Job Description
OneStop Shopfitting and Joinery – Kurnell NSW
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If you've spent your career sewing in factories, furniture workshops or production environments, this might be one of the most interesting workplaces you'll ever walk into.
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We are recruiting for a specialist Australian manufacturer based in Kurnell who are looking for an experienced Sewing Machinist to join their production team.
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And this is one of those jobs that is genuinely difficult to explain properly until you see the place.
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We've visited a lot of workshops.
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We haven't seen many like this.
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The facility is incredibly spacious, clean and organised, with a production setup that has clearly been thought through over decades rather than thrown together as the business grew.
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There are nine industrial sewing machines, separate production rooms designed to keep different stages of work organised, two CNC machines and a workflow that feels surprisingly calm and relaxed for a manufacturing environment.
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Everything has its place.
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The sewing machines themselves are set up in a way we genuinely hadn't seen before.
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It is the kind of workshop where you walk through the door and immediately realise someone has put a huge amount of thought into how people actually work.
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This isn't ordinary production sewing
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The business manufactures highly specialised technical products that are used by customers around the world.
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The sewing is detailed, interesting and quality matters.
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You're not sitting there smashing out the same basic product hundreds of times a day.
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You'll be working with large pieces of technical fabric, following patterns, assembling components and producing finished products where accuracy and workmanship genuinely matter.
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There is plenty to learn, and they are happy to teach someone the specifics of what they manufacture.
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What they need from you is a strong foundation behind an industrial sewing machine.
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If you've come from:
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Furniture upholstery
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Marine trimming
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Auto trimming
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Canvas work
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Industrial textiles
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Sailmaking
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Heavy-duty sewing
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Similar manufacturing environments
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they would be very interested in speaking with you.
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The business has some serious history behind it
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They have been operating since ****.
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Today the business is run by its second generation, and there is still a huge amount of passion behind what they manufacture and the industry they are part of.
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This isn't a corporate production facility where nobody knows who you are.
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It is a specialist manufacturer that has spent decades developing its products, processes and reputation.
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And that history shows in the team.
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A number of employees have been there for 10 years or more.
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People actually know each other.
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The team regularly sits down and eats lunch together.
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There is a closeness to the workplace that is becoming increasingly difficult to find in manufacturing.
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The workshop has to be seen
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This was probably the biggest thing we took away from visiting them.
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It is genuinely impressive.
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The workshop is spacious, exceptionally well organised and clean.
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Different areas of production are separated properly rather than everything being crammed into one noisy room.
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The workflow feels peaceful and methodical.
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There is room to work properly.
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And the sewing area in particular has been designed in a very unique way to make working with large pieces of material easier.
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It genuinely has to be seen to be believed.
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For an experienced machinist who has spent years working in cramped, noisy or poorly organised factories,



this is a completely different environment.
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They're looking for someone for the long term
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This business isn't interested in burning through people.
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Their staff retention tells you that.
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They want someone who can become part of the team, learn the products properly and eventually know the work inside and out.
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You don't need experience making their particular product.
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They can teach you that.
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You do need to be comfortable behind an industrial sewing machine and care about the quality of what leaves your hands.
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The right person will ideally:
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Have previous industrial sewing experience
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Be confident operating industrial sewing machines
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Have experience working with heavier fabrics or materials
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Have good attention to detail
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Be able to follow patterns and instructions
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Take pride in producing quality work
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Be reliable and consistent
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Enjoy working as part of a close team
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Be willing to learn a completely different type of manufacturing
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Want reliable, long-term employment
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Experience within furniture, upholstery, marine, automotive, canvas or technical textiles would translate particularly well.
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What's on offer
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Full-time permanent employment.
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Strong hourly rates depending on experience.
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Onsite parking.
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A clean, spacious and exceptionally well-organised workshop.
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Interesting work that is very different from ordinary production sewing.
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A close team where many employees have stayed for more than a decade.
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Training in a highly specialised area of manufacturing.
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And the opportunity to work for a passionate, second-generation Australian business that has been operating since ****.
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Important: due to the requirements of this role, applicants must have full Australian work rights.
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If you're an experienced Sewing Machinist and you're starting to wonder what else is out there, this is absolutely one worth seeing in person.

📌 Sewing Machinist / Sailmaker (Melbourne)
🏢 OneStop Shopfitting and Joinery
📍 Melbourne