Dry Cleaner - Full-Time

Pay rate: $18.00 per hour based on experience

Best Cleaners is seeking an enthusiastic Dry Cleaner to join our close-knit organization. We provide a variety of exceptional garment-based services including dry cleaning and tailoring. Dry Cleaners play an important part in giving our customers the excellent service that makes us successful. The ideal Dry Cleaner is a quick learner, has a high attention to detail and flexibility. This is an excellent opportunity to begin your career with our collaborative team. 

For full-time Dry Cleaners, we offer:

• Free uniform shirts
• Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Six paid holidays
• Paid birthday for all employees - part-time or full-time!
• No Sundays or late nights!
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Vacation after one year
• 401K after one year with a generous company match of up to 5% of your pay
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) after one year
• 50% discount on dry cleaning at our facilities.

DRY CLEANER/PANTS PRESSER: Produce clean and spot-free garments. Press pants and sweaters with wrinkle and impression free results. Process garments in accordance with Best Cleaners’ standards of safety, quality, and speed. 

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Use assigned equipment to dry-clean garments; reject items not ready for pressing.
• Identify spots and stains; perform proper spotting techniques as needed.
• Search all pockets. Never rely on others to search customer pockets.
• Sort garments; load machine for lint-free garments.
• Hang cleaned garments; avoid basket wrinkles.
• Between loads, use assigned equipment to press pants and sweaters.
• Hang finished garments, inspect quality of work and touch-up as necessary.
• Mark-in garments as needed. 
• Any additional tasks assigned by Store Manager or staff members.

MAINTENANCE

• Maintain the dry-cleaning system according to schedule. (Lint traps, still, water separator, etc.) 
• Maintain proper solvent levels; Keep daily and weekly poundage records.
• Spin and pre-coat according to schedule.
• Observe padding for wear and tear and replace as necessary.
• Report malfunctioning machinery to the Manager.

For 70+ years, Best Cleaners has been the premier provider of dry-cleaning services to the Greater Hartford area. Whether it's tailoring, bridal gown preservation, or our environmentally friendly GreenEarth dry cleaning services, we pride ourselves in giving our customers an outstanding experience. With many locations, we are an active member of the community. To apply for this position and learn more about us, please visit our website at www.bestcleaners.com/careers/ .

• Dry-cleaning certification - not required but we can train you!
• Knowledge of spotting techniques.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Understanding of flow of garments as it pertains to production standards.
• Flexibility to increase/reduce hours during busy/slow periods. 
• This job may entail hot indoor air temperatures, noisy conditions, standing for long periods of time and lifting garments and products up to 30lbs.