Environmental Service Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Biloxi, MS

9h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center and reports directly to the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. The Environmental Service Technician performs janitorial, custodial, and routine housekeeping services to help maintain clean and safe patient-care areas and other VA facility spaces. The work is performed by hand and with light and heavy-powered cleaning equipment, and assignments are carried out with minimal supervision.

Duties include 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 toilet tissue and towel dispensers, moving furniture, responding to spills, removing trash, and installing light bulbs.

The work schedule is full-time, Wednesday through Sunday, 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., and is subject to change based on facility needs. The position requires continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing. Occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds is required. Duties also require dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, concentration, and visual acuity to identify dirt, dust, and debris.

Requirements

• 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.
• Ability to work without more than normal supervision and demonstrate work practices, interpret instructions and specifications, use and maintain tools and equipment, and apply dexterity and safety.
• U.S. citizenship is required, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Must be suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must complete a medical evaluation and required pre-employment and onboarding steps.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period.
• Must receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; face-mask use is required when an exemption is granted.

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 remove trash.
• Clean light globes and Venetian blinds; wash walls, windows, and ceilings using small ladders.
• Refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers.
• Move furniture as needed.
• Respond to spills and install light bulbs in halls and rooms.
• Carry out assignments with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on the position and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• VA may approve credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual leave accrual, if requested and approved before appointment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed