Temporary Full Time ParkingValet Attendant Homewood Suites DC

Represent the hotel at the main entrances by greeting arriving and departing guests enthusiastically. Park and retrieve guest vehicles in a timely courteous manner. Provide luggage assistance.


Summary of Essential Job Functions

Read luggage tags and provide claim tickets to ensure appropriate delivery. Grasp lift and/or carry or otherwise move packages luggage or boxes up to 75 lbs. from cars buses and vans placing packages and luggage onto baggage carts or in a secure area for retrieval by bell staff.

Park guest vehicles and retrieve valetparked guest vehicles in a timely and courteous manner; use claim tickets to ensure appropriate delivery of vehicle. Move from door post to and from other areas throughout the hotel in response to customer needs.

Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.

Perform any other jobrelated duties as assigned

Keep up Curb appeal i.e. ensuring the entrance of the hotel is free of debris.

Required Abilities


Must have the ability to communicate in English. Selfstarting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests. Must be willing to pitchin and help co workers with their job duties and be a team player. Ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers some of whom will require high levels of patience tact and diplomacy to defuse anger and collect accurate information. Ability to ascertain information from luggage tags and claim checks to write numbers and names on claim checks and rooming lists. Ability to grasp lift and/or carry or otherwise move packages boxes and luggage with sufficient manual dexterity in both hands to be able to load and unload luggage up to 75 lbs. Ability to stand walk and/or sit and continuously perform essential job functions. Perform tasks requiring bending stooping kneeling and walking. Considerable knowledge of and ability to communicate clear directions to nearby local attractions and hotel facilities and services. Considerable knowledge of city and surrounding areas. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates customers and patrons.


Customer Satisfaction:
Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with PM Hotel Group staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect under all circumstances. Every PM Hotel Group associate is a guest relations ambassador every working minute of every day.


Work Habits:
In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures dress grooming punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.


Safety & Security:
The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to PM Hotel Group. Every PM Hotel Group associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures particularly regarding key controls lifting heavy objects using chemicals and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.


NOTE:
This description excludes nonessential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore the specific examples in each section are not intended to be allinclusive. Rather they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other jobrelated duties may be assigned by the associates supervisor.

Furthermore this description is subject to change at the sole discretion of the Company and in no way creates an employment contract implied or otherwise; each associate remains at all times an at will associate.