POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Housekeeping Supervisor manages the department’s day-to-day cleaning services and, when assigned, laundry operations. The goal is to maintain a clean, sanitary, safe, and welcoming environment for residents, staff, and visitors. The supervisor coordinates the housekeeping team, monitors the quality of its work, and ensures staff follow facility procedures and infection-prevention practices under the direction of the director of housekeeping. This is a working position.
RESPONSIBLITIES AND DUTIES -
- Responsible for the cleanliness, sanitation and equipment of the facility.
- Ensures appropriate appearance, performance, and interpersonal relationships of all departmental employees.
- Ensures the employment of all safety precautions and equipment in work areas.
- Assist laundry duties when needed following proper procedures.
- Train, direct and support housekeeping employees
- Maintains judicious use of supplies and equipment
- Lifts, handles, and manipulates office materials, departmental supplies, and environmental services equipment when demonstrating their use.
- Systematically inspects completed tasks to ascertain the quality of performance.
- Assist with cleaning tasks during busy period or when staffing is limited.
- Inspects facility to determine that environmental standards are maintained.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Participates in conferences, committees, and programs as required by the facility.
- Maintains cooperative relationship with other departments.
- Develops and maintains effective working relationships with line level personnel.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
- High school diploma required or equivalency. Some college education, including courses in Environmental Sciences, Personnel Management, and Business Administration are considered desirable.
- Three years environmental services in increasing areas if responsibility required, including one year of supervisory experience.
- Must be able to read, write and speak English
- Have excellent communication skills
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talks or hears. The employee is required to stand; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job included close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts; in outside weather conditions; and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.