Banquet Setup Houseperson

Omni Hotels & Resorts • Fort Lauderdale, FL

108d

About The Position

Be a part of the pre-opening team for the Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel! Opening Fall 2025, the Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is a 29-story hotel, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, and connected directly to the Broward County Convention. The property offers 801 guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, a vibrant rooftop bar, a sprawling pool, spa, and fitness center. The hotel will also have over 120,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom, 25 breakout rooms and pre-function meeting space with waterfront views.

Requirements

• Previous banquet and event set up experience, preferred.
• Previous hospitality/customer service experience, preferred.
• Ability to clearly and pleasantly communicate both verbally and in writing in English with guests, management and co-workers, both in person and by radio.
• Ability to work cohesively with co-workers both within and outside of your department.
• Ability to think clearly, quickly and make concise decisions.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and follow up in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle stressful situations, while maintaining a calm and welcoming demeanor.
• Must be able to stand and walk for an extended period or for duration of shift.
• Must be able to work flexible shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Cleans banquet and meeting facilities prior to set-up.
• Sets of equipment (i.e., tables, chairs, linens, office items, glassware, and pitchers) to Daily Work Sheet specifications.
• Provides required amenities, as dictated by Banquet Department Standards.
• Refresh meeting rooms during meal and coffee breaks (trash removal, refreshment of pads & pens, wipe tables refresh of candy caddies' glassware and water pitcher or water bottles).
• Break down meeting rooms as soon as possible after end of function and vacuum room.
• Moves convention material boxes, programs, etc. from hotel receiving docks, registration areas, sleeping rooms, or suites.
• When client packages are ready to ship back, move to the shipping location.
• Caring for the equipment.
• Accommodates special customer needs, hanging banners for meetings and food/beverage functions.
• Organizing and maintaining the back of the house areas to ensure a productive, safe and energy conserving work environment.
• Inspects each function room prior to and during breaks to ensure that all requirements reflected on the daily worksheets are met.
• Specific hotel standards must also be fulfilled: Walls, baseboards, and light fixtures cleaned.
• Room to be vacuumed thoroughly.
• Drapes to be hung properly.
• Lighting and temperature control to client request.
• Maintain cleanliness of Banquet meeting space and equipment.
• Tablecloths and skirting to be cleaned and pressed.
• Uniformity among all set-ups in accordance.
• Ensures that cleanliness and order of all storage areas is maintained.
• Completes special projects as directed by department management.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer - vets/disability.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Accommodation