Housekeeping - Room Attendant
About The Position
The Room Attendant is responsible for thoroughly cleaning assigned guest rooms, ensuring that all linens are changed daily, and inspecting and replacing bedspreads, blankets, and mattress pads as needed. This role involves reporting any damage or repair needs to the supervisor, handling guest belongings left in rooms, and managing all keys used during the shift. The Room Attendant also maintains housekeeping carts, prepares rollaways and cribs, and completes daily reports. A key aspect of this role is the responsible use and knowledge of cleaning supplies and equipment, including safe handling and storage of chemicals. Additionally, the Room Attendant may assist with cleaning public areas, regularly depositing soiled linen, scrubbing and sanitizing bathrooms, vacuuming, dusting, removing trash, and replenishing room amenities and stationery. The position requires meeting housekeeping cleaning standards, maintaining efficient cleaning times, and upholding a positive attitude when interacting with guests and co-workers, while adhering to all safety policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Must be able to lift 40 pounds occasionally.
- Must be able to be on your feet the entire shift.
- Requires motions of bending, stooping, climbing, standing, walking, grasping, carrying, pushing, lifting and kneeling.
- Must be able to help out in an emergency situation.
- Wears proper uniform and nametag. Follows the uniform policy for housekeeping and laundry associates.
- Abides by housekeeping and hotel safety policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Thoroughly cleans guest rooms as assigned by supervisor or inspector.
- Changes, daily, all used bed and bath linens in each room.
- Inspects bedspreads, blankets, and mattress pads in each room and changes them as needed.
- Reports all damage and repair needs to the supervisor or inspector.
- Gives all items left in unoccupied rooms to the supervisor or inspector using the proper reporting and bagging procedures.
- Protects guest belongings in occupied rooms.
- Accepts responsibility for all keys used during each shift, and all keys found in guest rooms.
- Maintains housekeeping carts by keeping them clean, organized, and stocked.
- Makes rollaways and places them in the hallway.
- Removes cribs and cots from guest rooms as necessary.
- Completes daily housekeeping report form as instructed and returns it to supervisor or inspector at end of shift.
- Responsible for the careful use of cleaning supplies and equipment.
- Obtains knowledge of cleaning chemicals including their safe use and storage, and uses this knowledge in daily work practices.
- Assists with cleaning public areas as instructed.
- Deposits soiled linen down the laundry chute regularly throughout the shift, properly notifying laundry associates.
- Scrub and sanitize guest room bath fixtures and floors in each room.
- Vacuum and dust in each room.
- Removes all trash from the guest room.
- Returns to guest rooms to correct deficiencies as directed by the room inspector.
- Consistently meets housekeeping cleaning standards and maintains efficient and reasonable average cleaning time per room.
- Places proper quantities of stationery and pens in guest rooms.
- Places all proper amenities in the room and replenishes them as needed.
- Maintains a good attitude in interaction with guests and co-workers.
- Wears proper uniform and nametag. Follows the uniform policy for housekeeping and laundry associates.
- Abides by housekeeping and hotel safety policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
