Soil Sort

NOVO•Atlanta, GA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

NOVO Health Services provides linen management solutions to the healthcare industry, focusing on safety and infection control. The Soil Sort position works at the company’s Atlanta healthcare laundry facility and supports the soil-room linen sorting and handling process. The role involves opening bags, sorting linen by type, moving carts, and weighing, recording, and hanging full slings. The successful candidate is expected to make decisions confidently, act quickly, communicate well, and commit to measurable performance and continuous improvement. The position requires working in a noisy, fast-paced environment and meeting physical demands throughout the shift. The job posting describes this as a full-time associate position and lists benefits including paid holidays, paid time off, retirement matching, health-related programs, and insurance coverage.

Requirements

High school education or GED; formal education or training is preferred.
One to two years of experience in manufacturing, production, service, healthcare, or a similarly situated industry.
Good analytical skills to determine the number of carts required for orders.
Ability to work in a noisy, fast-paced environment.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist, reach, and stack individual items from the machine for extended periods and throughout the shift.
Ability to lift up to 100 pounds; physical demands also include lifting 50 pounds or more.
Ability to push or pull carts that may weigh 100 pounds and move rolling carts of varying weights and sizes, up to and exceeding approximately 250 pounds.
Demonstrated customer service and organizational skills.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Formal education or training.

Responsibilities

Open bags at the breakout table and send linen up the belt.
Move empty soil carts away from the belt, replace them with new carts, and take empty carts to the cart area.
Break open bags at the bag-breaking station.
Sort large linen items, including bath blankets, flat sheets, draw sheets, and thermals.
Sort underpants, patient gowns, and fitted sheets.
Sort remaining items, such as bath towels, washcloths, hand towels, and scrubs.
Pull full slings away as they fill, replace them with empty slings, weigh the full slings, record the information, and hang them.
Adhere to quality standards for soil sorting and cart cleaning.
Understand, observe, and adhere to safety procedures and policies.
Assist with and perform other duties as assigned.