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IHG Laundry Attendant - Housekeeping - InterContinental® Dubai Festival City in United Arab Emirates
Do you see yourself as a Laundry Attendant for InterContinental® Hotel Dubai Festival City?
As the world's largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand.
Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience.
If you'd like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, we'd like to welcome you to the world's most international luxury hotel brand.
The InterContinental Hotels Group® properties in Dubai Festival City consist of four hotel brands. These include the luxury brand InterContinental, the superior upscale Crowne Plaza, the lavish long-stay InterContinental Residence Suites and the vibrant mid-scale Holiday Inn & Suites. In addition to over 1000+ bedrooms, the four properties boast a selection of high quality restaurants and bars, an impressive 3,800 square meter Event Centre across two levels, the 5,000 square meters Festival Arena by InterContinental, the luxurious Spa InterContinental, state-of-the-art gymnasium and swimming pool facilities. We are looking for people who are friendly, welcoming and full of life to people to join over 900 colleagues who are always finding ways to make every guests experience an enjoyable one. We value the passion and enthusiasm of our colleagues, and encourage you to share your passion when you work with us.
A little taste of your day-to-day
Assists in sorting hotel and guest linen for washing
Ensures timely loading and unloading of machines
Assists in transferring linen and clothes between machines
Maintains proper temperature, pressure, and water level required as per the texture of the textile
Ensures machines and areas are kept free of lint and in proper order
Ensures general cleanliness of the entire laundry department
Attends all staff training meetings as directed by the superiors
Reports health or safety hazards to the Laundry Manager
Receives, sorts, counts, stores, and issues all F&B and room linen according to established procedures
Assists in inventory taking
Reports damages and loss of linen to supervisor and assists in repairing linen
Issue guests and cleaning supplies according to established procedures
Maintains linen room and equipment in proper state of cleanliness and repair
Maintains records of new linen, discard, and issues
Ensures timely pressing of all items
Sorts hotel and guest linen for washing and pressing
Ensures all stains are removed, testing the chemicals before applying on the fabric, else inform the supervisor
Ensures all garments being pressed are in proper condition, else inform the supervisor, for suitable action to be taken
Ensure broken zippers, missing buttons are replaced, and mending is done if necessary
Assist in the linen room duties as appropriate
Advises superior of damages and loss of linen/uniform on regular basis
Establishes and maintains effective employee relations
Prepares guest pressing and dry cleaning as requested in accordance with the hotel’s presentation standard
Spots and dry cleans all uniforms
Uses all dry-cleaning equipment
Uses spotting boards
Attends pre-coating and slugging
Sort articles for pressing into categories and performs pressing function including:
Using pressing equipment
Maintain chemical supplies
Check guest items on receipt for damage and record any findings
Maintains dry cleaning equipment in good condition and ensures regular servicing
Maintains working area and equipment in proper state of cleanliness and repair
Reports guest complaints to superior immediately
Complies with Hotel’s health, safety and hygiene policies and adheres to conduct personal grooming and hygiene standards
Complete other responsibilities as assigned
What we need from you
Good English Communication skills (speaking/reading/understanding/writing)
Knowledge about how to operate different kinds of machines and chemicals
Ensures that your work quality meets the standards required and completes tasks in a timely and thorough manner with minimum supervision
Recognises different garments and has knowledge of how each one of them should be treated
What you can expect from us
We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including a uniform, great room discount and superb training.
Join us and you’ll become part of the family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - visit www.http://careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.
IHG is an equal opportunity employer: Minorities / Females / Disabled / Veterans.
At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?
As the world’s first and most global luxury hotel brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has pioneered international travel since the 1940s, we are passionate about sharing our renowned international know-how and cultural wisdom in truly impressive surroundings. We all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental®️ brand and to be part of the brand you will have a thirst for travel, passion for culture and appreciation for diversity. We create inspiring experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.
Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.