PRODUCTION OPERATOR Job at Crown Health Care Laundry Services, LLC. in Columbia

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.

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.

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.

High School Education or GED preferred

Excellent Teamwork Skills Required. Employees must be willing to move between all jobs via rotation when needed.

Soil Operations

The primary purpose of this position is to safely sort returned, soiled linen into appropriate classifications in preparation for washing, washing and preparing the carts for the Clean Production side of the plant.

• Open customer returned soil bags (bags weigh approximately 45 lbs.), discard plastic bag, spread product out to allow for visibility on soil belt. Pre‐sort classifications as required. Production standard are 45 bags or 2000 lbs. opened per hour for each operator.
• Operators located on the work platform float between multiple positions moving up and down the belt sorting into the appropriate bins or slots. This is a team operation, where the group works together to ensure linens are sorted safely, quickly and accurately into appropriate bins on the line.
• Move empty carts to appropriate area for cleaning and reuse.
• Cart Cleaners are responsible for 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.

Clean Operations

Employees will learn the following equipment/positions and be required to rotate as needed:

• Catcher: Will 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.
• Hand Fold: The primary purpose of the Hand Folder is to take items as they come out of the washer or Presser and hand fold, stack and place on the appropriate cart or belt for transporting to the next stage of the process.
• Ironer: The primary purpose of the Ironer position is to run clean processed linen through the Ironer machine (Feeder, ironer, folder).
• Shipping Clerk: The primary purpose of the Shipping Clerk position is to fill finished carts of clean, processed linen throughout the facility, prepare them for shipment, and ensure that they are loaded onto the delivery trucks.

Crown Health Care Laundry Services, LLC. provided pay range: $11.00/hr - $12.25/hr

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Management and Manufacturing

Industries: Hospitals and Health Care