Laundry Service Manager - 77033

Laundry Services Manager is responsible for cleaning and maintaining the residential facility to make sure that it meets any housekeeping sanitation requirements and provides a comfortable space for residents and employees. Responsible for ensuring a consistent supply of clean, neat, and quality linens and clothing, with a particular focus on the laundering of linens to ensure sanitation and hygiene standards are met per health department standards. 

Essential Functions:

1. Work with housekeeping and laundry staff as well as other facility staff to ensure proper training of cleaning, sanitation, and infection control practices. 
2. Responsible for sorting and washing soiled laundry; loading and unloading machines; shaking, ironing, folding, sorting, and tracking clean laundry; disposing of unusable items and reporting needs for replacement; storing and securing supplies and equipment; and cleaning the laundry area.
3. Assign housekeeping and laundry staff their duties and inspect work to ensure standards of cleanliness and proper sanitation are met. 
4. Responsible for supervising the laundry aide staff in the residential facility. 
5. Conduct orientation training and in-service training to explain policies, work procedures, and to demonstrate use and maintenance of equipment.
6. Assist to schedule departmental staff and manages time off requests and absenteeism.
7. Make recommendations to improve service and ensure more efficient operation.
8. Perform cleaning duties to support staff and in cases of emergency or staff shortage.
9. Maintain assigned facilities as prescribed (includes: sweeping and mopping floors, dusting common areas, cleaning dry erase/chalkboards, cleaning furniture, toilet fixtures, basins, mirrors, lavatories, classrooms and offices).
10. Check stocking levels of cleaning supplies and replace when appropriate.
11. Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety and be aware of any company-related. 
12. Sort, wash, load, and unload laundry. 
13. Make beds, change linens and tide up rooms. 
14. Iron clothing items. 
15. Use any cleaning equipment such as vacuums, mops, and other cleaning tools. 
16. Empty trash cans and bins and recycle paper receptors. Removes other designated trash.
17. Replenish dispensers needed (includes paper towels, toilet tissue, trash can liners and hand soap).
18. Perform specialized/deep cleaning. 
19. Notify superiors on any damages, deficits and disturbances. 
20. Maintain supply closets stocked and in orderly manner.
21. Ensure that facility service calls are responded to, scheduled and completed in a timely and proper manner that minimizes disruptions.
22. Respond to handle all emergency issues.
23. Perform cleanliness inspections.
24. Other task and responsibilities as assigned. 

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned 

Qualifications and Requirements

• Level: High School Diploma or equivalent
• 1 year of experience as Housekeeper.
• 2 years as Laundry Attendant or relevant position.
• 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Customer service experience preferred. 
• Ability to work with a variety of cleaning equipment and chemicals. 
• Ability to perform all duties as required with or without an accommodation. 

Work Conditions/ Physical Effort

Work is performed mostly in an office setting. Evening and weekend work are requirements of the position as necessary. Regular computer work is required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; finger, handle, or feel objects, or controls; reach; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and must be able to work on a ladder. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The physical demands and work environment characteristics described above are representative of the physical capabilities that must be met by an employee and the working conditions that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.