Housekeeper

Grand Adirondack Hotel • Lake Placid, NY

48d • Onsite

About The Position

Maintain the hotel rooms and building to ensure a safe and clean experience for hotel guests, associates, and vendors.

Requirements

• Knowledge of and ability to comply with workplace statutory requirements, including health and safety, fire prevention, hygiene, and handling of potentially harmful substances
• Ability to communicate effectively with hotel guests, i.e., to announce arrival at door and to clearly understand requests from guests
• Strong ability to use cleaning supplies, vacuum, safety equipment, and other equipment and materials used in carrying out housekeeping functions
• Ability to work effectively in a place of varying levels of noise
• Ability to solve problem relating to guests, with strong customer service skills
• Strong self-starting personality and ability to display professional attitude and appearance always
• Ability to work in a team setting, providing support to co-workers whenever called upon to offer assistance

Responsibilities

• Works in a safe/efficient manner to assure quality
• Reports any problem areas, which affect the safety, security, and operating condition of the hotel.
• Change bed linen daily.
• Vacuum carpeting.
• Dust all furniture (picture frames, bed frames, lamps, TVs, dressers).
• Remove fingerprints and smudges (ex. mirrors, shiny surfaces, windows, etc.).
• Thoroughly clean the bathroom area - wash shower stall, sink, floor, toilet, etc.
• Make sure that the standard room set-up is complied with.
• Report immediately all damage found in a room.
• Assist in maintaining all front of house and back of house housekeeping areas including laundry room and linen closets.
• Report immediately all missing items in room.
• Report immediately personal guest items found in vacant rooms.
• Notify Executive Housekeeper of all rollaways or cribs in rooms for pick-up and storage.
• Take responsibility for master floor keys and make sure it is turned in daily.
• Turn in immediately all "lost and found" items to Executive Housekeeper.
• Shut off all lights, TVs and air conditioners when leaving room.
• Assist housekeeper in any additional cleaning chores she may assign.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed