Production Operator Job Pensacola area,Florida USA,Manufacturing / Production

Position: PRODUCTION OPERATOR

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PRODUCTION OPERATOR

FT Union Operations Pensacola Plant, Pensacola, FL, US

10 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $14.50 To $14.75 Hourly

People selected for a Production Operator position may be placed in various roles within the production process of our Crown Health Care Laundry plant. There may be needs in either or both production areas – Soil or Clean. Assignments are determined based on hiring needs and production levels in each area. Below is a brief explanation for each of those areas of operation within the plant.

Pay rates and scheduled work hours are based on area assigned.

The primary purpose of the Production Operator is to rotate through various positions within the plant to facilitate the receiving, sorting, washing, drying, ironing and loading of linens to be delivered to various hospitals and medical facilities. You will learn to operate various production equipment as needed for your daily assignments. Equipment must be operated in such a manner as to meet and exceed our customer expectations daily in the safest possible manner.

Employees are required to learn all equipment and rotate as needed. Typical learning curve for each position is no longer than 2‑5 working days. Standards must be met for each position within two weeks of hire and sustained during employment. Employees will be placed in roles that meet production needs and the skills and abilities of the employee.

All Production Operation employees, whether working in Soil or Clean Production areas, will be required to perform other duties as assigned. All employees will adhere to all quality standards and obey all safety standards. All Production Operation employees hired must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without an accommodation.

High School Education or GED preferred.

Excellent teamwork skills required.

Employees must be willing to move between all jobs via rotation when needed.

Soil Operations

Open customer returned soil bags (bags weigh approximately 45 lbs.), discard plastic bag, spread product out to allow for visibility on soil belt. Pre‑sort classifications as required. Production standard are 45 bags or 2000 lbs. opened per hour for each operator.

Operators located on the work platform float between multiple positions moving up and down the belt sorting into the appropriate bins or slots. This is a team operation, where the group works together to ensure linens are sorted safely, quickly and accurately into appropriate bins on the line.

Move empty carts to appropriate area for cleaning and reuse.

Cart Cleaners are responsible for ensuring that the carts, that returned bagged soiled laundry are cleaned, sterilized, dried out and lined to be ready for clean linens to be built into each cart from the Clean lines, readying the carts for loading onto our trucks. Our Crown trucks leave loaded each day to deliver clean sterile linens to our customers.

Clean Operations

Employees will learn the following equipment/positions and be required to rotate as needed:

Catcher

Will secure linen carts, will learn how to stack and build carts proficiently per our standards in a manner that’s conducive to our customer standards.
Remove linens from the Folder machine, count and stack them per stacking standards, and push the full baskets to the next staging area.
Secure a linen cart. The incumbent will have to push, pull and put the cart into place.
Remove items from the conveyor, normally catching items from up to six stations.
If an item is caught or hung up in the machine, they must contact maintenance. Only maintenance or production managers can pull jams.
The catcher may take empty carts over to the dryer area and bring another cart and bring it back to their work area.
Adhere to quality standards in terms of quantity and quality of stacking.
Remove items that are not Crown Health Care Laundry Services linen or that are stained, and place them to the side. The supervisor or lead will indicate where to put these items.
Make quality decisions such as the…