Tailor - Housekeeping (Laundry) - Holiday Inn & Suites® Dubai Festival City

Do you see yourself as a Tailor for Holiday Inn & Suites®  Dubai Festival City?  

Travel is a journey. At Holiday Inn & Suites®, we make guests smile.

Starting with a warm, inviting welcome for all guests, whether traveling on business or for fun, enjoying a quick night, or relaxing for the week. We thrive on making our guests stays brighter, helping them create memories that will last a lifetime. Irresistible smiles are our specialty. We should know, we’ve been on our journey since 1952. So if you can help us spread the joy of travel to all, we’d love to give you a warm welcome to the Holiday Inn & Suites® family.

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

• Performs sewing duties including altering, fitting, and mending for guests, hotel linen, and uniforms
• Fits all new employees with existing uniforms
• Cuts, tailors, mends, and alters uniforms
• Converts condemned items into usable items
• Sews curtains, cushions, and wall coverings
• Attends to guest requests
• Assists in the preparation of special functions
• Maintains equipment and keeps own working area clean
• Checks all linen and uniform repairs on a daily basis
• Makes costumes for special events for the hotel
• Maintains sewing supplies such as threads, buttons, zippers, linen, etc.
• Prepares requisitions for depleted supplies 
• Checks condemned linen from Laundry
• Assist in the linen room duties as appropriate
• Assists in inventory taking
• Advises superior of damages and loss of linen/uniform on regular basis
• Establishes and maintains effective employee relations

What we need from you

• Basic level of spoken/written English
• Minimum one year of experience in a similar environment (4-5* hotel)
• Hygiene Certificates
• Basic knowledge related to the machines

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.