Environmental Service Technician (EVS Tech)

Veterans Health Administration•Aurora, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is in the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center and reports directly to the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. The technician performs janitorial, custodial, light, heavy, and routine housekeeping duties at VA Medical Center locations in Denver and Pueblo, Colorado. The role supports a clean and safe patient-care environment for Veterans and their families, and assignments are carried out with minimal supervision. Work includes cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas. Tasks include sweeping, mopping, machine-scrubbing floors, vacuuming carpets and upholstered furniture, emptying waste baskets, cleaning light globes and Venetian blinds, washing walls, windows, and ceilings using small ladders, replenishing restroom dispensers, moving furniture, responding to spills, removing trash, and installing light bulbs. The position is offered as full-time or part-time; the work schedule is determined upon selection. The announcement is open continuously until February 1, 2027, and applicants may be referred as vacancies become available. The role requires continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing, as well as occasional use of powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds. Considerable dexterity, coordination, concentration, and visual acuity are required.

Requirements

Provide resume evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to demonstrate the ability to perform the work; no specific length of training or experience is required.
Meet the position's physical demands, including continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing, and occasional use of powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds.
Have the dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, concentration, and visual acuity needed to perform cleaning duties and identify dirt, dust, and debris.
Be a U.S. citizen, unless appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy because qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Be suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
Submit to required urinalysis screening for illegal drug use if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position.
Meet Selective Service registration requirements, if applicable.
Complete the online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification and required application documents.
Serve a one-year probationary period if appointed under the stated conditions.

Responsibilities

Clean wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other facility areas.
Sweep, mop, and machine-scrub floors; vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture.
Empty waste baskets and discard trash.
Clean light globes and Venetian blinds; wash walls, windows, and ceilings using small ladders.
Refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers.
Move furniture and respond promptly to spills.
Install light bulbs in halls and rooms.
Carry out housekeeping assignments with minimal supervision.