Full Time Production Associate

Colonial Group; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group in Wichita, KS seeks an entry-level warehouse worker to join our industrial laundry team. You will assist with loading, sorting, and staging merchandise, ensuring accurate counts and safe handling on the wash floor.

The role emphasizes teamwork, attention to detail, and the ability to work a shift schedule with possible weekends. High school diploma preferred; prior warehouse experience is a plus, and the team follows strict safety practices in a noisy, climate-controlled

Qualifications

• Ability to understand training, written, and verbal instructions.
• Working knowledge of basic math.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepares daily slings or carts for the wash floor.
• Verifies merchandise type and quantity on the PUC card; groups items by sling.
• Identifies counts and totals damaged merchandise and records on the PUC card.
• Maintains a safe, clean work environment and follows production best practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Instruction comprehension

Basic math

Communication

Teamwork

Attendance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Performs work as part of a team in an industrial laundry facility. Responsible for the safe, expeditious, and accurate handling of merchandise into and/or out of the laundry facility.

Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Prepares appropriate numbers of daily slings or carts/carriers for the wash floor.
• Verifies merchandise type and quantity on PUC card; segregates like items together in a sling.
• Identifies counts, and totals ruin or damaged merchandise and records on the PUC card.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment, and observes best practices in all production activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to understand all required training, written, and verbal instructions.
• Working knowledge of basic math skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to meet attendance schedule.

Working Environment / Safety Requirements

• Work is performed in a warehouse setting and regularly exposed to outside weather conditions, extreme heat and cold conditions as well as dust and noise.
• Work is based on a shift schedule, and may include weekends.
• Overtime required as needed.

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires the ability to move or maneuver slings or carriers weighing up to 220 lbs.
• Requires the ability to move, lift, carry, push, or pull product weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Requires bending, reaching, pulling, and pressing at shoulder level and below waist area.
• Requires the use of hands for grasping and other manipulations.
• Requires standing and walking for long periods of time.

Education

High school degree or equivalent preferred.