Restoration & Cleaning Assistant
3 days ago
**Company description**
DisasterCare Red Dragon are a specialist restoration company for têxtiles and leather goods. Based in Capel Hendre, Ammanford.
**Job description**
At DisasterCare Red Dragon we are a small and friendly team that specialises in cleaning and restoring soft contents and personal items following floods and fires. We work closely with the UK's leading insurance companies. Due to an increased volume of work and business expansion, we're looking to grow our team based at our restoration unit in Capel Hendre just outside Ammanford.
The key purpose of this role will be to clean and restore items such as clothing, bedding, soft furnishings, shoes and handbags as rapidly and meticulously as possible to be able to return items to customers in a pre peril condition.
Day to day tasks may include:
- Use our iCare system and Validation Price List to produce a full list of items to be cleaned, and their replacement costs.
- Check items for type of damage, taking photos of pre-existing damage and sort them according to colour and fabric type.
- Identify items which are beyond cleaning or restoring.
- Tagging articles with tickets for easy identification.
- Treating stains and loading contents into machines for cleaning.
- Post wash checks.
- Drying contents to an appropriate condition prior to finishing.
- Finishing items which may include folding, ironing or utilising specialist finishing equipment such as conditioners, polish etc.
- Packing contents to a high standard, ready to be returned to customers.
- Keeping work areas clean and tidy.
- Completing any necessary paperwork relating to order processes.
- Working to KPI’s set.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Hands on, practical, problem solving mind-set.
- Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively by adapting quickly to changing priorities without compromising on quality.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet strict deadlines.
- Experience using and learning new technologies and software such as smart phones/tablets/PC's to update databases and progress on jobs.
- Highly organised and an accurate record keeper.
- Team player and excellent communicator.
- Calm under pressure.
- Uses own initiative to improve ways of working.
- Previous laundry or dry cleaning experience would be beneficial, but not essential as full training will be given.
Please note, we have to adhere to a strict smoke free work policy due to the nature and requirements of the work we do, keeping a 'clean' shop floor at all times.
**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
**Salary**: From £9.50 per hour
**Benefits**:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
COVID-19 considerations:
We have appropriate Covid-19 policies in place which are in line with government guidance.
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