Public Area Attendant ("Asistente de Area Publica")

POSITION PURPOSE

Ensure all public areas are clean and maintained according to the standards of the hotel.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform general cleaning duties in public areas, storage areas and administrative areas.
• Clean rooms, hallways, lobby, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, and fitness center.
• Perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, shampooing carpets, washing windows, emptying carts of soiled linens, cleaning/waxing floors, removing and disposing of trash, insects and debris and emptying ashtrays
• Perform deep cleaning tasks and special projects such as power washing sidewalks, blowing leaves, picking up trash and debris around the property, removing bubble gum from sidewalks, etc.
• Clean public restrooms and ensure maintenance throughout the shift.
• Supply own cleaning cart with appropriate supplies for shift.
• Dust furniture and fixtures.
• Polish metalwork and furniture.
• Vacuum floors.
• Remove and dispose of trash.
• Clean outside areas including porte cochere and other arrival areas.
• Ensure staff member break areas and administrative offices are clean and well maintained.
• Ensure work areas are clean when finished.
• Be knowledgeable about the hotel and answer to guests inquiries and requests.
• Assist in delivering guest requests and in cleaning guest rooms, as needed
• All other duties assigned by managers and supervisors.

SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the manager based upon the particular requirements of the hotel:

• Assist with any guest inquiry.
• Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures.
• Report maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries.
• Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by direct and indirect Supervisors.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Environmental conditions are inside, a job is considered inside if staff spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside. Temperature is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems.
• Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to four (4) hours in length.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability to maneuver between functions occurring simultaneously.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space and to reach other departments of the hotel on a timely basis.
• Must be able to lift up to 45 lbs. as needed.
• Must be able to push and pull carts and equipment weighing up to 250 lbs.
• Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening, and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Hearing, smelling, tasting, and visual ability to observe and distinguish product quality and detect signs of emergency situations.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with other staff, guests, and supervisors.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near and color vi