Linen Porter

The Alexander Hotel Collection; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks holiday

Bank holidays

Free parking

Uniform

Staff discounts

Spa and dining discounts

Birthday and anniversary perks

Job summary

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa in East Grinstead is hiring a Linen Porter. This full-time role involves supporting housekeeping, stocking linen, stripping beds, and clearing linen across the guest corridors. Shifts cover 34.5 hours weekly over 5 days, including weekends, with start times from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Benefits include holiday entitlement rising with service, bank holidays, parking, uniform, and a range of discounted hotel stays and spa/food offers.

Qualifications

• Physically fit with no back problems.
• Energetic worker.
• Experience of safe lifting techniques.
• Smart and guest aware.

Responsibilities

• Stocking linen cupboards on the guest corridors with sheets, pillowcases, duvets and towels.
• On busy days, strip beds and remake with clean linen for arriving guests.
• Clear dirty linen from bedrooms and corridors.
• Operate in-house laundry machines.
• Count and bag linen for the laundry company to collect.
• Count and unpack daily linen deliveries and separate rejects.

Skills

Physically fit

Energetic

Lifting safety

Guest aware

Job description

Linen Porter

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa, East Street, Turners Hill, East Grinstead, Turners Hill, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH10 4QD

£22,801.74 per annum + monthly service charge payment

34.5 hours per week, 5 days, including weekend shifts, earliest start 8am latest finish 4.30pm

• 4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with service (for full time and part time contracts)
• 8 Bank holidays
• Free car parking
• Employee uniform

In addition you will benefit from a range of company benefits including:

• Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels
• Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas
• Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels
• Discount of individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas
• Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas

Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme In additional you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including; your birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service related holiday

The Place

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels a private group of quality hotels of distinction just outside London.

5 Red Star Hotel, Award winning Utopia Spa, 58 bedrooms including the new luxury Cedar Lodge development and a 2-bedroom self-contained Gatehouse are available for guests.

2 Award winning restaurants, Reflections Restaurant (2 Rosette x 60 covers), AG's Restaurant (3 Rosette x 35covers) together with a range of conference and banqueting and private dining rooms catering for 8 to 95 guests.

Please see our website for a full list of facilities.

Join our Housekeeping team under the direction of our experienced Head Housekeeper, Inga Zarnowska. There is full time team of housekeeping assistants, linen porters and spa cleaners, as well as an inhouse maintenance team to support you.

We are seeking a Linen Porter. An energetic, fit person is required to assist our hard-working Housekeeping Assistants. Stocking up their linen stores, helping them strip beds on busy days and clearing dirty linen from the guest corridors to ensure the hotel always looks its best. Working 34.5 hours per week, spread over 5 days including weekend shifts.

The Role

Main duties of the Linen Porter include;

• Stocking linen cupboards on the guest corridors with sheets, pillowcases, duvets and towels
• On busy days, stripping off beds ready for Housekeeping Assistants to remake with clean linen for arriving guests
• Clearing dirty linen from the bedrooms/corridors
• Operating inhouse machines for some laundry
• Counting and bagging up linen for laundry company to collect
• Counting and unpacking laundry delivered each day, pulling out reject linen for return
• Sorting reject linen in stock from circulation

Requirements

• Physically fit with no back problems
• Energetic worker
• Experience of safe lifting techniques
• Smart and guest aware