# Manufacturing Operator (First Shift)

The Company: Founded in 1978, Cabot Hosiery Mills is an American manufacturer of premium socks with uncompromised comfort, durability, and fit. With a family of brands including Darn Tough Vermont, Wide Open, and Cabot & Sons, our mission is to make the world’s best socks, in Vermont, USA, and back them with our Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee. We are family owned, three generations strong, and have yet to produce our best sock. Job Summary: As we continue to scale one of the fastest growing apparel brands, we are seeking a Manufacturing Operator to keep our processes operating at peak efficiency. The Manufacturing Operator will work in both our knitting and finishing operations. They will manufacture socks by operating knitting machines, performing quality inspections and troubleshooting as required. In our finishing department they will be responsible for operating steam dryers and boarding machines, as well as inspecting and packaging socks. Manufacturing Operators rotate through all positions within our process, as they are trained to do so. We take pride in the training and development of our employees and in giving them opportunities for growth. Starting at $19-21 per hour b

- **Id**: 3477670
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/darn-tough-manufacturing-operator-first-shift-3>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Waterbury, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-28T15:32:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T07:38:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 11
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4263
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Apparel & Fashion Brands

## Company

- **Id**: 1771849
- **Name**: Darn Tough
- **Domain**: darntough.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/darntough-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Rippling

## Salary

- **Min**: 19
- **Max**: 21
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 42000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 11

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-29T19:20:37Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 11
- **Expected fill days**: 76
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 42000
- **Is top pay**: no

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