Tailor​/Seamstress

TAILOR/SEAMSTRESS - FULL TIME Tailor/Seamstress - Full Time (Miami, FL)

Design Lab, Inc. has been a manufacturer and distributor of custom uniform apparel and accessories for more than twenty years. The owners of our company have been in the apparel business for thirty years. We are a minority business based in the U.S.A. which specializes in providing top-quality custom clothing, uniforms and accessories to government agencies nationwide.

• Excellent medical/dental and vision coverage
  - Eligible 1st day of the month after start date
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution (because you will retire someday)
• Flexible benefits-choose what you like, ignore the rest
• Generous employee discount
• Vacation and Personal Time
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Day Shifts Only
• Daily Pay
  - Receive up to 50% of wages for hours worked DAILY!!!

As a Tailor/Seamstress (Production Associate) at Design Lab you will be hands‑on altering our nation's Public Safety professionals' uniforms and equipment. You will ensure all measurements and fittings are done properly, accurately, and efficiently - so that they can wear that uniform proudly.

• Read and accurately identify the customer's needs per the Work Instruction Document
• Take necessary measurements and mark garments for alterations with ability to problem solve individual sizing issues
• Operate a heat press safely and efficiently
• Perform uniform sewing, alterations, and embellishments with accuracy and efficiency to include taking up stride, lengthening/shortening tails on shirts, tapering shirts, adjusting waists, hemming trousers, mending tears, replacing zippers, applying patches, applying name strips, applying striping, and applying patches
• Operate industrial sewing machinery and meet production deadlines
• Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required
• Previous experience in Alterations preferred.
• Well‑versed on industrial Sewing machines preferred.
• Ability to effectively read/receive work instructions in English
• Extremely detail‑oriented and quality‑focused - you're not happy with mistakes
• Solid communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time, bend, stretch, twist, and lift, with or without reasonable accommodation

• Your application with your resume or job history, highlighting your education, experience, and skills

EOE/Disability/Veterans