Laundry Machine Operator

About the job

The Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Spokane is hiring a full-time laundry machine operator for the laundry section of its Building Management Service. The operator washes, neutralizes and dries the medical center's soiled linens and textiles.

The laundry is noisy, hot and humid, and sorting soiled linen can expose workers to blood borne pathogens and sharps.

What you'll do

• Sort soiled linens and pre-soak stained items as needed
• Weigh each wash load so washer/extractors are balanced and neither overloaded nor underloaded
• Wash soiled textiles and unload the clean ones
• Run dryers, the pneumatic lift system and weigh carts
• Add oxygenated bleaches, laundry alkalis, sours and detergents correctly so soil lifts out and loads are properly neutralized
• Push heavy carts and drive vehicles in a controlled traffic area in all weather

What you need

• Training or experience showing you can work as a laundry machine operator without more than normal supervision, in areas such as textile processing, commercial laundry, cleaning and sanitation (no set length of experience is required)
• A resume that describes your duties in detail and the hours per week for each job
• All requirements met by the announcement's closing date
• Heavy physical effort, including pulling wet laundry from washers, pushing loaded carts and lifting bundles of 50 pounds or more
• Able to stand for long periods, stoop, bend and work at a rapid pace for long stretches
• Able to wear personal protective equipment
• Open to the applicant groups listed for this job, including veterans, current and former federal employees, military spouses and individuals with disabilities

Schedule

• Full-time