Housekeeper - Hotel

Blue Water; Ocean City (MD); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Water in Ocean City, MD is seeking a dedicated housekeeper to maintain guest rooms, cottages, and common areas to resort standards. You will perform cleaning tasks, linen changes, bathroom sanitation, and ensure spaces are “guest-ready” before arrivals.

Responsibilities include laundry support, on-site guest service, teamwork with multiple departments, and strict adherence to health and safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of commercial housekeeping experience, preferably in hospitality.
• Ability to maintain high cleanliness standards and guest-ready spaces.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning guest rooms, cabins, cottages, and common areas to resort standards.
• Perform linen changes, bathroom cleaning, sanitation, and trash removal.
• Laundry support: washing, drying, folding, and sorting linens as needed.
• Provide on-site guest service and respond to requests with professionalism.
• Collaborate with housekeeping, guest services, groundskeeping, and other departments to exceed guest expectations and maintain a tidy property.
• Adhere to health and safety rules and maintain reliable attendance.

Skills

Housekeeping experience

Guest service

Team collaboration

Safety awareness

Reliability and attendance

Job description

INTRODUCTION TO ROLE:

A housekeeper’s responsibilities include sweeping, mopping, dusting, and polishing. The housekeeper also ensures that all rooms are cared for and inspected according to resort standards. The housekeeper ensures that all vacation rentals, common areas, bathrooms, etc., are clean, “guest-ready,” and inspected according to property standards.

Benefits eligibility:

• Seasonal roles are not eligible for health benefits.
• Seasonal roles are eligible for sick time and holiday pay.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON:

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Cleaning:
  • Cleaning guest rooms, cabins, and cottage rentals, as well as communal areas and bathhouses
  • This includes dusting, polishing, linen changes, bathroom cleaning and sanitation, kitchen fixtures and appliance cleaning, trash removal, vacuuming, or floor cleaning.
    Stripping and making beds
  • Ensuring rooms and rentals exceed standards and are in working order before guest arrival.
• Laundry:
  • Provides laundry support as appropriate, including washing, drying, folding, and sorting laundry at the property.
• Guest Service:
  • Providing on-site guest support by responding to queries or requests through excellent customer service.
• Teamwork:
  • Collaborate with guest service, housekeeping, groundskeeping, and other departments to exceed guest expectations and achieve company and departmental goals.
  • Ensures the property is clean, orderly, well-manicured, and always guest-ready.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  • Demonstrates regular and reliable attendance.
• Safety Guidelines:
• Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety and are aware of company-related practices.

WHAT YOU BRING:

At least 1 year of commercial housekeeping experience, preferably in a hospitality setting (preferred)

WHAT IT TAKES (PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS):

• Movement:
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, fingers, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Climb or balance.
• Communication:
  • The employee is required to talk, listen, and provide excellent guest service.
• Ability to Lift:
  • Must frequently lift and/or move 25-50 pounds.
• Vision:
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.