Room Attendant

Overview

Sage Hospitality Group is set to hire a Full-Time Housekeeping Room Attendant at Hotel Van Zandt in Austin, Texas! Located in the Rainey Street District, Hotel Van Zandt features 319 guest rooms and more than 25,000 square feet of meeting space. You can enjoy live music at our featured restaurant onsite, Geraldine’s, host pool parties, or check out one of the many pop-up events.

Join us here to make a difference!

As part of Sage Hospitality Group, we passionately strive to be the best and create excellence in everything we do. We believe in enriching lives one experience at a time. More than a slogan, we empower our employees to make positive impacts on the communities in which we live and work. By providing genuine service we build relationships with our guests and value for our shareholders, and we create unforgettable experiences.

We are looking for independent thinkers. Those who harness their entrepreneurial spirit so that it breaks preconceived notions. We’re not afraid to forge our own path. After all, it’s what industry leaders do. That’s why we welcome risk takers and creative spirits alike. No matter your daily role, Sage recognizes that your success is about more than the work you do—it’s really about who you are, which is why we invest in your personal and professional growth.

We hope you consider joining us!

• Cleans and prepares guest rooms by meeting established standards of cleanliness and propriety to assure guest satisfaction and maximize revenues.
• Retrieves items from shelves and storerooms, sets up cleaning cart with supplies, and maintains carts and storerooms in a clean and orderly fashion to enhance efficiency and ease of cleaning rooms.
• Cleans and wipes windows, doors, walls, closets and fixtures in rooms, public areas and hallways, often using ladders or stools to reach hard-to-reach areas; washes shower walls and tub, cleans toilets and stall walls if applicable, wipes exposed pipes, cleans mirrors, sinks and walls to maintain clean and sanitary guest and public restrooms.
• Replaces towels, soaps and room amenities; restocks literature removed by guests or that is soiled or torn to ensure adequate supply for arriving guests.
• Washes all hard floor areas by hand to remove dirt and soiled areas.
• Dusts and polishes all furniture, fixtures and wall hangings, including reaching vents and ceiling corners to remove dust and cobwebs.
• Strips bed of all linen and remakes with fresh linens, checking bedspread, blankets and bed pads for cleanliness; replaces if soiled.
• Lifts mattresses to check for soil between mattresses and under bed.
• Checks closet for cleanliness, wipes closet door, handle and overhead shelves and restocks guest room supplies such as hangers, extra blankets and pillows.
• Vacuums rooms, public areas and hallways, operating vacuums weighing up to 25 lbs, and lifts/moves heavy furniture to vacuum entire area of carpet including underneath furniture and hard-to-reach areas.
• Inspects all door and window locks to ensure they are in working order and immediately alerts management to any unsecured or unsafe situations for guest and employee safety.
• Inspects all room equipment (TV, lights/lamps, faucets, radios) to ensure proper working order and immediately reports all room status and maintenance deficiencies in writing to the Executive Housekeeper for prompt repair/resolution.
• Secures and maintains custody of equipment, keys and supplies at all times to protect and preserve hotel property.
• Maintains a friendly, cheerful and courteous demeanor at all times.
• Performs other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management.

No formal education or training

None

• Must have basic knowledge of general cleaning principles, use of cleaning products and operation of standard cleaning equipment.
• Must be able to understand and follow verbal/written instructions and communicate both verbally and in writing.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs continually throughout a shift.
• Must be able to push, pull and move levers, equipment and furniture throughout a shift.
• Must be able to work with arms raised above head throughout a shift.
• Must be able to maneuver fully loaded maid cart weighing up to 50 lbs through hallways and into/out of closets during the entire work day.
• Ability to identify minute debris and dirt in poorly lit areas, and to read written instructions and computer print-outs.

• Prolonged strenuous physical activity in an indoor climate-controlled environment.
• Excessive heat and humidity in laundry; inside 95% of shift.