Production Specialist - Luna Sandals!

Calling all crafters, Do-it-yourselfers, tinkerers, and outdoor enthusiasts.

LUNA Sandals is a small and growing adventure sandal manufacturer with a worldwide fan base. If you’ve read the best selling book “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall, you’ve met our founder, Barefoot Ted. Founded in Seattle in 2010, LUNA Sandals helped pioneer the “zero drop” and “minimalist” running and hiking footwear category that was born along with brands like Altra and Vibram Fivefingers. Learn more about us at www.lunasandals.com.

We make a full line of adventure, running, and traditional sandals using the highest quality materials and processes. We strive to make super comfortable footwear that promotes foot health and encourages users to spend time enjoying the outdoors. We often say we are like “Surfers making surfboards” because we also love to use the tools we make and learn how to improve designs through experience and adventures.

We have been producing all of our sandals in our Seattle “factories” for the last 10 years, but we are very excited to announce that we will be moving our USA production facility to the Eastern Cascades in January 2021. Our new USA production facility and warehouse will be in Wenatchee, Washington in a refurbished fruit storage building. Now instead of apples, we’ll be growing sandals!

As one of Luna’s original founding members, Scott Smuin will head this facility. Scott fell in love with the Eastern Cascades over a decade ago and immigrated to Cashmere nearly 4 years ago. As a company, we are following his lead: We are stoked to become part of the Wenatchee community!

We are looking for two key team members (this position, plus a Shipping Specialist) to help us make the transition to our new facility and to be anchor employees in establishing the success of our production department here in Wenatchee. We plan to train and prep for our move through December, do the move during the last week of December, then set up and begin operations in Wenatchee the first week of January.

This positionwill primarily be sandal assembly and other production tasks. We are looking for a hands-on and self-motivated individual who can work well in a small team and an ever-evolving work environment. The ideal candidate for this position is passionate about what they do, whether it be their job, hobby, adventure, and/or life in general.

This position is full time Mon. - Fri. The start date will be some time in mid-late November to start remote training. Then starting in December we plan to bring this employee to Seattle M-F for continued training and move prep. Travel and lodging accommodations or compensation will be provided. There is some flexibility in how we accomplish this and we can work with the needs of the best candidate.

Primary tasks include:

Sandal assembly - assembling sandal components and lacing sandal soles

Sandal outsole prep - branding, using a drill press and sander to prepare outsoles for assembly

Sewing laces - using bartack sewing machines to sew laces (no specific experience needed for this)

Material and component prep

Manage the daily sandal production list

Material inventory management

Occasional help with picking and packing orders

Being open and ready to jump into other tasks as needed

Requirements:

Must have a can-do attitude

Must be flexible in order to take on new tasks as they come up

Must be ok with repetitive, manual tasks

Must have some skill with your hands for small assembly, prepping materials, and lacing sandals

Must be confident using simple tools such as pliers, hammer and punch, utility knife, scissors, rulers, drill press, etc.

No specific sandal manufacturing skills required

Must be able to meet and maintain daily and weekly quotas

Most importantly, must be able to have fun and get shit done

Bonus if you have experience working in the Outdoor Product Industry

Bonus if you have industrial sewing experience

Bonus if you have read Christopher McDougall's 'Born To Run'

Pay and Perks:

Starting at $15/hr., full-time, M-F

Position starts mid-late November

Travel and lodging accommodations/compensation for training periods in Seattle during December

Team performance bonuses

Comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

Access to industry pro-deals

Flexible vacation scheduling (10 days of PTO and 7 days of paid holidays)

Enjoy our location in the heart of Wenatchee, a block from Wenatchee Riverfront Park

If you're interested, please reply to this ad with:

A resume

A note about why you would be good for the position

Your favorite thing to do outdoors

Please Note: Your application will not be reviewed without the above 3 items.

Thanks!

-The Luna Sandals Team