Laundry Worker

We are searching for 8 Laundry workers to at our Twizel branch. Ideal candidates should have the capability to lift up to 20kg, be comfortable with shift work and rotation roster schedules, and working weekends. It is ideal for individuals who are eager to learn and contribute to a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Safety Responsibilities:

• Adopting and promoting a safety-first workplace culture

• Following safe work procedures, rules and instructions to prevent injuries, harm to yourself, harm to others, harm to equipment and harm to the environment

• Wear task-specific personal protective clothing or equipment

• Report any pain or discomfort to your Supervisor early

• Report all incidents, injuries, near misses, hazards and potential hazards to your Supervisor

Laundry Tasks:

• count and record inbound soiled linen for stock control

• load soiled linen onto the conveyor for sorting

• assess soiled linen and place damaged linen aside for the supervisor to review

• sort soiled linen into linen bins for processing

• sort and batch kitchen linen, select and input the appropriate wash and dryer programme, oversee and monitor the wash and drying process, unload, sort, fold, batch and store kitchen linen

• move washed sheeting trolleys to the Ironer

• move dried towelling trolleys to the towel folders or towel folding stations

• feed flat linen through the Ironer (Kannigeiser and Electrolux)

• sort, batch and look for quality defects on linen at the back of the ironer

• feed towels through the towel folders

• sort, batch and look for quality defects of towelling

• collection of dirty linen from customers

• deliver clean laundry to customers.

• manually fold towels

• sort customer own goods linen

• load and unload linen to and from vehicles

• store clean linen into appropriate areas

• make up orders of clean linen ready for despatch (count and bundle finished linen into batches and linen bags / cages / trolleys)

• accurately record clean linen orders to ensure correct invoicing

General Responsibilities

• Keep walkways clean and free from obstacles

• Keep your work area clean and tidy at all times, particularly at the end of the shift

• Be clean, tidy and hygienic

• Ensure customer contact is handled in a professional, courteous and friendly manner, whether it be directly or on the phone

• work with and assist other staff members to develop a co-operative and friendly work environment for the benefit of all employees

• any other duties in the day-to-day laundry operation which may be required from time to time to keep the laundry functioning efficiently.

This is a full-time job, 30 hrs min. a week - This is not a Monday to Friday job. The Laundry is open 7 days a week. You will be required to work weekends.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.00 – $27.00 per hour

Work Location: In person