Production Ironer Operator
About the role
Performs work as part of a team in an industrial laundry facility. Responsible for the safe, expeditious, and accurate handling of merchandise into and/or out of the laundry facility. Vestis® provides uniforms, workplace supplies, and professional cleaning that help businesses simplify their workday and keep their teams safe, confident, and focused on what matters most. Headquartered in Roswell, GA, Vestis® is the second largest provider in the industry with over 300,000 customer locations and approximately 20,000 teammates across North America. Vestis® is a leader in the B2B uniform and workplace supplies category. Vestis® provides clean and safe uniform services and workplace supplies to a broad range of North American customers from Fortune 500 companies to locally owned small businesses across a broad set of end markets. The Company’s comprehensive service offering includes a full-service uniform rental program, cleanroom and other specialty garment processing, floor mats, towels, linens, managed restroom services, first aid supplies and more.
Responsibilities
- Stages and feeds merchandise (towels, napkins, table clothes, aprons, etc.) on ironer properly to reduce wrinkling and tangling.
- Receives and folds merchandise from ironer.
- Identifies and segregates merchandise not meeting specified quality standards in terms of rips, tears, holes, and stains.
- Accurately verifies merchandise quantity and bundles by type.
- Places bundles in correct storage carts.
- Maneuvers full and empty carts.
- Maintains safe and clean work environment, and observes best practices in all production activities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
High school degree or equivalent preferred.
- Work is performed in a warehouse setting and regularly exposed to outside weather conditions, extreme heat and cold conditions as well as dust and noise.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Position involves repetitive motions over the duration of an entire shift.
- Requires bending, reaching, pulling, twisting, and lifting.
- Requires the use of hands for grasping and other manipulations.
- Requires standing and walking for long periods of time.
- Requires ability to push carts weighing approximately 300 lbs.
Skills
- Ability to understand all required training, written, and verbal instructions.
- Working knowledge of basic math skills.
- Good verbal and/or written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to meet attendance schedule.
Schedule
Work is based on a shift schedule, and may include weekends. Overtime required as needed.