Laundry Care Technician I – Benefits Included

Dupage County; Wheaton (IL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

FSA

Life insurance

Pension plan

Deferred compensation

Tuition reimbursement

Pre-paid legal

Credit union

Holiday pay

Vacation leave

Sick leave

Personal days

Job summary

DuPage County’s Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center is seeking a Laundry Attendant I to support daily laundry operations, sorting, washing, drying, and delivering linens to resident floors. This position offers a complete benefits package and paid time off through designated holidays and vacation/sick/personal days.

A post-offer physical and pre-employment background check are required. High school diploma or GED is required, with physical duties including lifting and standing for long periods.

Qualifications

• Completion of a High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma equivalent

Responsibilities

• Sorts and shakes out laundry after it has been removed from washers
• Loads and unloads dryers with appropriate mix of heavy/light linens
• Sets time cycle according to type and size of load in dryer
• Detects problems, errors and deficiencies requiring re-wash
• Transfers resident personal clothing from dryer to hangers
• Folds clothing and linen in prescribed manner
• Presses items needing ironing
• Mends linen
• Prepares and packages resident personal clothing for delivery to floors
• Loads wheeled carts with predetermined par levels of linens to deliver to floors
• Removes lint from dryers
• Cleans equipment
• Marks all new linen and resident personal clothing
• Counts and sorts incoming laundry and counts and checks out finished laundry
• Counts and records linen returned on exchange carts
• Maintains accurate records on daily linen carts, and outside service and resident clothing
• Assists in quarterly linen inventory
• Detects and reports equipment alarms and signs of failure or breaking down
• Informs supervisor of any accidents, incidents, hazardous situations or equipment breakdowns
• Maintains regular interactions with residents

Skills

Laundry handling

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

DuPage County’s Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center is seeking a Laundry Attendant I to support daily laundry operations, sorting, washing, drying, and delivering linens to resident floors. This position offers a complete benefits package and paid time off through designated holidays and vacation/sick/personal days.

A post-offer physical and pre-employment background check are required. High school diploma or GED is required, with physical duties including lifting and standing for long periods.