04/05/2022
Skills and Specifications:
• Honest person with high levels of integrity
• A keen eye for detail.
• Organized
• Excellent time management skills.
• Works independently and as part of a team
• Excellent customer skills.
• Enjoys working with and helping people
• Ability to treat guests, co workers, supervisors, and management with courtesy and professionalism.
• Accountability
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Completing the daily checklist.
• Emptying all interior and exterior trashcans and ash trays.
• Arranging, tidying, and cleaning the patio, whirlpool bath and/or pool furniture and area
• Restocking pool towels
• Watering all interior and exterior plants
• Dusting all interior plants
• Dusting furniture and lighting fixtures throughout hotel interior
• Collecting soiled linens for laundering
• Organizing and storing linen supplies in linen closet
• Assisting with the folding of linen
• Moving and arranging furniture
• Polishing metal work
• Cleaning and tidying exercise room, hallways, lobbies, loungers, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, business centers, guest laundry, vending areas, pool areas, and other work areas so they are hygienic, attractive, and orderly. Cleaning of these areas include but are not limited to sweeping, vacuuming, scrubbing dusting, removing all trash and debris, etc.
• Replenishing bathroom supplies in all Guest Public bathrooms as well as in Employee bathrooms.
• Cleaning guest rooms as needed
• Shampooing carpets and upholstery, as directed
• Using streamer to clean all tike and hard surfaces
• Cleaning manager offices. Disposing of all trash and debris.
• Washing walls, ceilings, and woodwork
• Washing windows, window sills, and door panels
• Replacing light bulbs as needed
• Delivering guest items to rooms
• Report any needed repairs immediately to supervisor (such as leaky faucet or toilets, loose tile, broken window panes, missing nuts or screws, furniture needing repairs, etc.)
• Report any lost and found items to you supervisor. Make sure you include the date the item was found and the room number or area the item was found in. Employees are not allowed to take lost and found items home
• Possible painting and light maintenance duties
• Walking the entire property to ensure the property is free of trash, debris, room service trays etc…
• Must complete special projects as assigned by the Executive Housekeeper, Chief Engineer, and/or Manager on Duty. Special projects include but are not limited to special deep cleaning projects.
Attendance/Punctuality
• Is consistently at work and on time, ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent, arrives at meeting and appointments on time.
Dependability
• Follows instructions, responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions, keeps commitments, commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals, and completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
Adaptability
• Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, changes approach or method to best fit the situation, and able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
Safety and Security
• Observes safety and security procedures, reports potentially unsafe conditions, and uses equipment and materials properly.
Physical Demands
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for several hours at a time; walk the dining room and/or lounge, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee occasionally is required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Scheduling & Transportation Requirements:
• Must be able to work weekends and holidays.
• There is no minimum guarantee on the number of hours a Houseman will work per day or per week. Housemen are scheduled based on demand, season, and special events. Hours can significantly fluctuate from season to season.
• Employees are responsible for their own transportation to and from work.
Special Note: This list is not an exhaustive list. A job description is not a definite overview of the expected duties. Items can be added in the future or on a day to day basis depending on the departmental development or needs of the hotel.
