Laundry Attendant
Job Purpose
As Laundry Attendant with Long Beach Lodge Resort, you are responsible for sorting and processing all linens. Additional responsibilities include delivering clean linens to the guest room floors as needed and cleaning and organizing all laundry areas including linen shelves in the housekeeping and laundry areas.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service
- Sort laundry into specific classifications for preparation of washing
- Daily rotation of duties consists of: operation of washers, dryers, ironing, folding, storage and delivery of clean linen
- Communicate with supervisors regarding status of linens
- Pick up soiled linens from departments; kitchen, restaurant, guest services, conference room, surf club, housekeeping
- Separate soiled items in the laundry area, place soiled linens in the designated linen bins
- Deliver and place empty linen bags into housekeeping storage areas
- Return clean, ironed, folded linen to appropriate department
- Communicate and assist Room Attendants with stripping rooms
- Ensures prompt delivery of linens requests from room attendants thought out the day
- Reports and removes stained or torn linen as needed, maintains discards logs up to date
- Ensures all housekeeping storage areas are fully stocked with appropriate linen
- Maintains cleanliness of equipment and work area; assists with linens inventory count
- Checks and maintains chemical injection system and performs minor maintenance within laundry area
- Reports equipment deficiencies and damage to Maintenance Manager
- Practice health and safe work practices
- Aware of our green commitments and emergency procedures
- Performs other related duties as required
Qualifications
Previous housekeeping experience is an assetExcellent communication skills required
Attention to detail
Experience in and knowledge of laundry operations and heavy machinery preferred
Working conditions
Flexible, must be willing to work a variety of hours, including days, nights as well as weekends and holidays based on the business needs
Physical requirements
- Constant standing and walking throughout shift for up to 8 hours
- Physically fit; frequent lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs
- Kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting
- Occasional ascending or descending stairs
