Assembler, Manufacturing ​/ Production

* First Shift ONLY, 6am to 2:30pm, Monday to Friday and must be available to work Saturdays*

The Assembler is responsible for manually feeding laundry into machinery, such as folding and ironing machines. The Assembler staff works as a team, and each member may operate different machines within a shift, as well as handle both wet and dry laundry as needed.

This position will work within a team of people performing similar duties. Along with one or more team members, an Assembler may perform some or all of the following duties during a given shift:

• Push/pull a cart of clean linen to workstation
• Identify the customer by the customer tag
• Separate mixed clean linens
• Feed linens into machinery for folding or ironing
• Fold linens and mops by hand
• Place linens on an automated conveyor
• Place linen onto a metal hanger (cubicle curtains)
• When necessary, stack linen as it comes out of folding or ironing machines
• Visually and manually inspect linen to maintain quality
• Maintain a clean workstation
• Demonstrates friendly and respectful behavior in the work environment
• Assist in any job necessary as instructed by Management
• Additional duties as assigned
• Perform job rotation as required

On occasion, an Assembler may be requested to handle linen that requires special attention, including:

• Counting folded linens and stacking them by count
• Assisting in conducting inventories for accounts

• Ability to read comprehend and write in English and/or Spanish
• Quality orientation and high attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations
• Strong teamwork skills - ready and willing to work closely with team members
• Open, and able, to work, day or night shifts, and willing to rotate shifts depending on production needs
• Open to long hours and working weekends (Saturday/Sunday) when needed
• Pass a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

• Prior experience working in a plant environment

• Physical demands include constant standing and frequent walking throughout entire work shift, and ability to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on work surface
• Constant reaching above and below shoulder height, twisting, applying pressure, grasping, and pulling (including using fingers, thumbs, and palm) items, and loading machinery in a repetitive motion.
• Lifting and raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This occurs constantly throughout the shift requiring substantial use of the upper arms, shoulders, and back muscles.
• Constant pushing/pulling of both empty and full, wheeled laundry carts of varying weights and sizes, up to and potentially exceeding 250 pounds.
• Constant throughout entire 8-hour shift, fingering, fine manipulation, picking and grasping primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
• Repetitive hand movement includes simple and power grasping and pushing and pulling items.
• Heavy work, including exerting force and lifting up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis and up to 20 pounds force constantly to move objects.
• Pulling, using upper arms and shoulders to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Ability to maintain productivity requirements in a fast-paced facility where all operations are driven by fully functioning, full life cycle computer system. System uses time sensitive production that follows a system of conveyor surfaces to move products and materials through the entire cleaning process to assure highest quality cleaning functionality.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to understand, remember and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information.
• Ability to remember and communicate routine, factual information.
• Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology
• Ability to apply common sense and make decisions which have a moderate impact on the immediate work unit
• Ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines.
• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicating orally with others accurately, loudly, and quickly
• Ability to count accurately
• Required to wear and use personal protective equipment as needed.
• Ability to hear for safety and awareness of surroundings.
• Must be able to meet the physical demands for the entire shift.

Production areas of a typical industrial laundry facility, which includes working with and around large machinery, variations in temperature (non-air-conditioned work area), noise, humidity, and other hazards.

Worker is subject to sustained hot working environment (i.e., inside environmental conditions…