Laundry Cart Technician

Job Description

Division Laundry & Cleaners, Inc.

Job Title: Laundry Cart Technician FLSA Status: Nonexempt

Department: Maintenance

Reports to: Maintenance Manager

Approved by: Patricia Garcia Luna

Approved date: October 2023

Job Summary

The Laundry Cart Technician reports to the Maintenance Manager and is assigned to perform various duties required for the upkeep and repair of laundry carts and related equipment. May perform other projects as assigned.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Laundry Cart Technician may perform some or all the following duties during a given shift:

• Clean and/or lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of laundry carts.
• Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools and power tools and reassemble laundry carts and other related equipment.
• Perform routine preventative maintenance to ensure laundry carts continue to run smoothly.
• Maintain proper levels of salt in water softener tanks.
• Perform basic repairs on non-mechanical equipment such as slings.
• Perform routine building maintenance such as blow-downs, painting, lighting, and general clean-up of shop areas, production floor, and property yard.
• Update equipment records on all maintenance performed
• Demonstrates friendly and respectful behavior in the work environment
• Must be physically able to operate forklift and must pass required training and certification
• Safely use hand and power tools throughout the facility
• Safely operate scissor lifts, forklifts, and other material-handling equipment
• Must be willing to work long hours and flexible schedule on an as-needed basis

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to read and write in English
• Quality oriented and high attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations
• Strong teamwork skills, ready and willing to work closely with team members
• Open, and able to, work day or night shifts, and willing to rotate shifts depending on production need
• Open and able to work long hours and working weekends (Saturday/Sunday) when necessary
• Provide basic hand tools for personal use
• Basic knowledge of plumbing and mechanical fabrication
• Proficient in English in both written and oral
• Basic knowledge and understanding of LOTO and OSHA safety requirements as related to industrial operations
• Must be physically able to operate forklift and must pass required training and certification.
• Pass a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working in a plant environment

Physical Requirements.

• Must be able to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair process and support equipment within the facility.
• Safely perform basic machining operations such as threading, drilling, tapping, and
• grinding
• Safely use hand and power tools throughout the facility
• Safely operate scissor lifts, forklifts, and other material handling equipment
• Must be willing to work long hours and flexible schedule on an as-needed basis
• Physical demands include constant standing and frequent walking throughout entire work shift. Maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on work surface to access and repair, diagnose, and work on various machinery and equipment.
• Constant reaching above and below shoulder height, twisting, applying pressure, grasping, and pulling (including fingers, thumb, and palm) items in a repetitive motion.
• Lifting and raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This occurs constantly throughout the shift requiring substantial use of the upper arms, shoulders, and back muscles.
• All employees working in this role must be able to constantly ascend and descend stairways, and ladders or scaffolding including accessing roof throughout the entire facility for the duration of the shift
• Frequent twisting and bending of the neck and at the waist, kneeling crawling to access equipment to maintain, inspect and repair equipment.
• Ability to perform work in small tight areas such as permit required confined spaces.
• Constant throughout entire 8-hour shift, fingering, fine manipulation, picking and grasping primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
• Repetitive hand movement includes simple and power grasping, pushing, and pulling items.
• Heavy work, including ability to exert force, lifting and move up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis and exerting force and lifting up to 20 pounds force constantly to move objects throughout the entire facility.
• Pulling, using upper arms and shoulders to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to understand, remember and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information.
• Ability to remember and communicate routine, factual information.
• Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology
• Ability to apply common sense and make decisions which have a moderate impact on the immediate work unit
• Ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines.
• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicating orally with others accurately, loudly, and quickly
• Ability to count accurately
• Required to wear and use personal protective equipment as required by job task based on hazard assessment.
• Ability to hear for safety and awareness of surroundings.
• Must be able to meet all of the physical demands for the entire shift.
• Frequently operates hand and power tools to make repairs to equipment and machinery.
• Required to wear and use personal protective equipment (PPE) as needed including but not limited to facemask, respirators, earplugs, gloves, protective safety eyewear, etc.
• Must be physically able to operate forklift and must pass required training and certification.
• Ability to meet the physical demands for the entire shift.

Work Environment

Production areas of a typical industrial laundry facility, which includes working with and around large machinery, variations in temperature (non-air-conditioned work area), noise, humidity, odors, biological hazards, and other hazards. Frequent exposure to hazards including confined spaces, chemicals, steam under pressure, climbing, working in positions above and under equipment and throughout/outside of the facility.

Worker is subject to sustained hot working environment. Internal and external environmental conditions without cooling air conditioning and internal temperatures vary and can be within range of 90 degrees Fahrenheit and higher. Worker is exposed to noise. There is sufficient noise to require the worker to shout to be heard above ambient noise level.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

EEO Statement

Employees of Division Laundry & Cleaners, Inc. are protected by federal laws, Presidential Executive Orders, and other laws designed to protect employees from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or any other non-merit based factor. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring practices, appraisal systems, promotions, and training and career development programs.

Employees of Division Laundry & Cleaners, Inc. are also protected against retaliation. Consistent with federal laws, acts of retaliation against an employee who engages in a protected activity such as, whistle blowing, or the exercise of any appeal or grievance right provided by law will not be tolerated. Managers and supervisors of Division Laundry & Cleaners, Inc. are also reminded of their responsibility to prevent, document, and promptly correct harassing conduct in the workplace.

This job description has been approved by:

Chief Operations Officer: Theresa Garcia

Human Resources: Patricia Garcia Luna

My signature below constitutes my understanding of the requirements, essential functions, and duties of the position. Further, I understand that future performance evaluations and merit increases to my pay are based on my ability to perform the duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description to the satisfaction of my immediate supervisor.

I have discussed any questions I may have had about this job description prior to signing this form.

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