Houseperson

Nestled in the heart of historic Beaufort, our boutique hotel offers a charming and unforgettable experience for our guests. We're seeking a passionate and detail-oriented Houseperson to join our dedicated team.

About the Role:

As a Houseperson, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our hotel's sparkling cleanliness and impeccable presentation. Your responsibilities will include:

• Stripping rooms, ensuring they're ready for housekeeping to clean
• Assisting housekeepers with their tasks
• Maintaining cleanliness in public areas, including hallways, bathrooms, lobbies, and common spaces
• Setting up, breaking down, and cleaning up after banquet functions
• Adhering to our high standards of cleanliness and guest satisfaction

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunities for growth and advancement
• A fun and supportive team environment
• Discounts on hotel stays and services

Qualifications:

• Strong work ethic and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Physical stamina and the ability to lift and carry heavy objects
• A positive and friendly attitude

If you're looking for a rewarding career in a beautiful historic setting, we invite you to join our team!

SUMMARY: Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of the hotel. Provide customers with quality service in a timely and friendly manner. Operated washers and dryers, loading and unloading laundry from machines according to recommended capacity.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Clean and maintain the cleanliness and appearance of the hotel lobby, hallways, public restrooms, and public areas of the hotel.
• Clean and maintain the appearance of the surrounding areas of the hotel, including the sidewalk, brass awning poles, signage, entrance and alley.
• Deep cleaning of assigned areas of the hotel including the shampooing of rooms and public areas, window washing, hotel light fixtures, and guest elevators (including elevator tracks).
• Clean and maintain the back of the house area.
• Deliver housekeeping items (hair dryers, ironing boards, irons, etc.) to guest rooms upon request from the front desk.
• Get assignments, keys, pager, and special guest requests from your supervisor at the beginning of your shift.
• Check and replenish your supplies and cleaning tools.
• Greet each guest you see with “Good morning” or (afternoon, evening).
• Quickly respond to guest requests in a timely and friendly matter.
• Follow procedures for entering and leaving guest rooms.
• Return lost items found in guest rooms, hallways, or back of the house to the Housekeeping department as a “lost and found” item with the date, where it was found, description of the item, and finders name.
• Received and sorted all articles by kind, color and degree of soil and inspected all laundry and linens, recording damaged or stained items
• Monitored and operated computer driven washers and dryers according to recommended capacity and manufacturer guidelines
• Operated linen feeder, and table linen ironing machines
• Monitored and controlled supplies, minimized waste and reported all discrepancies to supervisor

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Does not have supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

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; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10-15 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 20-30 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the abilities to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee occasionally works with cleaning fluids and solvents and must operate hand tools, including vacuum cleaners, carpet extractors, have ability to reach 2 feet above your head, etc.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

(Please note: Management reserves the right to change, modify, and/or alter any of the duties listed above to meet business demands).