Darning Operative

We are recruiting for a Darner to join our busy team on a permanent basis.

Hours can be worked on either a rotational shift or permanent night shift., both working 38 hours per week.

Rotational Shift -

Week 1: Monday – Thursday 6am - 2pm and Friday 6am - 12pm

Week 2: Monday – Wednesday 2pm - 12am and Thursday 2pm - 10pm

Night Shift -

Monday & Tuesday 8pm - 6am, Wednesday & Thursday 8pm - 5am

Rate of pay starts at £13.45 per hour and increases with experience.

As a Darner, you will work on a variety of luxury products, carrying out table, perch, and clean darning. You will demonstrate an excellent ability to identify and correct faults through keen attention to detail, ensuring a high-quality finish. This will involve using hand sewing techniques and problem solving skills to rectify faults identified during the inspection of cloth and accessory products. Full training will be provided.

You will have:

Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin is an innovative, luxury clothing brand celebrating 225 years of experience in working with the world’s finest fibres. Across three centuries, our family-owned company has carefully sources cashmere and fine woollen fibres from around the world, ing the latest technology and highest quality craft expertise in our very own vertical Scottish mills. Employing over 1,000 staff, our valued employees and communities

are at the heart of everything we do, producing unique, high-quality designs that are made to last. Our brand is focused on sustainability, working with natural, renewable, and biodegradable fibres and we are committed to maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.

Johnstons of Elgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer wholeheartedly supporting the principles of equality and diversity to build an inclusive workforce. Our aim is to embed diversity and inclusion in everything we do to create an environment where our employees feel safe to be their whole authentic self without having to downplay or change parts of their identity. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, which goes beyond those characteristics protected by law to include everything that makes us unique, from our backgrounds and experiences to our personalities and ways of thinking.

We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and encourage any candidate who requires assistance to contact us at hr@johnstonsofelgin.com.

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to to jobs unless they meet every single requirement or qualification. At Johnstons of Elgin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but think your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.