Production Iron Operator

Vestis Corporation; Odessa (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Vestis Corporation in Odessa, TX is seeking a team-oriented Laundry Associate to join our industrial facility. You will stage, feed, and handle towels, napkins, tablecloths, and aprons, ensuring accurate counts and quality standards while operating ironers and carts.

Work hours are M-F 5am-1:30pm with overtime as needed; the role requires standing for long periods and the ability to lift and move carts up to 300 lbs. High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to understand training and instructions.
• Strong basic math skills.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Shift work with potential weekends; overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

• Stage and feed merchandise on ironer to reduce wrinkling.
• Receive and fold merchandise from ironer.
• Identify and segregate merchandise not meeting quality standards (rips, tears, stains).
• Verify quantity and bundles; place in correct storage carts.
• Maneuver full and empty carts; maintain a safe, clean work environment.

Skills

Basic math

Communication

Teamwork

Attendance

Overtime

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

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

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#287 Odessa, TX