Also called: Healthcare Linen Plant Manager, Uniform Rental Plant Manager
Runs a giant laundry factory that washes millions of pounds of hospital sheets, chef coats and work uniforms every week.
Tunnel washers the size of school buses run nonstop, and you watch the numbers: pounds per hour, water use, steam and rewash rates. You fix a jam that stops the line, schedule trucks to 40 hospitals and train new workers on the folding machines. Hospitals need clean sheets by 6 a.m., no excuses.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in operations or business helps; many rise from supervisor roles in the plant.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration.
Growing about average. Hospitals and hotels keep outsourcing laundry.
Low risk for 10 years. Robots sort and fold more items each year; leading crews, fixing breakdowns and hitting delivery times stays human.
Classes: Business class, Physics, Shop or engineering class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-3051.
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