Lead Production Employee

Vestis; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Vestis in Edmonton, Canada, is seeking a Lead Production Employee to direct daily laundry production activities, train staff, and uphold safety and efficiency across shifts.

The role requires flexibility to work in várias departments, with opportunities to cross-train in soil operations, dry fold, garments, mending, mats, iron operations and bundling to meet branch goals and customer needs.

Qualifications

• Ability to work assigned shift; attendance is required.
• Basic math reasoning skills are necessary.
• Lifting up to 25-50 pounds continuously; push/pull up to 150 pounds assisted.
• Must work in a fast-paced environment with equipment and noise.
• Adherence to safety standards is mandatory.
• Industrial laundry experience preferred.
• Understand work instructions in English is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Attendance is essential and required.
• Work in assigned production area as scheduled safely and efficiently.
• Attend department/branch meetings for education and training.
• Assist coworkers by supplying materials and cleaning areas.
• Strive for improvement in role and skills.
• Develop multiple capabilities to support the production team.
• Support branch standardization to meet goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager.

Skills

Attendance

Basic Math

Lifting 25-50 lbs

Push/Pull

Safety compliance

Cross-training

Teamwork

Tools

Sewing machine

Folding machine

Dryer

Ironer

Conveyor system

Job description

Job Description

Posted Friday, August 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Come join our team as a Lead Production Employee!

Responsible for providing work direction and training for daily laundry production activities for an assigned department and/or sift or a rotating set of departments or assignments. Working under direction of the production manager or supervisor seeks to meet daily production standards and profitability objectives for assigned group or area. Leads by example; follows established branch rules, regulations and procedures, as well as Company safety guidelines, goals and initiatives.

The ideal candidate for this position will need to be able to be cross-trained to perform a variety of tasks that may include: receive and sort laundry, inspect garment/coverall for all mending needs, operate equipment such as dryers and ironers, and bundling of clean garments to be re-distributed to our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Attendance is an essential function of the job
• Work in assigned area of production responsibility as scheduled in a safe and efficient manner.
• Attend departmental and branch meetings as needed to engage and complete education and training.
• Assist fellow production workers by performing duties of lesser skill, such as supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work areas and equipment.
• Consistently seek the improvement and development in assigned role/job and skills.
• Seek to develop multiple areas of capability in order to support the production team.
• Create and support a culture of adherence to branch standardization in support of, financial, service, and safety goals.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager.

Qualifications:

• Ability to work assigned shift- attendance is required
• Basic Math reasoning skills
• Lifting Ability; up to 25-50 pounds continuously; Push/Pull Ability; up to 150 pounds assisted
• Capability to work in a fast-paced work environment that may have fluctuating temperatures and loud noise levels while working with machinery in a safe and conscientious manner
• Must be able to adhere to safety standards

Preferred Qualifications:

• One year of industrial laundry experience
• Capability of understanding work instructions in English

DEPARTMENTS AND DUTIES- Quality workmanship, teamwork and regular attendance are essential in these roles.

Soil Operations: Receive; scan (track) bags of soiled garments onto counting tables. Examine articles to be cleaned, according to color, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required. Inspect soiled articles to determine sources of stains, to locate color imperfections, and to identify items requiring special treatment or repair. Place soiled garments/products into push carts (or other designated material handling equipment) for delivery to wash and dry aisle.

Dry Fold: Take clean product (gowns, aprons, towels, etc.) from basket, inspect product quality and place product into folding machine Feed clean towels into bagging machine; inspecting product quality prior to feeding into bagging machine. Hand sort, inspect and fold clean product. Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected and notify engineering of any malfunctions.

Garments: Place garments in proper areas for steam tunnel, iron or finishing. Place garments on hangers and hang on conveyor for steam tunnel processing. Iron press applicable products and transfer finished products to Bundling. Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected and notify engineering of any malfunctions.

Mending: Inspect garments to determine if minor sewing repair is necessary or if garments need to be replaced. Perform sewing tasks, such as zipper and button repairs, mending hems, etc. Ability to use sewing machine. Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected, and notify engineering of any malfunctions

Mat: Roll mats using rolling machines. Put mats into storage. Fill mat orders: sort rugs into carts for route preparation. Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected and notify engineering of any malfunctions.

Iron Operations: Take clean napkins from basket, inspect for quality, place product into machine for processing. Take clean tablecloths/sheets from basket, inspect for quality, clip corners into machine and feed through machine. Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected and notify engineering of any malfunctions.

Bundling: Bundle garments/product in a logical and coherent manner to ensure proper delivery to customer(s). Verify or count finished products to determine if product bundles or orders are complete. Load cleaned garments/product onto distribution trucks or other like material handling equipment for proper customer delivery.