Laundry Worker #26-079

Naval Academy Business•Annapolis, MD

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Laundry Worker provides laundry and dry-cleaning services to the Naval Academy’s Brigade of Midshipmen and other approved individuals, organizations, and activities. The position is based at the U.S. Naval Academy’s Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI), Naval Academy Business Services Division (NABSD) Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Facility in Annapolis, Maryland. NAFI generates its own funds through operations and is not funded by Congress. The role involves hands-on laundry processing and customer-order handling, including sorting, tagging, processing, pressing, folding, assembling, and distributing laundry and linen items. Employees may operate laundry and pressing equipment, work individually or as part of a team, and keep items organized by lot and customer throughout processing. The position involves standing for extended periods, quick hand and arm movements, and may require pushing or pulling carts weighing up to 1,000 pounds. Employees may lift bundles weighing up to 50 pounds daily and periodically lift bundles up to 100 pounds with assistance. The facility may be hot, humid, dusty, lint-filled, and noisy. Work is scheduled Monday through Friday on daytime shifts, 35–40 hours per week.

Requirements

Experience performing laundry-related duties, such as folding and organizing clothing, inspecting laundry and determining proper care, using laundry machines and equipment, or using chemicals and treating laundry.
Ability to stand for up to three hours at a time, bend, and lift up to 50 pounds.
Ability to follow oral instructions and work with others in a team environment.
Must be able to understand and communicate in English.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance; applicants must be at least 18 years old.
Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
Must complete an Occupational Health screening for this position.
Must participate in Direct Deposit.
Must maintain the privacy of official work information and data and demonstrate the highest level of ethical conduct.
Verification of employment eligibility in the United States is required.

Nice To Haves

Professional laundry facility experience is preferred.
Experience operating pressing equipment is preferred.
Ability to learn how to operate pressing equipment.

Responsibilities

Match incoming laundry to tickets, count and sort items, and distribute them for cleaning based on soil and garment classification.
Tag items and maintain lot integrity as they move through the facility.
Collect valuables found during check-in and turn them in to the department supervisor.
Sort clean flatwork into bins by color and type and feed it into flatwork ironer equipment or receive pressed, folded, and stacked items from cross-folder equipment.
Bundle, wrap, and place items in carts for distribution as needed.
Sort and fold towels, blankets, spreads, and other rough-dried items according to standard procedures.
Sort, fold, cart, or stack nets, laundry bags, and loosely processed uniform items by lot.
Operate the towel folding machine and stack completed towels in laundry transport carts.
Keep work together by lot and customer, forward completed work to the next appropriate station, and distribute goods to the appropriate processing equipment.
Press or tunnel finished work using assigned pressing equipment or a steam finishing tunnel.
Hang finished work, maintain lot integrity, inspect for obvious defects, and set aside items for reprocessing when necessary.
Remove laundry nets from carts by lot in the locker area, match them to tickets, place items in the appropriate laundry bag and locker, verify items against tickets, tie completed bags, and stage them for delivery.
Assemble hanger orders by lot, retrieve items listed on tickets, account for all pieces, place them in hanging bags, and stage them on mobile racks.
Collect customer uniforms, prepare tickets, verify item counts and types, check pockets, attach laundry tags, and enter ticket information into a tracking spreadsheet.
Organize clean orders on a conveyor for issue.
Issue linen exchange items and prepackaged linens for guests and medical isolation purposes.
Follow oral instructions and work with others in a team environment.
Maintain the privacy of official work information and data and demonstrate ethical conduct.