Environmental Services Technician - Cabarrus (Full Time)
About The Position
Atrium Health is seeking a full-time Environmental Services Technician. This position promotes environmental protection by maintaining healthy and safe medical facilities for employees and visitors. The successful candidate will be responsible for performing complete cleaning of assigned areas, including dusting, sanitizing, washing windows, walls, ceilings, vents, and light fixtures, sweeping, scrubbing and refinishing floors, vacuuming and shampooing carpet, re-stocking restrooms, replacing light bulbs, and reporting repairs. Most of the work is indoors but may assist with outdoor cleaning including parking lot, windows, and roof. Various cleaning activities may include the use of a ladder. Heavy contact with cleaning chemicals, disinfecting agents, floor strippers and finishes. The role also involves removing waste by collecting and transporting soiled linen, emptying trash containers, changing sharps containers, transporting solid and hazardous waste to compactors, recycling material, and emptying cigarette receptacles in smoking areas. The technician will also keep equipment clean and orderly, report equipment failures, maintain a safe working environment, provide quality service by complying with procedures, rules and regulations, infection control guidelines, and meeting departmental quality standards. Attends all required in-service education and training classes including safety update programs to maintain technical knowledge. Consistently demonstrates the ability to meet time schedules and deadlines.
Requirements
- Can prioritize assignments to complete work in a timely manner
- Can operate equipment
- Can establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with co-workers
Nice To Haves
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
- One year experience
Responsibilities
- Performs complete cleaning of assigned areas to include, but not limited to: Dusting and sanitizing furniture, equipment, mirrors and fixtures
- Washing windows, walls, ceilings, vents and light fixtures
- Sweeping, scrubbing and refinishing floors
- Vacuuming and shampooing carpet
- Re-stocking restrooms
- Replacing light bulbs
- Reporting repairs
- Assisting with outdoor cleaning including parking lot, windows, and roof
- Collecting and transporting soiled linen
- Emptying trash containers
- Changing sharps containers
- Transporting solid and hazardous waste to compactors
- Recycling material
- Emptying cigarette receptacles in smoking areas
- Keeps equipment clean and orderly and reports equipment failures or other mechanical issues to maintenance staff
- Maintains safe working environment and provides quality service by complying with procedures, rules and regulations, infection control guidelines, and meeting departmental quality standards
- Attends all required in-service education and training classes including safety update programs to maintain technical knowledge
- Consistently demonstrates the ability to meet time schedules and deadlines
Benefits
- Prepaid College Tuition Assistance program (up to $5,250/year)
- Online High School (earn high school diploma or take ESL classes with no out-of-pocket expenses)
- Wellness Incentives (up to $1,350 in wellness incentives through our LiveWELL program)
- Six weeks paid maternity leave
- 4 weeks paid parental leave
- Health insurance with the option of a copay or HSA eligible plan
- Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions
- Paid Time Off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
