Laundry Supervisor at St Andrew’s School

The School comprises two semi-autonomous Schools: the Preparatory school for pupils between of ages of 3 – 13 and the Senior School for pupils between the ages of 13-18. The School Laundry Supervisor is a whole school appointment and is responsible to the Facility Manager in the Facility/Operations Department. S/he will work closely with the Laundry team in Controls and oversees all laundry operators, laundry supplies and materials to ensure maximum efficiency in performance in the Laundry Department.

Main Responsibilities

• Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving, sorting, washing, and ironing clothes or linen in laundry;
• Ensure daily work target is achieved;
• Determines sequence of work scheduled to provide quick and efficient service to students and to regulate workloads;
• Ensuring that all personnel who are in your area have the proper Personal Protective Equipment and work equipment. Where this has not been satisfied, notify the Facility Manager/HR department for immediate action;
• Ensures safe work practices by directing staff to wear protective equipment, conducting accident investigations, instructing in the proper use of tools.
• Monitoring attendance, ensuring that all personnel in the Laundry section report on time and adhere to working hours and that sufficient laundry personnel are on duty at any given day;
• Makes rounds and inspections to assure that laundry personnel are performing required duties, appropriate laundry procedures are being rendered, and quality control measures are continually maintained;
• Planning and co-coordinating all types of leave in a way that laundry operations are not affected;
• Develop new methods for increasing laundry efficiency.
• Inspects finished laundered items to ensure conformance to standards;
• Observes operation of machines and equipment to detect possible malfunctions. To report any mechanical problems to Facility Manager immediately;
• Investigates and resolves students/matron complaint of unsatisfactory work or bundle shortage;
• Ensure that there is enough amount of cleaning detergents at all time;
• Be continually alert for the safety of all team members and reporting any unsafe conditions or suspicious activity to the immediate Facility Manager.
• Maintain equipment clean and in good working order;
• To maintain a high level of discipline in your labor force. All disciplinary issues should be solved immediately by being reported to the supervisor without delay.

Personal & professional attributes

• Minimum of five years housekeeping/Laundry Management experience in Hotel Industry.
• Diploma in Housekeeping/ Laundry Management from a recognised technical college.
• Experience in managing employees
• Excellent communication and organizational skills with Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities. Highly responsible & reliable and also ability to work cohesively with fellow colleagues