Laundry Plant Operator

Milwaukee County•Franklin, WI

23d•$16 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

The Laundry Plant Operator works in Milwaukee County’s Community Reintegration Center, assessing and assigning workloads, developing workers, and supervising approximately 40–50 resident workers each day. The operator conducts resident worker counts, controls and prioritizes textile flow, evaluates used textiles for regulatory compliance, mending, reuse, or recycling, and ensures deadlines and customer quality expectations are met. The position works Monday through Friday from 4:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., with occasional overtime and weekends. Reliable transportation to and from work is required because public transportation is not available at shift start and end times. The operator uses industrial laundry and finishing equipment, pallet jacks or stackers, chemical testers, and computers. The role requires pushing and pulling up to 700 pounds and lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds.

Requirements

Must reside in Wisconsin when applying.
Must have a valid Wisconsin Driver’s License upon application and maintain it throughout employment.
High school diploma or GED equivalency required.
Basic knowledge of job-related computer and software applications required.
Ability to operate industrial washers, dryers, ironers and other finishing equipment, pallet jacks or stackers, chemical testers, and computers safely and properly.
Ability to push and pull up to 700 pounds and lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
Must have reliable transportation to and from work due to the lack of public transportation at shift start and end times.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience processing, storing, or distributing textiles or supplies.
Previous experience in a lead or supervisory role.
Bilingual English/Spanish skills.
Previous experience using sewing machines.

Responsibilities

Prioritize workloads and textile loads based on machinery, available workers, labor intensity, and deadlines; anticipate bottlenecks and keep work moving productively.
Orient, develop, and assess resident workers, assign tasks according to their capabilities, explain regulatory obligations, and maintain a safe, productive, and harmonious work environment.
Supervise textile processing, including unrolling, folding, screening, sorting, weighing, staging, loading, transferring, drying, hanging, stacking, sizing, counting, rolling, covering, tagging, and delivery.
Provide labor to support production, particularly when workers or critical skills are unavailable.
Maintain a safe and regulation-compliant workplace, including ensuring proper disinfectant use, safe goods handling, appropriate footwear and PPE, sanitation documentation, handwashing, and good hygiene.
Gather and record production data, including soiled, clean, and rewash weights, water condition, and fabric safety tests; prepare resident conduct and injury reports, maintenance requests, and supply and form requisitions.
Provide professional customer service by phone and maintain contact with internal and external users; adjust quotas and preferences, follow up on special requests and complaints, and correct or credit records.
Provide security-related support by conducting counts, escorting deliveries, touring ancillary or obstructed areas, monitoring suspicious activity, and appropriately carrying and using a radio.
Read and respond to email, initiate facility work orders, complete LMS and compliance modules, monitor and select machinery programs, troubleshoot or reset machinery and dispensing-control faults, and use word-processing and spreadsheet applications.
Screen used textiles for repair and perform mending or sewing as needed; inspect and lubricate carts, adjust cart hardware, and rotate or exchange facility mats.
Contact contractors for outside garbage collection.
Perform other duties as assigned.