Banquet Houseman

Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel

Opening in Fall 2025, Omni Fort Lauderdale will provide South Florida with 120,000 square feet of event space, new food and beverage options, a Natural Spring inspired full-service spa and entertainment pedestrian plaza featuring high-end shopping, amphitheater, charter boat docking and beautiful promenade. The new iconic landmark offers unforgettable views of the Atlantic paired with unrivalled convenience and intelligently designed meeting spaces. The hotel will be directly connected to the Broward County Convention Center, immediately adjacent to Port Everglades cruise terminal and less than two miles from Fort Lauderdale Airport.

Job Description

Be a part of the pre-opening team for the Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel!

Opening Fall 2025, the Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is a 29-story hotel, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, and connected directly to the Broward County Convention. The property offers 801 guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, a vibrant rooftop bar, a sprawling pool, spa, and fitness center. The hotel will also have over 120,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom, 25 breakout rooms and pre-function meeting space with waterfront views.

Ensure proper set up, break down, and cleanliness of banquet and meeting facilities according to the guest's expectations and Omni standards.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions :

• Cleans banquet and meeting facilities prior to set-up.
• Sets of equipment (i.e., tables, chairs, linens, office items, glassware, and pitchers) to Daily Work Sheet specifications.
• Provides required amenities, as dictated by Banquet Department Standards.
• Refresh meeting rooms during meal and coffee breaks (trash removal, refreshment of pads & pens, wipe tables refresh of candy caddies' glassware and water pitcher or water bottles).
• Break down meeting rooms as soon as possible after end of function and vacuum room.
• Moves convention material boxes, programs, etc. from hotel receiving docks, registration areas, sleeping rooms, or suites. When client packages are ready to ship back, move to the shipping location.
• Caring for the equipment.
• Accommodates special customer needs, hanging banners for meetings and food / beverage functions.
• Organizing and maintaining the back of the house areas to ensure a productive, safe and energy conserving work environment.
• Inspects each function room prior to and during breaks to ensure that all requirements reflected on the daily worksheets are met. Specific hotel standards must also be fulfilled :
• Walls, baseboards, and light fixtures cleaned.
• Room to be vacuumed thoroughly.
• Drapes to be hung properly.
• Lighting and temperature control to client request.
• Maintain cleanliness of Banquet meeting space and equipment.
• Tablecloths and skirting to be cleaned and pressed.
• Uniformity among all set-ups in accordance.
• Ensures that cleanliness and order of all storage areas is maintained.
• Completes special projects as directed by department management.

Qualifications

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Omni Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity employer - vets / disability.