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Harmony Hospitality

Laundry Attendant

Harmony Hospitality, Virginia Beach, Virginia, us, 23450

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Job Details Job Location : Holiday Inn Virginia Beach Norfolk, VA 23462 - Virginia Beach, VA 23462

The Laundry Attendant is responsible for:

Receiving dirty linen, loading them into washing machines, transferring linen to dryers and removing accordingly.

Either hand fold all linen or feed same through an ironer and automatic folder where applicable.

Dry folded linen will be neatly positioned and stacked in a clean laundry cart for removal and subsequent delivery to the client hotel for use.

Operate the washing and drying machines, avoiding over loading and monitoring for proper detergent mix and length of machine cycles.

Inspects linens coming from dryers for softness, cleanliness and quality.

Job Responsibilities

Attends daily pre-shift meeting in housekeeping department.

Empties dirty linen from linen carts into a scale cart, ensuring weight is commensurate with washing machine capacity and detergent mix.

Loads weighed dirty linen into washing machine, sets controls, unloads, weighs and loads second cart load and so on as per day's demand.

Once a load of laundry has cycled through a washing machine, unloads and transfers into a dryer, making sure load weight matches dryer capacity; sets dryer controls to proper settings, initiates drying cycle.

Upon completion of the drying cycle, removes linens and hand folds by a team of two attendants for bed linens or individually for bath terry.

Care is taken to fold, stack and load a clean linen cart so as not to discolor the cleaned linens.

Monitors quality of cleanliness and softness; discusses corrective actions with Laundry Supervisor.

Positions carts with clean linen outside of the folding area; queues them in a line for pickup by delivery truck driver, taking care not to mix linens from one hotel with another.

Continuously processes carts throughout the shift, cycling loading, unloading and folding in a manufacturing line process.

Ensures work area and machinery left in a clean, organized and functional condition at end of shift, enabling following shift.

Reports machine problems to Laundry Supervisor.

Required Skills and Ability

Good work ethic, attitude and practice.

Reliability for punctual attendance.

Ability to speak English preferred.

No prior experience required.

Required Education and Experience

Education – Any combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skill, and ability.

High school diploma preferred.

No previous experience required.

Prefer previous experience in laundry/valet operation.

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an employee in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.

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