Laundry Machine Operator

Veterans Health Administration • Waco, TX

5d

About The Position

The Laundry Machine Operator operates commercial-type laundry washers, extractors, tumblers, and conditioners. Work includes loading, unloading, and operating machine controls to wash, dye, starch, rough-dry, or condition textiles for pressing.

The operator uses a range of commercial laundry equipment, including conventional washers and dryers, washer-extractors, continuous batch washers, tunnel systems and dryers, an overhead railing system, and a soil-sort system. Duties include handling soiled and clean linen through weighed carts or sorted bags; loading conventional washers by hand; selecting loads appropriate to machine capacity; and operating computer microprocessors and formula programs based on textile classification and degree of soiling. The operator inspects classified linen to ensure the selected process can remove stains, maintains records of productivity, chemical use, and incoming weight, and may train other operators in equipment procedures and washing formulas.

The position also involves keeping employee uniforms separated and routing them to the appropriate use area, grouping patient apparel for proper routing, and operating conveyors that transfer dried items into carted slings and onto the overhead railing system for delivery to finishing. Other duties may be assigned. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 5:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., including holidays.

Requirements

• Demonstrate training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to show the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
• Provide detailed resume descriptions supporting knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the position's duties.
• Meet the position's screen-out and job-element requirements, including dexterity and safety, interpreting instructions and specifications, operation of equipment or machinery, technical practices, work without more than normal supervision, and work practices.
• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Meet applicable federal employment conditions, including Selective Service registration for males born after December 31, 1959, background/security investigation, pre-employment physical, onboarding and identification requirements, and participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Meet the stated physical demands, including heavy lifting and carrying of 45 pounds or more, pushing, pulling, reaching, prolonged walking and standing, bending, kneeling, climbing, and required visual, color-discrimination, coordination, and hearing abilities.

Responsibilities

• Operate commercial washers, washer-extractors, dryers, tumblers, and conditioners to process textiles.
• Load and unload laundry machines, including loading conventional washers by hand and ensuring loads match machine capacities.
• Use soiled- and clean-linen holding systems, weighed carts, sorted bags, soil stations, and tunnel-feeding systems to handle textiles.
• Program machine microprocessors and select appropriate washing formulas based on textile classification and degree of soiling.
• Inspect classified linen to ensure the selected process is appropriate for removing stains.
• Maintain written records of work productivity, chemical usage, and incoming weight.
• Train other machine operators, as needed, in washer/extractor operation and washing formulas.
• Separate employee uniforms and route them to the appropriate using area.
• Group patient apparel for routing to the proper using area.
• Operate conveyors and transfer dried items into carted slings, then onto the overhead railing system for routing to finishing.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to eligible employees and their families.
• Potential credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service, subject to request and approval.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed