Assembler, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Description

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

Requirements

• 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 without cooling air conditioning and variable internal temperatures that can be within…