Laundry Attendant - InterContinental Hayman Island Resort

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About us
Are you looking for Room to Grow? An opportunity where you can combine a personal adventure with a career journey like no other? Fancy living in a world heritage area where the Whitsundays is your back yard and residing in a community that provides a dynamic and diverse living experience whilst you kick amazing life experiences off your list? And then, when you’re at work, grow and develop your hospitality experience within a luxury service environment. Yes? Read on; because we’ve got live on island opportunities for a part time Laundry Attendant. As the world's largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand. Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience. Nestled at the northernmost point of the Whitsundays, InterContinental Hayman Island Resort is located on Australia’s most iconic private island. Surrounded by verdant cliffs, crescent-shaped white beaches and celestial-blue sea, the Resort presents a spectacular sensory experience teeming with natural beauty and mindful enrichment. From the moment our guests step off their seaplane, helicopter or luxury yacht, they will discover an idyllic destination of privacy and pampering; where 168 beautifully-appointed rooms, basking in private pools, indulging in culinary artistry and soulful spa treatments are just the beginning. As we work towards reopening, we are now seeking motivated and dynamic professionals to join our team and bring the InterContinental life alive.
Your day to day
If you'd like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities and continue your career journey with the IHG Family, we'd like to welcome you to our Housekeeping Team. As a part time Laundry Attendant you’ll launder and dry clean guest and colleague laundry, manage uniform distribution and maintenance and linen requirements across the resort. Supporting the wider Housekeeping Team to make sure our reimagined luxurious rooms, suites, public areas, amenities and facilities are always ‘fresh and welcoming’– creating a haven for our guests to escape and relax in.So if you know what it takes to exceed guest expectations and have experience within housekeeping or commercial cleaning, this is your opportunity to work in our unique environment. Your day to day will involve; - Pressing of uniforms.- Daily uniform distribution to Resort colleagues.- Laundering and dry cleaning guest garments, colleague uniforms and resort linen.- Assisting Seamstress with guest garment alterations and mending.- Assisting Seamstress with Colleague uniform mending, labelling and alterations.- Attending to guest requests.- Reporting any maintenance concerns.- Assisting the wider Housekeeping Team as needed.- Ensuring equipment and pantries are kept clean and maintained.- Working with a range of chemicals.
What we need from you
With 1 – 2 years of experience within a housekeeping environment in a hotel or resort or high volume commercial environment, as the ideal candidate, you will have had exposure to a commercial or in house laundry operation. You will have good communication skills, excellent attention to detail and a commitment to high standards. This is a fast paced and high volume environment in a resort property where lifts and indoor travel is not prevalent, and whilst you will be based in the laundry, walking long distances between accommodation blocks and resort areas will be required. You will need to be comfortable working in a physically demanding environment and able to carry, push or lift heavy objects such as linen, beds, bed sheets and vacuum cleaners. In addition, you will be comfortable working across indoor and outdoor environments and be able to frequently stand up and move about the Resorts grounds. Knowledge of safe working habits, chemical handling along with the use of cleaning machinery and wider hotel operations would be highly regarded. You must also hold the appropriate work rights to work within Australia alongside an open driver’s license and be flexible to work weekends and evenings as required; commencing from late September to early October 2020.
What we offer
You already know IHG is more than just a great place to stay, that we are also one of Australia’s best employers and have some of the best benefits available. If you're successful in this role, you'll be able to take advantage of those benefits and make the most of our commitment to give you Room to grow. So go on - show us how your passion and personality are the perfect fit for this role and click .