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Fit Technician & Patternmaker
@ Laura Canada
Laval, Quebec
Overview
Laura Canada is hiring a Fit Technician & Patternmaker to create initial patterns from designers' sketches and lead fitting sessions on live models. The role covers pattern corrections, supplier reports, and final graded specifications for bulk production. The posting asks for 3-5 years of experience as a patternmaker and fit technician for ladies' apparel and a fashion design or pattern making diploma.
Responsibilities:
- Create initial patterns from designer sketches and company standards
- Prepare specification sheets
- Lead sample fitting sessions on live models
- Provide suppliers with fit corrections and final graded specs
Requirements summary:
- Fashion design or pattern making diploma
- 3-5 years as pattern maker and fit technician for ladies' apparel
- Strong knowledge of garment construction and grading
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- PAD, CLO3D and PLM knowledge an asset
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · dayforce-feed
- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-12
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-13
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-13
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Design & creative |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office, Client sites |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Education | College diploma (required) |
| Fields of study | Fashion design, Pattern making, Garment techniques |
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Laura Canada
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Parce que les gens font toute la différence. / Because people make all the difference.
Full company description
Laura Canada est une fière entreprise canadienne familiale, un détaillant de vêtements pour femmes qui possède deux grandes marques : Laura et Melanie Lyne. Depuis plus de 90 ans, nous concevons, produisons et offrons des vêtements aux femmes dans tout le pays. Aujourd’hui, nous comptons plus de 140 magasins à l’échelle nationale et employons plus de 2 000 personnes. Notre mission : Nous inspirons le vivre-ensemble à travers la joie de la mode. Chaque jour, nos gens donnent vie à cette mission en : 1.Visant l’excellence – placer la barre haut, avec intention. 2.Prenant en charge – agir en faisant preuve de responsabilité et d’initiative. 3.Prêtant attention – remarquer ce que les autres pourraient ne pas voir. 4.Parlant avec courage – communiquer avec honnêteté, clarté et bienveillance. 5.Établissant des liens – établir des relations solides, à l’interne comme à l’externe. Chez Laura Canada, la mode n’est pas uniquement une affaire de style, c’est une façon de rassembler les Canadiennes. // Laura Canada is a proudly Canadian, family-owned fashion retailer, home to two leading women’s brands: Laura and Melanie Lyne. For over 90 years, we’ve designed, produced, and delivered fashion to women across the country . Today, we have 140+ stores nationwide and employ over 2,000 people. Our mission: We inspire togetherness through the joy of fashion. Every day, our people bring this mission to life by: 1.Pursuing Excellence – raising the bar with intention. 2.Taking Charge – acting with ownership and initiative. 3.Paying Attention – noticing what others might miss. 4.Speaking with Courage – communicating with honesty, clarity, and care. 5.Connecting – building meaningful relationships inside and out. At Laura Canada, fashion isn’t just about style—it’s how we bring Canadian women together.
- LinkedIn followers
- 63,236
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 1,045
- Reported office locations
- 3000, boul le Corbusier, Laval, Québec H7L 3W2, CA
- 2955 Rue Jules-Brillant, Laval, Quebec H7P 6B2, CA
- Business categories
- Apparel
- Fashion
- Lifestyle
- Retail
- Web Design
- Other recorded names
- Laura Canada
- L’équipe de l’acquisition de talents de Laura Canada | Laura Canada Talent Acquisition Team
- Specialties
- retail
- Fashion
- e-commerce
- sales
- customer care
- career growth
- Design
- collaboration
- Innovation
- Marketing
- and Team Spirit
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Laura Canada est une fière entreprise canadienne familiale, un détaillant de vêtements pour femmes qui possède deux grandes marques : Laura et Melanie Lyne. Depuis plus de 90 ans, nous concevons, produisons et offrons des vêtements aux femmes dans tout le pays. Aujourd’hui, nous comptons plus de 140 magasins à l’échelle nationale et employons plus de 2 000 personnes. Notre mission : Nous inspirons le vivre-ensemble…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Laval, Québec |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1930 |
| Specialties | retailFashione-commercesalescustomer carecareer growthDesigncollaborationInnovationMarketing |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 130 |
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Join our team to achieve your full career potential!
We are proactive, outside the box thinkers and doers who stop at nothing to make the iconic Laura and Melanie Lyne brands shine!
Privately owned and based in Laval, Quebec, with a strong vision for innovation and optimizing the employee and client experiences, we continue to help generations of Canadian women to look and feel their best.
As the Fit Technician & Patternmaker, you will contribute to Laura’s success by designing and modifying patterns to produce an executable garment that is balanced and proportional to the sketch and meets Laura Canada standards. You will also provide suppliers with accurate comments on fit, pattern updates and graded specifications.
How will you support the team?
- Create initial pattern according to the Designer’s sketch and Laura Canada standards.
- Prepare the specification sheets.
- Lead sample fitting sessions on live models.
- Make the appropriate corrections and provide suppliers with a detailed report of improvements to be made from first fit stage to the pre-production stage.
- Ensure that the required corrections have been made on the next fit samples.
- Provide suppliers with final graded specs and final comments for bulk production.
The people who thrive with us have:
- Fashion Design Diploma or equivalent diploma in pattern making and garment techniques
- 3-5 years experience as Pattern Maker and Fit Technician for ladies’ apparel
- A strong knowledge of garment construction, grading and industry standards
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of PAD system is an asset.
- Knowledge of CLO3D system is an asset.
- Knowledge of PLM system is an asset.
Don't miss this opportunity to join an exceptional team!
#LI-POL
Laura Canada is a family-owned retailer housing two iconic women’s fashion apparel brands, Laura and Melanie Lyne. Based in Laval, Quebec, we design, produce, market and sell our fashion collections across Canada.
We proudly employ over 2,000 dedicated team members and operate more than 140 retail store locations as well as operating laura.ca and melanielyne.com.
We attribute our success to the unwavering commitment of our teams to delivering outstanding customer experiences while embodying our shared values of integrity, respect, teamwork, performance, and passion.
At Laura Canada, we believe that delivering an outstanding customer experience is driven by our commitment to an outstanding employee experience.
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