Housekeeper / Cook Assistant

Aug 26 2025
ALTRES Industrial |Hilo|Full Time, $20.00 / hour
Job Description

Do you have prior foodservice or housekeeping experience? We might have the perfect opportunity for you!

We're immediately hiring a Housekeeper/Cook Assistant to work at a facility on Maunakea at an altitude of 14,000 feet.

This position offers great pay and a full-time schedule where you work fours days per week and get three days. Interested? Apply now or call us at (808) 935-4196!

This a temporary summer job only.

Hours

Full-time, four 10-hr days per week from 6:00am-4:00pm. Must be available all days of the week.

Location

Hilo, Big Island

Pay

$20 an hour

Responsibilities

  • Prepare, transport and serve meals.
  • Clean dishes, utensils and kitchen appliances and stock shelves.
  • Perform minor maintenance repairs on housecleaning equipment, tools, plumbing fixtures, room heaters, and accessories.
  • Clean dormitory rooms, kitchen, bathrooms, common areas, and offices.
  • Load, unload and transport supplies and trash between Hilo and the facility using a large van.
  • Make room assignments, keeping the computerized reservation system updated.
  • Print reports as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • At least 2-4 years of experience as a cook, housekeeper, janitor, or custodian, preferably in a hotel setting.
  • Must possess a valid driver?s license with a clean driver's abstract.
  • Must be able to drive a 4-wheel drive vehicle with manual transmission on unpaved roads and ice or snow-covered pavement.
  • Knowledge of Hawaii Department of Health Food Safety Code, including hygiene, sterilization process, and temperature controls.
  • Understanding of safe and appropriate use of standard cleaning chemicals.
  • Understand written and oral instructions and keep records of completed tasks.
  • Ability to use carpet cleaning and floor wash/waxing machines.
  • Comfortable working with computers.
  • Ability to pass safe food handling test within three (3) months from date of hire.
  • Ability to work at 14,000 feet and pass a post offer high altitude medical examination on an ongoing basis.
  • Ability to obtain tuberculosis (TB) clearance.