Hotel Housekeeper

Fairfield Inn & Suites; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance enrollment from DAY 1

Paid time off from DAY 1

Holiday pay from DAY 1

401(k) after 30 days

Hotel and travel discounts

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

First Hospitality's Fairfield Inn & Suites is seeking a Room Attendant to clean and style hotel rooms and public areas to brand standards, ensuring a welcoming environment for guests. Responsibilities include refreshing rooms with amenities, addressing guest requests, and coordinating with Guest Services to resolve issues.

The role emphasizes proactive maintenance checks, professionalism, and adherence to emergency procedures, with opportunities for growth within the hotel leadership team.

Qualifications

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to speak, read, and write in the workplace primary language.
• Stand and walk for 8+ hours, with lifting up to 30 pounds.
• Flexibility to reach, bend, stoop, and pivot during shifts.

Responsibilities

• Clean and style hotel rooms and public areas efficiently, meeting brand expectations and attention to detail.
• Refresh and replenish rooms with amenities and supplies to ensure items are available for guest use.
• Inspect areas and communicate maintenance concerns to prevent guest issues.
• Engage with guests to identify needs and ensure guest satisfaction.
• Resolve guest challenges in collaboration with the Guest Services team and leadership.
• Maintain professionalism aligned with brand and company standards.
• Know and communicate hotel emergency procedures to assist guests in emergencies.
• Take on additional tasks as assigned by hotel leadership.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Mobility

Attention to detail

Job description

What's in it for you…

• Insurance enrollment available from DAY 1!
• Paid time off available from DAY 1!
• Holiday pay available from DAY 1!
• 401(k) enrollment after 30 days!
• Hotel and travel discounts at worldwide destinations!
• Professional development and promotion opportunities!

About this job...

Room Attendants make a long-lasting impression and greatly influence the total guest experience. Cleaning each hotel guest room and public area to brand standard ensures a welcome and relaxing environment for our guests while they’re away from home. Room Attendants create beautiful spaces and have great attention to detail, making sure each element of the room is prepared for guest arrival or return. The primary responsibility of a Room Attendant is to deliver and exceed guest expectations, clean and style hotel rooms and public areas to brand standards, promptly address guest requests, and work collaboratively to resolve guest challenges.

What you'll be doing...

• Clean and style hotel rooms and public areas efficiently, to brand expectations, and with great attention to detail.
• Refresh and replenish guest rooms with amenities, supplies, linen, and applicable collateral to ensure all items are available for guest use according to brand standard.
• Take proactive approach to prevent guest challenges by inspecting work, identifying and communicating maintenance concerns, and replacing items when necessary.
• Effectively engage and build rapport with guests to identify needs and ensure guest satisfaction.
• Take ownership to resolve guest challenges, working collaboratively with the hotel’s Guest Services team and hotel leadership.
• Always maintain professionalism consistent with hotel brand and company expectations.
• Know and communicate hotel emergency procedures; inform and assist guests in emergencies.
• Take on additional tasks as necessary or assigned by hotel leadership.

Requirements...

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to speak, read, and write in primary language(s) used in the workplace
• 8+ hours per day; stand and walk frequently throughout the workday
• Lift, lower, and maneuver up to 30 pounds occasionally
• Reach, bend, stoop, and pivot frequently throughout the workday

About First Hospitality...

Founded in 1985 and based in Chicago, First Hospitality is a forward-thinking hotel development, investment, and management company. First Hospitality’s strategic vision is to create value for all through excellence and an openness to doing things differently.

First Hospitality seeks to attract and retain a high-performing and diverse workforce in which employee’s differences are respected and valued to better meet the varying needs of the customers we serve. FH fosters an inclusive work environment that promotes collaboration, flexibility, and fairness. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Source: Hospitality Online