Garment Jobs
Real garment industry roles, the skills employers actually screen for, and the factories, mills, suppliers and buyers that hire them — free to browse, forever.
Roles, skills and the employers who hire them
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11 real garment industry roles, each with the daily work, the skills a hiring manager screens for, the qualification that gets you shortlisted, and the real employers from our directory who recruit for it. We do not post vacancies: openings change weekly, so every role links straight to the employer's own official careers page or contact route.
How to use this board
- 1. Pick the role that matches the work you actually want to do — floor, technical, quality, office or sustainability.
- 2. Finish the free studies and Media Hub explainers listed on that role so you can answer the technical questions.
- 3. Apply on the employer's own careers page, and use the directory listing for the address, phone and email when there is no portal.
- 4. Never pay an agent for a job in this industry. Legitimate employers do not charge candidates.
Production & industrial engineering
Running the sewing floor and its output
The people who own line output, balancing, manpower and daily targets. The largest hiring pool in the industry and the most common first job for a garment technology graduate.
Pattern, CAD & sampling
Turning a tech pack into a sewable garment
Pattern makers, CAD operators and sample room technicians who translate buyer specifications into blocks, markers and approved samples.
Quality & compliance
Inline checks, audits and AQL
Quality controllers, auditors and technical QA staff who protect the shipment through inline checks, measurement audits and final random inspection.
Merchandising & costing
Owning the order from enquiry to shipment
Merchandisers and costing analysts who hold the order together: consumption, price, approvals, trims, timelines and the buyer relationship.
Sourcing & buying office
The buyer's side of the table
Sourcing and vendor management roles inside retail groups and liaison offices, placing orders and developing supplier capability.
Sustainability & chemical management
Water, energy, chemicals and traceability
The fastest-growing hiring area in apparel: environmental data, restricted substances, chemical inventories, higg/ZDHC reporting and supply chain traceability.
Maintenance & machine technology
Keeping machines and needles running
Mechanics, maintenance planners and machine application technicians who keep sewing, cutting, knitting and finishing equipment productive and safe.
Production & industrial engineering
Running the sewing floor and its output
Entry level · Sewing floor and IE office
Industrial Engineer (IE)
Sets standard minute values, balances the line, plans layout and manpower, and defends the target when output drops.
Hiring employers: DBL Group, Ha-Meem Group, Square Fashions Limited, Pacific Jeans Ltd, Interloop Limited, Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd., Epic Group
Entry level · Sewing line
Production Supervisor / Line Chief
Owns one sewing line hour by hour: manpower, feeding, quality at source and the target board.
Hiring employers: Ha-Meem Group, Fakir Fashion Limited, Urmi Group, Team Group (Team Sourcing Company Ltd), Mohammadi Group, DBL Group
Pattern, CAD & sampling
Turning a tech pack into a sewable garment
Mid level · Sample room / CAD room
Pattern Maker
Turns the measurement chart and tech pack into a block, then grades it and proves it on a sewn sample.
Hiring employers: Lectra, SHIMA SEIKI, Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd., Square Fashions Limited, Viyellatex Group, Epic Group
Entry level · CAD room, next to cutting
CAD / Marker Planner
Makes the markers that decide fabric cost — usually the single largest controllable cost in the garment.
Hiring employers: Lectra, Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd., Arvind Limited, Pacific Jeans Ltd, Epic Group, DBL Group
Mid level · Mill, lab and factory fabric store
Fabric Technologist
Approves fabric against the buyer's standard and prevents shading, shrinkage and performance failures reaching the line.
Hiring employers: Vardhman Textiles Limited, Nishat Mills Limited, Arvind Limited, Envoy Textiles Ltd, Shasha Denims PLC, Amber Denim (Amber Cotton Mills Ltd), Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Limited (Noman Group), Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA)
Quality & compliance
Inline checks, audits and AQL
Entry level · Sewing line and finishing
Quality Controller (Inline / Endline QC)
Checks garments at the operation and at endline, records defects and stops problems travelling down the line.
Hiring employers: Square Fashions Limited, Fakir Fashion Limited, Urmi Group, Ha-Meem Group, Youngone Corporation, Interloop Limited
Senior · QA office, buyer audits, all departments
Quality Assurance Manager
Owns the quality system: AQL policy, audit readiness, needle control, root cause and the buyer's technical relationship.
Hiring employers: Marks & Spencer, H&M Group, Inditex (Zara), Primark, DBL Group, Youngone Corporation, Coats Group plc
Merchandising & costing
Owning the order from enquiry to shipment
Entry level · Merchandising office, with the buyer and the floor
Merchandiser
Holds the order together from enquiry to shipment: costing, consumption, approvals, trims, dates and buyer communication.
Hiring employers: Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd., Epic Group, Beximco Textiles & Apparel (BexTex), Square Fashions Limited, Team Group (Team Sourcing Company Ltd), AEPC — Apparel Export Promotion Council, TEXPROCIL — The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council
Sourcing & buying office
The buyer's side of the table
Senior · Retail buying or liaison office
Sourcing / Vendor Manager (buying office)
Sits on the buyer's side: selects suppliers, places and moves orders, and develops factory capability.
Hiring employers: H&M Group, Inditex (Zara), Marks & Spencer, Primark, BESTSELLER, Levi Strauss & Co., VITAS — Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association, JAAF — Joint Apparel Association Forum Sri Lanka
Sustainability & chemical management
Water, energy, chemicals and traceability
Mid level · Compliance office, dye house, ETP
Sustainability & Chemical Compliance Officer
Runs the chemical inventory, environmental data and traceability evidence buyers now audit as hard as quality.
Hiring employers: DBL Group, Interloop Limited, Arvind Limited, Envoy Textiles Ltd, Viyellatex Group, H&M Group, Inditex (Zara), BGMEA — Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Maintenance & machine technology
Keeping machines and needles running
Entry level · Sewing floor, maintenance workshop
Sewing Machine Maintenance Technician
Keeps lockstitch, overlock, flatlock and special machines running, set correctly and safe.
Hiring employers: JUKI Corporation, Brother Industries — Industrial Sewing, Groz-Beckert, Coats Bangladesh Ltd, Ha-Meem Group, Team Group (Team Sourcing Company Ltd)