Laundry Production Worker - San Bernardino Plant

Atm Jobs•San Bernardino, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Medico Healthcare Linen Service is seeking reliable and detail-oriented Production Team Members to join our team in San Bernardino, CA. This role involves working across multiple departments including Distribution, Flatwork, Garment, Soil Sorting, and Washing. Responsibilities include sorting, processing, and preparing linen and garments for healthcare clients, operating industrial equipment, ensuring inventory accuracy, maintaining safety and cleanliness standards, and meeting productivity goals. Employees are not entitled to work in one specific department and can be changed departments at any time. Some departments may require you to do repetitive lifting and bending over 50 pounds. Medico Healthcare Linen Service reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

Requirements

Reliable and detail-oriented
Experienced

Responsibilities

Record inventories and quantities of linen ready for delivery
Utilize handheld devices to create shipping routes for the service department
Appropriately stages linen carts for delivery
Prepare, review and place linen orders, log linen distribution, and run and prepare linen distribution reports
Loads and unloads carts of linen
Sort and place linens on racks, shelves, or in carts according to organizational distribution standards
Prepare departmental exchange carts as needed
Maintain a safe and clean work environment by keeping customer orders, linen carts, racks, and work stations neat
Organize neatly packed linen carts and assures cleanliness of cart
Meets established productivity standards
Follow directions and safety precautions
Maintain logs and records of units produced including a record of errors resulted in rejected or discarded pieces
Notifies Distribution Team Leader if problems are impacting the ability to meet production standards
Comply with all company policies and procedures
Must maintain regular and punctual attendance
Perform other duties as assigned
Place washed wet/damp linens into a bin (cart) near production lines
Separate linen into proper categories (account, item, material, color, garment tag, etc.)
Feed and operate press machinery while inspecting for any defects in linen
Place linens in an automated stacker or conveyor
Place garments onto metal hangers
Hang garments on conveyor for processing
Assist with changeovers as needed
Sort and fold linen for final finishing
Cover all clean linen at the end of the shift
Observe flat press machinery for linen jams and miss folds
Notifies Flat Team Leader if problems are impacting the ability to meet production standards
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly work area
Create delivery routes for the service department
Process new customer information and their orders
Must follow customer’s request on approved Garment Request Form
Operate sewing machine to repair defects such as tears and holes in garments, linens, and other material per customer’s request
May shorten or lengthen hems to alter size of garments
May sew identifying labels and emblems on uniforms and linens as instructed
May repair defective stitching on garments
Sort finished garments according to customer request
Ensure daily accuracy and productivity of work for inventory control
Manually opens bags containing soiled linen
Accurately weighs sorted linen in carts/bags to note the weight
Must sort, count, tag, and list soiled linens in Spindle screen in their designated work station
Send linen via vacuum air system in their assigned station
Move soiled linen to the conveyor to be sorted by type
Sort linen by hand to identify and separate by type
Pick up and place linen in the appropriate bins
Report any instruments, sharp items, and other foreign objects in linens to Soil Team Leader
Completely clean and disinfect soil sorting area at end of shift
Inspect each linen for tears, stains, and holes
Select appropriate wash formulas based on the degree of soiled linen, load size, and fabric
Inspect linens throughout shift to ensure the proper pH level is maintained in the washers
Must perform spotting procedures to remove stains utilizing a variety of special chemicals
Monitor use of all chemicals used in a washroom process, ensuring proper amounts of chemicals are on hand for each load be washed during a shift
Has complete understanding of wash-overs and the process
Responsible for satisfactory and timely completion of assigned linen according to schedule
Safely and properly uses detergents and adheres to all safety precautions
Report equipment/cleaning product needs and/or malfunctions to Washroom Team Leader
Have a process understanding of the tunnels and the material that comes out