PRODUCTION OPERATOR

Crown Laundry Svc•Columbia, MS

25d•$11 - $12•Onsite

About The Position

Production Operators rotate through various positions in the production process at Crown Health Care Laundry’s plant. Depending on hiring needs and production levels, employees may work in the Soil or Clean production areas. Assignments and their pay rates and scheduled hours depend on the assigned area. Employees learn and operate production equipment to receive, sort, wash, dry, iron, and load linens for delivery to hospitals and medical facilities. Equipment must be operated safely and in a way that meets or exceeds customer expectations. Employees must learn all equipment and rotate among jobs as needed. The typical learning curve for each position is 2–5 working days; employees are expected to meet the standards for each position within two weeks of hire and sustain them during employment. Assignments reflect production needs and employees’ skills and abilities. Employees in both Soil and Clean areas may be assigned other duties and must follow quality and safety standards. They must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without accommodation. Soil Operations involve sorting returned soiled linen into classifications for washing and preparing carts for the Clean Production area. Clean Operations include roles such as Catcher, Hand Folder, Ironer, and Shipping Clerk. These roles involve handling and processing linens, making quality decisions, moving and preparing carts, operating production equipment, and, for Shipping Clerks, recording shipment information and potentially loading delivery trucks. The Shipping Clerk role requires a Hepatitis B shot.

Requirements

Excellent teamwork skills.
Willingness to rotate among all jobs when needed.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without accommodation.
Ability to learn all equipment and meet position standards within two weeks of hire.
High school education or GED preferred.
Shipping Clerk duties require a Hepatitis B shot.
Basic computer knowledge and willingness to learn new computer applications for Shipping Clerk duties.
Good recordkeeping skills for Shipping Clerk duties.
Good analytical skills for Shipping Clerk duties.

Nice To Haves

High school education or GED.

Responsibilities

Rotate among production positions and learn to operate equipment as assigned.
Receive, sort, wash, dry, iron, and load linens for delivery.
Follow quality and safety standards and perform other duties as assigned.
Open returned soiled-linen bags, discard the bags, spread linen for sorting, and pre-sort classifications as required.
Work with a team to sort linen into appropriate bins or slots on the line.
Move empty carts to the appropriate area for cleaning and reuse.
Clean, sterilize, dry, and line carts for use with clean linens.
As a Catcher, secure and build linen carts, remove and stack linens from the folder machine, move full baskets to staging, and remove non-company or defective items from the product pile.
Contact maintenance when items are caught in machinery or equipment is not functioning properly; do not clear jams unless authorized as maintenance or a production manager.
As a Hand Folder, remove product from the previous process, identify stack quantities, fold and stack linens, fill carts, and move carts to the next work area.
Identify holes, tears, stains, items requiring rewashing, and products that are not company property.
As an Ironer, prepare and feed linens into the spreader and ironer, identify items requiring rewashing, and request maintenance when equipment is jammed or malfunctioning.
As a Shipping Clerk, secure order records, attach order forms to carts, track completed and outstanding orders, collect finished carts, weigh them, and record weight and shipment information in the shipping software.
Move carts onto and off the floor scale and, as required, load weighed carts onto the appropriate delivery truck.
Fill in for other positions as required, including production operator or builder.