Laundry Attendant

Role overview

This position supports the hotel’s housekeeping and laundry operations by keeping linens, garments, and fabric items clean, well-finished, and ready for use. The role also helps maintain service standards across guest rooms, staff areas, banquet functions, and recreation spaces.

Key duties

• Work a flexible schedule when needed, including weekends, holidays, and changing shifts, to support business demands.
• Keep daily work areas aligned with the property’s quality and cleanliness standards.
• Follow house rules, safety practices, housekeeping procedures, and security requirements at all times.
• Coordinate with managers and supervisors and respond to requests as quickly as possible.
• Select and use cleaning chemicals correctly in line with OSHA rules and hotel standards.
• Use the required personal protective equipment according to hotel policy and procedure.
• Sort, pre-treat, wash, dry, iron, and fold linens.
• Check linens for stains or damage and reject or reclaim items when necessary.
• Repair linens by mending and sewing when needed.
• Prepare and deliver linen supplies for banquet and restaurant needs.
• Provide guest-room service supplies to guest rooms.
• Handle items sent for contract cleaning.
• Replenish housekeeping carts and storage closets.
• Supply towels to recreation areas.
• Operate laundry and dry-cleaning equipment to process bed linens, terry items, and table linens in accordance with hotel standards.
• Clean, press, and finish staff clothing, guest garments, and designated guest-room fabrics and other articles.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate clearly with guests, supervisors, management, and colleagues in a way they can understand.
• Knowledge of laundry and dry-cleaning machines, along with safe chemical handling practices.
• Familiarity with finishing methods for different fabric types.
• English/Spanish bilingual ability is an added advantage.

Additional information

This is a full-time, on-site role in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.