit standards across all sizes in production
• Develop pattern bases for all new fabrics, confirming proper fit thru testing as needed
• Adjust production patterns for shrink & stretch as needed for production orders
• Determine points of measure needed to completely finalize spec and provide direction regarding spec to pattern department clerk
• Assist in processing patterns for any new fabrics or for research and development testing

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Degree in apparel or fashion design preferred, or related industry experience
• Excellent pattern making skills (Lectra, Optitex or Gerber preferred)
• Knowledge of garment construction
• Strong Microsoft office skills, including Word and Excel
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize

We offer competitive wages and exceptional benefits including: paid time off, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision, life/accident/disability insurance, pet insurance, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Employer-sponsored Health Savings Account (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 401K match, cool fun events and more!

Job Types: Full-time, Contract