Job Description:

Job Posting Title

Linen/Clothing Specialist II

Agency

650 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Supervisory Organization

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

October 06, 2022

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Laundry II salary $28,460.00 ($13.68 hourly)

Biweekly benefit allowance for 2022 as follow:

Employee only $336.55
Employee & Spouse $669.51
Employee, Spouse & Child $786.76
Employee, Spouse & Children $855.76
Employee & Child $455.04
Employee & Children $537.63

Brief outline on retirement:

Pathfinder is a 401K with 3 plan choices:

Standard: 4.5% we put in 6%
High: 7% we put in 7%
Customized –You have the opportunity to put in any amount over 4.5% or 7%. We put in 6% for anything less than 7% and 7% for anything over 7%.

You vest 20% each year. At 5 years you are fully vested.

Additional Incentive amounts:

You can earn up to 10% of your annual salary by completing any incentive bonus listed that does not pertain to your job description and that would benefit this facility (example: keeping your CNA cert updated while working in accounting is $2600 per year because it will benefit this facility, but getting your cleat would not benefit this facility so it wouldn’t be one that you would be able to get the incentive pay for)

Student loan repayment program

We will pay $5,000 per year up to 3 year ($15,000) toward your student loans

Longevity bonus:

Longevity begins after 2 years. You receive your first longevity payment in the pay period of your anniversary date.
You will receive a longevity payment on year 2 and every year after but on even years it will increase (Example: year 2 -$250, year 3 -$250, Year 4 -$426 so on and so on)

Paid time off:

Annual leave:
• 1-5 years – 15 days a year possible – 4.62 hours biweekly (based on hours worked 0.057692 per minute)
• 5-10 years – 18 days a year possible – 5.54 hours biweekly (based on hours worked 0.069231 per minute)
• 10-20 years – 20 days per year possible – 6.15 hours biweekly (based on hours worked 0.076923 per minute)
• 20 years plus – 25 days per year possible – 7.69 hours biweekly (based on hours worked 0.096154 per minute)

Sick leave: 15 days a year possible – 4.62 hours biweekly (based on hours worked 0.057692 per minute)

Holiday leave: 11 holidays accrued yearly to use within 6 months after accrual date.

Admin Weather leave: We are considered essential personnel; we will be required to work during inclement weather. You will accrue up to 8 hours per day or 36 hours total of admin leave if you are working during inclement weather to use within the 6 months from the date of accrual.

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family perform tasks involving laundry work, sewing, alterations, and mending at a state institution, school or facility. This includes sorting, washing and maintaining clothing, linens, and draperies.

Typical Functions

• Operates washers, dryers, mangles, pressers and irons.


• Sews by hand or machine, mends, alters and repairs clothing and linen articles; constructs, maintains and hangs draperies.


• Places clothes on hangers, wraps bundles in paper with identifying tickets, and prepares for delivery.


• Performs minor machine maintenance and repair; cleans and oils machines; and maintains cleanliness of work area.


• Maintains adequate level of sewing materials, clothing and linens for an assigned area; collects, weighs and counts laundry.

Level Descriptor

This is the career level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibility for performing a full range of duties involving laundry and sewing activities. This includes preparing solutions used in the cleaning of items, making patterns, cutting material to patterns, taking measurements and fitting clothing to patients, residents and others, maintaining simple records, and making reports. Some positions may be assigned occasional functional supervision of a section of the laundry or sewing services, including assuming the duties of the supervisor in the supervisor’s absence.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of six months of experience in a commercial or institutional laundry, or commercial experience in the operation of a sewing machine, pattern making, or mending garments.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of sewing techniques; of simple pattern making and of textiles and their reaction to soaps, bleaches, bluing, alkalines, water temperature and detergents. Ability is required to operate a sewing machine; to fit and alter clothing; to operate various laundry equipment; to follow written and oral instructions and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to follow sewing patterns; and to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Special Requirements

Applicants must be willing and able to fulfill all job-related travel normally associated with this position. ## Applicants must be willing to be subject to call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. ## Some positions may require the education or experience to be in a specific area. ## Some applicants may be required to possess the necessary qualifications to be a Qualified Mental Retardation Professional as defined in the conditions of Participation for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded, Code of Federal Regulations, Subpart D, 42 CFR 483.430 (a) and (b) (5).Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. § 427.8.

Additional Job Description

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions through their Workday account. Go to Careers app on WD home screen>Click on 'Find Jobs-Internal State of Oklahoma'.

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