Laundry Attendant

Laundry Attendant

The Laundry Attendant maintains constant supply of clean linens for the hotel. Cleans laundry machinery and laundry area. Operate the wash machine to produce clean, sanitary linen and terry.

Essential functions include:

• Pulls and sorts soiled hotel linen.
• Manually loads pre-weight articles into washer or wash wheel until machine is loaded to designated capacity.
• Closes door and starts machine. Adds soap, detergents, bleaches and/or washing solutions through trough as required during various washing cycles resulting in a clean and sanitary wash.
• Observes machine movement indicator to ensure turning of wash wheel in alternate directions to avoid tangling of articles.
• Observes and listens to operations of machine and reports malfunctions to supervisor.
• Keeps records of total weight of wash processed each day for budgetary and production purposes.
• Load washed articles into dryers when completely with wash deck responsibilities.
• Assist with loading and unloading of linen carts to and from the truck as well as transporting linen carts to designated laundry areas in each building.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications include:

• Must be able to lift, push and pull at least 25 to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time or entire shift
• Must be able to reach over head, bend, and kneel repetitively and periodically.