Laundry Plant Operator

Milwaukee County Wisconsin•Franklin, WI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Laundry Plant Operator works in the Community Reintegration Center and assesses, assigns, develops, and supervises approximately 40–50 resident workers each day. The operator conducts daily 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 operates industrial laundry equipment and coordinates textile processing from sorting through delivery. It supports safe, compliant operations; maintains production and customer records; responds to customer requests and complaints; provides security-related institutional support; and performs related maintenance and sewing tasks. Work hours are 4:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with occasional overtime and weekend work. Reliable transportation is required because public transportation is unavailable at shift start and end times.

Requirements

Must be a Wisconsin resident when applying and must remain a Wisconsin resident as required by the application notice.
Valid Wisconsin Driver’s License required upon application and must be maintained throughout employment.
High school diploma or GED equivalency required.
Basic knowledge of job-related computer and software applications required.
Must be able to push and pull up to 700 pounds and carry and lift up to 50 pounds.
Must have reliable transportation to and from work.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Prioritize workloads and control the flow of goods based on available machinery, workers, labor intensity, and deadlines; anticipate bottlenecks and redirect work as needed.
Orient, develop, assess, and assign resident workers according to their skills and ability to follow instructions; explain relevant regulatory obligations.
Maintain worker safety, productivity, and a harmonious work environment.
Supervise resident workers through textile processing tasks, including screening, sorting, weighing, staging, loading, transferring, drying, folding, hanging, stacking, counting, rolling, covering, tagging, and delivering textiles.
Provide labor to support production when needed, including when workers are absent or critical skills are unavailable.
Maintain a safe and regulation-compliant workplace, including ensuring proper use of disinfectants, safe handling and transport of goods, appropriate footwear and PPE, sanitation documentation, handwashing, and good hygiene.
Gather and record production data; tabulate soiled, clean, and rewash weights, water condition, and fabric safety test results; draft reports and requisitions.
Prepare resident conduct and injury reports, maintenance work requests, and supply and forms 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 issues, and correct or credit records.
Conduct resident counts, escort deliveries, tour ancillary or obstructed areas, watch for suspicious activity, and use a radio appropriately while remaining aware of institutional activity.
Read and respond to email daily, initiate facility-wide work orders, complete LMS and compliance modules, monitor and select machinery programs, and troubleshoot or reset machinery and dispensing-control faults.
Use basic word processing and spreadsheet applications.
Screen used textiles for repair and perform mending or sewing as needed; inspect and lubricate carts, adjust hardware, and rotate or exchange facility mats.
Contact contractors for outside garbage collection.
Safely operate industrial washers, dryers, ironers and other finishing equipment, pallet jacks or stackers, chemical testers, and computers.
Perform other duties as assigned.