Laundry Specialist at Little Bill Laundry 

Leyton E10 7QP

Contract 40 hours a week (Shift Pattern 5/ 7 days working from 06:00-14:30/14:30 -23:00)

£26,475  GBP + Benefits 

Our Laundry service – Little Bill Laundry – located in Leyton, provides washing services and linen rental producing over 500,000 items a week for our 7 Imperial London Hotels and other hotel brands across central London.  We are a family business with over 113 years of experience and are committed to providing a green, sustainable and reliable service through investing in the best machinery and operating a fleet or CNG vehicles to lead the way for sustainable laundry process

We are recruiting for a Laundry Specialist working 40 hours per at our Leyton site location.

What you will be doing

Our Laundry Specialist undertake a range of physical and heavy manual duties at the laundry. Operating washer extractors and dries at wash house, filling specific forms for the wash house to keep records and count of daily wash house production and submit this to the Shift leader at the end of shift. You will be responsible for checking the quality of the linen at packaging areas account and pack them in cages boxes with the delivery notes. 

• Follow the system of rewash and treatment wash, use the spot cleaners in a safe way of followed by COSHH training.
• Check the quality of the linen at packaging areas count and pack them in cages and boxes, insert delivery notes on each cage and box.
• Changing a cage full of Towels/Sheets to empty one
• Feeding pillow slips, towels, tablecloths and sheets into the machine

What would like from you

If you have worked as a previous laundry hand or operator then that is great, though if you haven’t, don’t worry as we’ll ensure you have full training to show you how to perform all duties of the role and safely using the laundry equipment.   What we would like from you is a positive attitude, your hard work and commitment to do a great job but most importantly working together as a team player.

What you will get in return

• Holidays 28 (inc. of bank holidays) pro-rota increasing with length of service up to 33 days after 5 years of service. 
• Uniform & dry-cleaning
• Workplace pension scheme
• £300 Refer a Friend Scheme
• Employee recognition 
• Employee awards 
• Social events
• Interest-free Season Ticket Loan / Travelcard Loan 
• 50% discount to friends and family in our hotels on hotel rooms & 20% discount in our restaurants (subject to availability)
• Local discounts at Gym, Dry Cleaners, Bowling and Restaurant outlets
• Shopping discounts across several high-street brands and online retailers 
• Sabbatical leave (subject to eligibility)
• Mental health first aiders support & well-being 
• Employee Assistance Programme- Supported by Hospitality Action: 
  • Career Guidance, Life Coaching & Tenancy Agreements 
  • Legal Assistance & Financial Assistance
  • Wellbeing Tools e.g. personal counselling, addiction support, digital fitness programmes, nutrition guides and recipes etc. 

Career & Development Benefits: 

• Training and development through our Imperial London Hotels Academy
• Access to fully funded apprenticeships (subject to eligibility)
• £1,000 for your chosen course for development once you complete our Buddy programme (subject to eligibility)
• Access to Supported Study Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Annual Free English Course accredited by UCL Centre for Languages & International Education
• Opportunity to explore other roles within Imperial London Hotels after 1 year of service.

Extended Benefits: 

• Technology Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Cycle to Work Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Workplace Nursery Scheme (subject to eligibility)