Laundry Worker
Summary
Title: | Laundry Worker |
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ID: | 1025 |
Location: | Vergennes, VT |
Department: | Housekeeping/Laundry |
Reports To:: | Executive Housekeeper |
Description
Summary:
Laundry Worker sorts, launders, folds, and stores all linen from accommodations, dining venues, and events on the Basin Harbor property.
Diversity helps us build a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Sorts and weighs soiled linen brought to the laundry for processing.
- Loads articles into washer/extractors dryers as needed and starts the appropriate cycles; loads or unloads washer or dryer into carts when finished for further processing.
- Feeds clean linen into the mangle final processing and manually folds what cannot be folded mechanically.
- Inspects processed linen for quality.
- Sorts clean linen and places into carts for transport to the storage area or housekeeping workstations.
- Handles linen rejected at post-processing inspection due to inferior quality, using appropriate departmental procedures; prepares product for specialized treatment and rewash.
- Washes, dries, and hand presses special laundry loads, as needed.
- Mends torn articles in accordance with departmental procedures.
- Performs designated cleaning and preventative maintenance on all laundry equipment; reports any and all problems with the machines to the head laundry worker.
- Assists with keeping the laundry and linen storage areas clean at all times.
- Attends periodic staff meetings.
- Performs pre- and post-season work as directed.
Essential Qualifications and Competencies:
- Basic education
- Job related experience preferred
- Strong verbal and written communication.
- Critical evaluation skills and a commitment to ethical practice and legal compliance.
- Attention to detail and strong work ethic
- Ability to use, or learn to use commercial laundry equipment
- Ability to perform heavy work and lift 50 plus pounds regularly
- Must be able to adapt to changes in a fast paced, dynamic, and sometimes intense work environment
- Ability to work up to 10+ long hours which may involve prolonged sitting, standing and walking.
- Ability to bend, stoop, lift up to 25lbs, reach overhead and perform repetitive motion.
- Must be willing and able to pass a background check.
This opening is closed and is no longer accepting applications