Laundry Machine Operator

Veterans Health Administration • Oklahoma City, OK

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About The Position

This position serves as a Laundry Machine Operator for the Environmental Management Service, Textile Care Facility, at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System. The operator processes laundry using industrial washers, dryers, folders, ironers, and related equipment; monitors chemical dispensing and equipment operation; handles linen throughout the facility; and records production and equipment issues.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The laundry facility is hot, humid, and noisy, and work involves potential exposure to moving overhead equipment, steam, laundry chemicals, and contaminated linen. Appropriate personal protective equipment is required.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including continuous standing or walking on concrete floors, bending and stooping, and lifting bulk linen items weighing over 50 pounds.
• Ability to work in a hot, humid, noisy laundry facility with potential exposure to cuts, bruises, minor shocks, moving overhead equipment, steam, laundry chemicals, and potentially infectious contaminated linen.
• Use required personal protective equipment, including eye protection or face shields, gowns, gloves, and safety footwear.
• Meet the applicable OPM Federal Wage System qualification and job-element assessment requirements. Applicants' experience and questionnaire responses must be supported by detailed resume descriptions.
• Selected applicants must complete a pre-employment physical, background/security investigation, required drug screening, and online onboarding; seasonal influenza vaccination is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.

Responsibilities

• Program microprocessor controls for 200-, 400-, and 800-pound side-loading washer extractors.
• Load and unload washers using the Gardner Overhead Monorail Hoisting and Stationary System.
• Monitor automatic laundry-product and chemical dispensers to ensure washers receive appropriate quantities of detergents, sours, softeners, bleach, and sanitary agents in the correct sequence.
• Observe washers and dryers during operation for possible malfunctions.
• Operate commercial dryers, small-piece folders, blanket folders, cross folders/feeders, flatwork ironers, sheet separators, and laundry chemical product dispensers.
• Check water levels and soiled-linen chutes; transport soiled linen to the sorting area and sort linen into appropriate processing categories.
• Dye linen as required by measuring and adding the correct amount of dye.
• Monitor washroom supply needs.
• Record daily production and log equipment malfunctions for maintenance personnel.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits and eligibility depend on position type.
• Selected applicants may request credit for prior work or military service toward annual leave accrual; approval is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

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