Production Iron Operator

Colonial Group; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group is seeking a dedicated warehouse associate for our Caspian MI laundry facility. You will stage, feed, and fold towels, napkins, and other merchandise on the ironer, ensuring minimal wrinkling and accurate bundling.

Responsibilities include inspecting items for quality, verifying quantities, moving carts weighing up to 300 lbs, and maintaining a safe, clean work environment. Shift: 5am-1:30pm, M-F; pay $17.08/hour.

Qualifications

• Understanding and applying training, written and verbal instructions.
• Basic math skills.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Reliable attendance and schedule adherence.

Responsibilities

• Stage and feed merchandise on ironer to reduce wrinkling.
• Receive and fold merchandise from ironer.
• Identify and segregate items not meeting quality standards.
• Verify merchandise quantity and proper bundling by type.
• Move full and empty carts safely.
• Maintain a safe, clean work environment; follow production practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Basic math

Teamwork

Communication

Attendance

Follow instructions

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

• Stages and feeds merchandise (towels, napkins, table clothes, aprons, etc.) on ironer properly to reduce wrinkling and tangling.
• Receives and folds merchandise from ironer.
• Identifies and segregates merchandise not meeting specified quality standards in terms of rips, tears, holes, and stains.
• Accurately verifies merchandise quantity and bundles by type. Places bundles in correct storage carts.
• Maneuvers full and empty carts.
• 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/or written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to meet attendance schedule.
• Work is based on a shift schedule, and may include weekends.
• Overtime required as needed.

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.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Position involves repetitive motions over the duration of an entire shift.
• Requires bending, reaching, pulling, twisting, and lifting.
• Requires the use of hands for grasping and other manipulations.
• Requires standing and walking for long periods of time.
• Requires ability to push carts weighing approximately 300 lbs.

Education

High school degree or equivalent preferred.

Location: MC#626 Caspian MI

Pay: $17.08 an hour

Shift: 5am-1:30pm M-F