Environmental Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Provide 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.
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the position’s duties, supported by detailed descriptions on the resume.
• Meet the position’s screen-out element and job-element qualifications.
• Be a U.S. citizen; non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Register for Selective Service if male and born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the required online onboarding and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period.
• Receive an annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain a medical or religious exemption; wear a face mask if exempt.

Responsibilities

• Perform floor maintenance and wash walls.
• Clean doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges, and stairwells.
• Use pressure washers and heavy industrial powered and battery-operated cleaning equipment; adjust, clean, and perform minor maintenance on equipment and change attachments as needed.
• Empty trash and wastebaskets and replace liners.
• Transport general refuse, regulated medical waste, and recycling to central collection areas.
• Clean rest rooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms.
• Replenish paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in dispenser areas.
• Make beds in patient-care areas and OD rooms; clean mattresses, springs, and bed frames.
• Clean bedside stands, over-bed lights, blood pressure cuffs, bed tables, and other items in patient rooms.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• Potential credit for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service in determining annual leave accrual, if requested and approved before appointment.