Linen​/Clothing Specialist II

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family perform tasks involving laundry work, sewing, alterations, and mending at a state institution, school or facility. This includes sorting, washing and maintaining clothing, linens, and draperies.

• Operates washers, dryers, mangles, pressers and irons.
• Sews by hand or machine, mends, alters and repairs clothing and linen articles; constructs, maintains and hangs draperies.
• Places clothes on hangers, wraps bundles in paper with identifying tickets, and prepares for delivery.
• Performs minor machine maintenance and repair; cleans and oils machines; and maintains cleanliness of work area.
• Maintains adequate level of sewing materials, clothing and linens for an assigned area; collects, weighs and counts laundry.

This is the career level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibility for performing a full range of duties involving laundry and sewing activities. This includes preparing solutions used in the cleaning of items, making patterns, cutting material to patterns, taking measurements and fitting clothing to patients, residents and others, maintaining simple records, and making reports. Some positions may be assigned occasional functional supervision of a section of the laundry or sewing services, including assuming the duties of the supervisor in the supervisor’s absence.

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of six months of experience in a commercial or institutional laundry, or commercial experience in the operation of a sewing machine, pattern making, or mending garments.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

required at this level include knowledge of sewing techniques; of simple pattern making and of textiles and their reaction to soaps, bleaches, bluing, alkalines, water temperature and detergents. Ability is required to operate a sewing machine; to fit and alter clothing; to operate various laundry equipment; to follow written and oral instructions and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others;

to follow sewing patterns; and to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. § 427.8.

Compensation:
Linen/Clothing Specialist II salary $28,460.00 ($13.68 hourly).

Biweekly benefit allowance for 2026:

• Employee only $377.15
• Employee & Spouse $687.98
• Employee, Spouse & Child $821.34
• Employee, Spouse & Children $914.28
• Employee & Child $510.51
• Employee & Children $603.45

Retirement:
Pathfinder is a 401K with 3 plan choices:

• Standard: 4.5% we put in 6%
• High: 7% we put in 7%
• Customized – You have the opportunity to put in any amount over 4.5% or 7%. We put in 6% for anything less than 7% and 7% for anything above 7%.

You vest 20% each year. 1 year – 20% vested, 2 years – 40% vested, 3 years – 60% vested, 4 years – 80% vested, 5 years – 100% vested.

Longevity bonus:
Longevity begins after 2 years. You receive your first longevity payment in the pay period of your 2nd anniversary date. Longevity will increase every 2 years as follows:

• At least 4 years but less than 6 years $426.00
• At least 6 years but less than 8 years $626.00
• At least 8 years but less than 10 years $850.00
• At least 10 years but less than 12 years $1,062.00
• At least 12 years but less than 14 years $1,250.00
• At least 14 years but less than 16 years $1,500.00
• At least 16 years but less than 18 years $1,688.00
• At least 18 years but less than 20 years $1,900.00
• At least 20 years $2,000.00
• For each additional 2 years of service after the 20 years, an additional $200 shall be added to the account stated for 20 years of service.

Annual leave:

• 1-5 years – 15 days a year possible – 4.62 hours biweekly (based on hours worked 0.057692 per minute)
• 5-10 years – 18 days a year possible – 5.54 hours biweekly (based on hours worked 0.069231 per minute)
• 10-20 years – 20 days per year possible – 6.15 hours biweekly (based on hours worked 0.076923 per minute)
• 20 years plus – 25 days per year possible – 7.69 hours biweekly (based on…