Laundry Production

The primary purpose of the production operator is to rotate through various positions within the plant to facilitate production by means of operating production equipment. Equipment must be operated in such a manner as to meet and exceed our customer expectations on a daily basis in the safest possible manner.

Employees are required to learn all equipment and rotate as needed. Typical learning curve for each position is no longer than 2-5 working days. Standards must be met for each position within two weeks of hire, and sustained during employment.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Employees will learn the following equipment/positions and be required to rotate as needed:

Catcher:
Will secure linen carts, will learn how to stack and build carts proficiently per our standards in a manner that’s conducive to our customer standards.

Remove linens from the Folder machine, count and stack them per stacking standards, and push the full baskets to the next staging area.

Secure a linen cart. The incumbent will have to push, pull and put the cart into place.

Remove items from the conveyor, normally catching items from up to six stations.

If an item is caught or hung up in the machine, they must contact maintenance. Only maintenance or production managers can pull jams.

The catcher may take empty cart over to the dryer area, grab another cart and bring it back to their work area.

Adhere to quality standards in terms of quantity and quality of stacking.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Hand Fold:
The primary purpose of the hand folder is to take items as they come out of the washer or Presser and hand fold, stack and place on the appropriate cart or belt for transporting to the next stage of the process.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Remove product from the previous process. Identify through previous job knowledge how many items per stack.

2. Pull cart over to work area, adjusting the cart so that linen is at a comfortable waist level.

3. Fold items and place on the countertop.

4. For larger items, there may be group folding. Each folding partner grabs the lengthwise end of the item. The partners step back and make a lengthwise fold in the item. One person places it on the countertop, in stacks of five.

5. Fill up the cart in a like manner.

6. Take the cart over to the next work area.

7. Adhere to all quality standards,

8. Adhere to all safety standards.

9. Perform other duties as requested.

Ironer:
The primary purpose of the ironer position is to run clean processed linen through the ironer machine (Feeder, ironer, folder).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Bend down and lift flat sheets, blankets and/or pillowcases from the platform.

2. Pull the flatsheets and feed it into the spreader, via spreader clips or a spreader arm.

3. The first feed draws the item into the spreader, and the second feed draws it into the ironer.

4. While feeding pillow cases, 2-4 people may be feeding at one time.

5. Adhere to all safety guidelines.

6. Adhere to all quality standards by looking for tears or stains, and removing items that do not meet quality standards.

7. Perform other duties as requested.