PRODUCTION OPERATOR
Crown Health Care Laundry Services, LLC., Alexandria, LA, United States
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. 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 to meet and exceed customer expectations safely.
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.
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
The primary purpose of this position is to safely sort returned, soiled linen into appropriate classifications in preparation for washing, washing and preparing the carts for the Clean Production side of the plant.
Soil Operations: Duties & Essential Job Functions
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 according to production standards of 45 bags or 2,000 lbs opened per hour for each operator.
Operators float between multiple positions on the work platform, moving up and down the belt to sort 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 the appropriate area for cleaning and reuse.
Cart Cleaners are responsible for ensuring that the carts used for 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
Clean Linen Operations: Duties & Essential Job Functions
Catcher
Secure linen carts and learn to stack and build carts proficiently per our standards in a manner 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; push, pull and put the cart into place as needed.
Remove items from the conveyor, normally catching items from up to six stations.
If an item is caught or hung up in the machine, contact maintenance. Only maintenance or production managers can pull jams.
May take empty carts over to the dryer area, bring another cart, and return it to their work area.
Adhere to quality standards for quantity and quality of stacking.
If the Catcher sees items in the pile that are not Crown Health Care Laundry Services linens, such as a scrub or blanket, pull them out and place them to the side. Remove stained or damaged items that the feeder did not notice.
Make quality decisions such as determining whether a linen is ready to load in a cart.
When an item is stuck or the machine is not functioning properly, decide when to call Maintenance.
Hand Folder
Remove product from the previous process. Identify, through on‑the‑job training, how many items per stack.
Pull the cart over to the work area and adjust it so that the linen is at a comfortable waist level.
Fold items and place them on the countertop.
For larger items, group folding may be required. Each partner grabs the lengthwise end of the item, steps back, and makes a lengthwise fold. One person places the folded item on the countertop in stacks of five.
Fill up the cart accordingly and take it over to the next work area.
Make quality decisions such as identifying holes, tears or stains and determining whether the item needs to be rewashed.
Identify when a product is not a Company product and remove it.
Decide how many items belong in a particular stack.
Ironer
Bend down and lift flat sheets, blankets and/or pillowcases from the platform, loosen the linens to ensure safe handling prior to feeding them into the ironer.
Pull the flat sheets and feed linen into the spreader via spreader clips or a spreader arm.
The first feed draws the linen into the spreader; the second feed draws the linen into the ironer.
While feeding pillowcases, two to four people may be feeding at one time.
Decide when to place an item in the re‑wash basket per pre‑established guidelines such as a hole, stain or any defect that would make it an unsatisfactory product.
If an item is stuck or the machine is not functioning properly, decide when to call for maintenance. Always adhere to safety requirements for the equipment and position.
Shipping Clerk
The primary purpose of the Shipping Clerk position is to fill finished carts of clean, processed linen throughout the facility, prepare them for shipment, and ensure that they are loaded onto the delivery trucks. The incumbent will build carts, accurately operate the scale to weigh the cart and record the information appropriately. A Hep B shot is required.
Secure records of orders.
Attach a copy of the order form to the side of the cart.
Maintain and track which orders have been filled and which have not been completed.
Collect finished carts through proactive plant circulation.
Roll carts to the weighing area.
Weigh carts: pull cart onto floor scale, record the weight in shipping software, remove the cart, and repeat.
Enter the proper information into the Shipping Software.
Load the delivery truck by pushing weighed carts onto the back of the appropriate truck as required.
Fill in for other positions as needed, e.g., production operator/builder.
Basic computer knowledge and willingness to learn new computer applications.
Good record‑keeping skills required.
Good analytical skills required.
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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 to meet and exceed customer expectations safely.
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.
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
The primary purpose of this position is to safely sort returned, soiled linen into appropriate classifications in preparation for washing, washing and preparing the carts for the Clean Production side of the plant.
Soil Operations: Duties & Essential Job Functions
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 according to production standards of 45 bags or 2,000 lbs opened per hour for each operator.
Operators float between multiple positions on the work platform, moving up and down the belt to sort 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 the appropriate area for cleaning and reuse.
Cart Cleaners are responsible for ensuring that the carts used for 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
Clean Linen Operations: Duties & Essential Job Functions
Catcher
Secure linen carts and learn to stack and build carts proficiently per our standards in a manner 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; push, pull and put the cart into place as needed.
Remove items from the conveyor, normally catching items from up to six stations.
If an item is caught or hung up in the machine, contact maintenance. Only maintenance or production managers can pull jams.
May take empty carts over to the dryer area, bring another cart, and return it to their work area.
Adhere to quality standards for quantity and quality of stacking.
If the Catcher sees items in the pile that are not Crown Health Care Laundry Services linens, such as a scrub or blanket, pull them out and place them to the side. Remove stained or damaged items that the feeder did not notice.
Make quality decisions such as determining whether a linen is ready to load in a cart.
When an item is stuck or the machine is not functioning properly, decide when to call Maintenance.
Hand Folder
Remove product from the previous process. Identify, through on‑the‑job training, how many items per stack.
Pull the cart over to the work area and adjust it so that the linen is at a comfortable waist level.
Fold items and place them on the countertop.
For larger items, group folding may be required. Each partner grabs the lengthwise end of the item, steps back, and makes a lengthwise fold. One person places the folded item on the countertop in stacks of five.
Fill up the cart accordingly and take it over to the next work area.
Make quality decisions such as identifying holes, tears or stains and determining whether the item needs to be rewashed.
Identify when a product is not a Company product and remove it.
Decide how many items belong in a particular stack.
Ironer
Bend down and lift flat sheets, blankets and/or pillowcases from the platform, loosen the linens to ensure safe handling prior to feeding them into the ironer.
Pull the flat sheets and feed linen into the spreader via spreader clips or a spreader arm.
The first feed draws the linen into the spreader; the second feed draws the linen into the ironer.
While feeding pillowcases, two to four people may be feeding at one time.
Decide when to place an item in the re‑wash basket per pre‑established guidelines such as a hole, stain or any defect that would make it an unsatisfactory product.
If an item is stuck or the machine is not functioning properly, decide when to call for maintenance. Always adhere to safety requirements for the equipment and position.
Shipping Clerk
The primary purpose of the Shipping Clerk position is to fill finished carts of clean, processed linen throughout the facility, prepare them for shipment, and ensure that they are loaded onto the delivery trucks. The incumbent will build carts, accurately operate the scale to weigh the cart and record the information appropriately. A Hep B shot is required.
Secure records of orders.
Attach a copy of the order form to the side of the cart.
Maintain and track which orders have been filled and which have not been completed.
Collect finished carts through proactive plant circulation.
Roll carts to the weighing area.
Weigh carts: pull cart onto floor scale, record the weight in shipping software, remove the cart, and repeat.
Enter the proper information into the Shipping Software.
Load the delivery truck by pushing weighed carts onto the back of the appropriate truck as required.
Fill in for other positions as needed, e.g., production operator/builder.
Basic computer knowledge and willingness to learn new computer applications.
Good record‑keeping skills required.
Good analytical skills required.
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