Laundry Leader

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sioux Falls VA Health Care System is seeking a Textile Care Work Leader to oversee laundry and linen operations at SFVAHCS. You will supervise staff, direct processing, distribution, and equipment operation, and provide day-to-day technical guidance to a multi-grade team.

This role emphasizes safety, adherence to procedures, and performance in a demanding healthcare laundry environment, with emphasis on quality, timeliness, and compliance with regulations.

Qualifications

• Ability to Lead or Supervise
• Dexterity and Safety
• Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
• Materials
• Operation of Equipment/Machinery
• Technical Practices
• Work Practices

Responsibilities

• Lead workers engaged in laundry and linen operations, including processing, distribution, equipment operation, and associated support programs.
• Perform nonsupervisory laundry and textile care work and provide day-to-day technical direction to a multi-grade team.

Job description

The position serves as the Textile Care Work Leader for the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS). The position leads workers engaged in laundry and linen operations, including processing, distribution, equipment operation, and associated support programs. The position performs nonsupervisory laundry and textile care work and provides day to day technical direction to a multi grade team.

DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENT

This position requires a current, valid state driver's license. Please do not upload a copy of your license at this time. If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your current, valid, and unrestricted state driver's license.

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS

Work requires daily walking, standing, bending, reaching, stooping, pushing carts, pulling loads, and lifting items up to 50 pounds. Some administrative work is sedentary. Work is performed in hot, humid environments with strong odors, noise, moving machinery, and potential exposure to infectious materials and chemicals. PPE is mandatory. Work involves confined spaces and mechanical hazards requiring strict adherence to safety procedures.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume.

You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Ability to Lead or Supervise
• Dexterity and Safety
• Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
• Materials
• Operation of Equipment/Machinery
• Technical Practices
• Work Practices

IMPORTANT

A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.