Houseperson- Housekeeping

Crescent Careers • Orlando, FL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The primary function of the Houseperson is to ensure the highest level of cleanliness and safety in all public and back of the house areas. This role promotes excellent public relations and 100% guest satisfaction. Responsibilities include maintaining the cleanliness of exterior grounds, sweeping floors and sidewalks, cleaning doors, frames, signs, and windows, and dusting lobby areas. The Houseperson must use proper chemicals for cleaning as described by the department’s procedures, immediately report maintenance deficiencies, damage, or loss to the Housekeeping Department, and turn in lost and found items in accordance with hotel standards. They are responsible for cleaning and sanitizing assigned public and back of the house areas, and operating and maintaining equipment such as vacuums, extractors, burnishing/buffing machines, brooms, wet-vacuums, and upholstery cleaners. The Houseperson also maintains the cleanliness of carpets, tile, cement, marble, glass, and all other surfaces. They transfer and stock supplies from central supplies, ensure the Housekeeping storeroom is neat, organized, and secure, and assist in cleaning and restocking Room Attendant carts. Additional duties include using the glass washer to clean glasses, refilling spray bottles with cleaning chemicals, wiping down and cleaning Room Attendant carts, cleaning chandeliers and wall lamps in hallways, properly using and maintaining equipment and supplies, maintaining the condition of grounds, floors, carpets, etc., cleaning ashtrays and ash urns, cleaning elevator doors, tracks, and foyers, washing doors, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping hallways, cleaning interior windows, cleaning door jambs and fire boxes, cleaning and mopping stairwells, cleaning handrails, moving furniture in rooms as required, cleaning spots on walls and carpets, assisting Attendants by emptying trash and taking it to the compactor, cleaning back of the house windows as needed, checking all vacuums used by Room Attendants, and completing all daily cleaning items for the assigned public area in a timely manner.

Requirements

• Good service skills
• Ability to work as part of a dynamic team to consistently deliver a quality product
• Knowledge of and ability to use Resilient Floor cleaning/polishing and carpet shampoo equipment etc.
• Able to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends and holidays

Responsibilities

• Stripe out linen, terry, and trash from vacant rooms
• Lift and rotate mattresses quarterly
• Follows OSHA regulations and all policies and procedures as set forth by Housekeeping Department
• Cleans/maintains exterior grounds of building, sweeps floors and sidewalks. cleans doors, frames, signs, and windows
• Cleans and dusty lobby areas
• User proper chemicals when cleaning as described by department’s procedures
• Immediately reports maintenance deficiencies, damage, or loss to Housekeeping Department
• Turns lost and found items in accordance with hotel standards
• Cleans and sanitizes assigned public and back of the house area
• Operates and maintains the following equipment (once trained): vacuums, extractors, burnishing/buffing machines, brooms, wet-vacuums, and upholstery cleaners
• Maintains the highest level of cleanliness of the following (once trained): carpets, tile, cement, marble, glass, and all other surfaces
• Transfers and stocks all supplies from central supplies as directed
• Ensures that Housekeeping storeroom is neat, organized, and secure
• Assist in the cleaning and restocking of Room Attendant carts
• Uses glass washer to clean glasses
• Refills spray bottles with cleaning chemicals
• Wipes down and/or cleans Room Attendant carts
• Cleans chandeliers and wall lamps in hallways
• Properly uses and maintains equipment and supplies
• Maintains excellent condition of grounds, floors, carpets, etc.
• Cleans ashtrays and ash urns
• Cleans elevator doors, tracks and foyers
• Washes doors
• Vacuums, sweeps and mops hallways
• Cleans interior windows
• Cleans door jambs and fire boxes
• Cleans and mops stairwells, cleans handrails
• Moves furniture in rooms as required
• Cleans spots on walls
• Cleans spots on carpets
• Assists Attendants by emptying trash, takes trash to the compactor
• Cleans back of the house windows as need
• Check all the vacuums used by Room Attendants
• Completes in a timely manner all daily cleaning items for the specific public area assigned

What This Job Offers

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