Mauna Kea Beach Hotel offers a supportive hospitality environment in Waimea, HI with onsite work and a starting hourly rate of $27.00. In this role, you will help keep resort spaces welcoming through dependable cleaning, supply support, and guest service touches, while following the safety and quality standards that define the property.
What you’ll do
As a Housekeeping House Attendant, you will clean and maintain a wide range of resort areas, including public spaces, restrooms, offices, corridors, restaurants, and floors according to resort standards. Your day-to-day work supports both cleanliness and guest comfort through careful attention to details and consistent execution of assigned tasks.
- Clean public areas, restrooms, offices, corridors, restaurants, and other assigned spaces based on resort standards.
- Pick up soiled linen and trash from room attendant carts, and help keep supplies moving throughout the department.
- Stock and organize housekeeping carts and closets with supplies and linen, and report shortages.
- Perform general and specialized cleaning, including restaurant cleaning and carpet or floor cleaning.
- Assist room attendants by servicing rooms and delivering ice and water.
- Deliver items requested by guests to rooms.
- Assist with room-floor support, including reporting unauthorized or suspicious people on guest room floors to security.
- Maintain control of hotel-issued keys at all times.
- Complete assignments in a timely manner, including folding linen received from laundry when needed.
- Support special projects and assist other positions in the department as required.
- Move heavy furniture or equipment when needed, including beds, furniture, and equipment as instructed.
- Sweep, dust, mop, remove debris, and clean or polish rails.
- Assist guests with directions or information regarding the resort and the Big Island.
Safety, tools, and equipment you’ll use
You will follow safety procedures and standards while using department equipment such as a housekeeping cart, vacuum cleaner, buffer, carpet shampooer, mop, broom, window cleaner, hand-truck, cardboard bailer, and trash compactor.
Schedule and working conditions
- Shifts and days are determined by the Executive Housekeeper or Assistant.
- Ability to work more than 40 hours per week as needed.
- Work includes both indoor cleaning in guest rooms (with or without air-conditioning) and outdoor cleaning of lanais, public areas, and corridors.
Benefits
- Medical, drug, vision, and dental care
- Life insurance
- Paid vacation and sick leave
- Dining and golf discounts
Requirements
- Must be able to read and understand work assignment sheets and directions when handling cleaning solutions or chemicals.
Physical and communication demands
- Able to push/pull cleaning equipment and housekeeping carts weighing more than 50 lbs.
- Able to kneel, bend, stoop, reach above/at or below shoulder level, and clean, stock, pick up furniture, and handle rugs or equipment.
- Able to push/pull and lift/carry heavy furniture, rugs, and cleaning equipment weighing up to or over 50 lbs.
- Able to stand and walk during the entire shift.
- Must be able to communicate by phone with Housekeeping.
- Must be able to verbally communicate with employees, managers, and hotel guests.
