K-Bro - founded in 1954 – is a trusted leader in laundry and linen services with 10 facilities across Canada. K-Bro provides service to some of the most recognized healthcare and hospitality organizations across Canada. Today, K-Bro is an international company with a strong presence in the northeast of England and Scotland and employs over 2,600 employees. K-Bro is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: KBL)

Key Responsibilities

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Monitors washing of soil linens utilizing a computer controlled automated system process. Organize loads and keep area organized. Ensuring Company and Hotel products meet company and customer guidelines, quality standards/ requirements. Responsible for achieving and maintaining company set production goals and standards. Complete any special requests.

This is an entry-level production position with the chance to be promoted to lead hand and production supervisor.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Monitor tunnel washer load sequence, soil rail system, soil sort loads, dryer line/shuttle system and dryer clean rail systems.
- Monitor any system faults and corrects faults to ensure production goals are achieved.
- Ensure standard tunnel load sequences are followed.
- Follow processing sequence of hotel accounts to maintain scheduled delivery times.
- Ensure equipment is working properly and report to maintenance department any required repairs.
- Ensure soil loads are properly weighed,



and correct wash formulas are entered into tunnel computers.
- Correct overweight loads from sorting belt following safe work procedures.
- Manually override loads on lower sort conveyor belt for small volume hotel accounts and special requests following safe work procedures.
- Correct system faults on MLA’s, dryers, shuttle, press, tunnels and sorting belt.
- Assist soil dumpers in unloading/loading trailers.
- Assist in unloading deliveries.
- Monitor and documents production numbers for tunnel washers hourly.
- Perform any other assigned tasks requested by Supervisor/ Managers.

Qualifications & Skills

Education: Minimum Grade 10

Experience: 0 – 6 months

Knowledge, Skills and Ability:

- Interpersonal skills, team player
- Fluent English verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of linen products is preferred
- On site training offered

Work Hours: 10 hours * 4 days per week; must be able to work at least one day on weekends

WORKING CONDITIONS:

- This position is located in a production plant environment, and the work requires continual physical effort all day such as bending, standing, lifting, grasping, stretching, pushing and pulling heavy objects.
- Constant exposure to low-level noise from machines in the plant.
- Constant exposure to lint/dust particles in the air.
- Constant exposure to humidity and heat.

Pay: $19.40 per hour

Benefits

- In office parking

Work Location: In person

📌 Tunnel Washer Operator (Burnaby)
🏢 An established commercial laundry
📍 Burnaby