PRODUCTION OPERATOR

Crown Laundry Svc•Pensacola, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

People selected for a Production Operator position may be placed in various roles within the production process of our Crown Health Care Laundry plant. There may be needs in either or both production areas – Soil or Clean. Assignments are determined based on hiring needs and production levels in each area. Below is a brief explanation for each of those areas of operation within the plant. Pay rates and scheduled work hours are based on area assigned. The primary purpose of the Production Operator is to rotate through various positions within the plant to facilitate the receiving, sorting, washing, drying, ironing and loading of linens to be delivered to various hospitals and medical facilities. You will learn to operate various production equipment as needed for your daily assignments. Equipment must be operated in such a manner as to meet and exceed our customer expectations daily in the safest possible manner. Employees are required to learn all equipment and rotate as needed. Typical learning curve for each position is no longer than 2-5 working days. Standards must be met for each position within two weeks of hire and sustained during employment. Employees will be placed in roles that meet production needs, and the skills and abilities of the employee. All Production Operation employees, whether working in Soil or Clean Production areas will be required to perform other duties as assigned. All employees will adhere to all quality standards and obey all safety standards. All Production Operation employees hired must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without an accommodation.

Requirements

Employees are required to learn all equipment and rotate as needed.
Employees must be willing to move between all jobs via rotation when needed.
All Production Operation employees hired must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without an accommodation.
Excellent teamwork skills required.
Basic computer knowledge and the willingness to learn new computer applications.
Good recordkeeping skills required.
Good analytical skills required.

Nice To Haves

High School Education or GED preferred

Responsibilities

Open customer returned soil bags, discard plastic bag, spread product out to allow for visibility on soil belt. Pre‐sort classifications as required.
Move empty carts to appropriate area for cleaning and reuse.
Ensuring that the carts, that returned bagged soiled laundry are cleaned, sterilized, dried out and lined to be ready for clean linens to be built into each cart from the Clean lines, readying the carts for loading onto our trucks.
Secure linen carts, will learn how to stack and build carts proficiently per our standards in a manner that’s conducive to our customer standards.
Remove linens from the Folder machine, count and stack them per stacking standards, and push the full baskets to the next staging area.
Remove items from the conveyor, normally catching items from up to six stations.
Remove product from the previous process. Identify through on your on-the-job training, how many items per stack.
Fold items and place on the countertop.
Take the cart over to the next work area.
Bend down and lift flat sheets, blankets and/or pillowcases from the platform, loosen the linens to ensure safe handling prior to feeding them into the ironer.
Pull the flat sheets and feed linen into the spreader, via spreader clips or a spreader arm.
Fill finished carts of clean, processed linen throughout the facility, prepare them for shipment, and ensure that they are loaded onto the delivery trucks.
Build carts, accurately operate the scale to appropriately weigh the cart and record the information appropriately.
Securing records of the orders
Attaching a copy of the order form to the side of the cart
Maintaining and tracking during the day which orders have been filled and which haven’t been completed.
Collecting finished carts
Rolling the carts to the weighing area
Pull the cart up onto the floor scale
Record the weight into the software program
Pull the weighed cart off the scale
Push the next cart onto the scale and repeat the process
Enter the proper information into the Shipping Software
May load the delivery truck by pushing the weighed carts onto the back of the appropriate truck as required.
May fill in for other positions as required, i.e., production operator/builder