Laundry Attendant

Laundry Attendant

Madden's is an award-winning resort, located on more than 1,000 acres, that anticipates the wishes and desires of vacationers and offers them fantastic golf, upscale dining, lakeside spa, tennis, activity programs for children, biking, shopping, and art gallery with painting classes and almost every kind of on-the-water recreation possible in Minnesota, including fishing. Madden's has distinguished itself by an emphasis on gracious hospitality, quality, and diversity. Our philosophy is simply to provide the best that Minnesota has to offer. Madden's is currently seeking seasonal full time Laundry Attendants.

Qualifications

• Assists the laundry van driver with the distribution and removal of clean and dirty linens.
• Mixes and adds detergents, dyes, bleach, starch and other solutions and chemicals to clean, color, dry or stiffen articles.
• Loads articles into washing machine, dryer or pressing machine.
• Starts washer, dryer or extractor and turns valves to regulate and monitor cleaning and drying operations.
• Cleans machine filters, lubricates equipment, and performs daily maintenance checks.
• Irons or presses sheets, napkins, and all other linens by ironing or pressing machine.
• Sorts and counts articles removed from dryer and folds, wraps, or hangs items for airing out, pickup and/or delivery.
• Examines and sorts articles to be cleaned into lots, according to color, fabric, dirt content and cleaning technique.
• Pre-soaks, sterilizes, scrubs, spot-cleans and dries contaminated or stained articles using neutralizer solutions and portable machines.
• Removes items from washing machine, dryer and/or pressing machine.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Maintains storage areas and keeps linen carts clean and tidy.
• Incorporates safe work practices in job performance.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills and Abilities

• Organized, great communication, decisive & flexible.
• Great decision-making skills.
• Must be able to work alongside other people and independently.
• Time management.
• Ability to multitask.

Education/Experience

High School diploma or GED equivalent.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

Work is performed in our laundry facility and may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibrations. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions, including heat. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

Physical Demands

Primarily standing for prolonged periods of time. Must have the ability to stand, walk, talk/hear, both in person and by telephone, occasionally required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch and lift up to 50 pound boxes and items sometimes repeatedly.

Expected Hours of Work

Variable work schedule with nights and weekends required.

Travel

Less than 10% travel required.