Environmental Services Technician

About the Role

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center, focusing on janitorial and custodial services to maintain a clean and safe environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform floor maintenance, including sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, stripping, refinishing, buffing, and carpet cleaning.
• Clean walls, doors, doorframes, baseboards, and stairwells.
• Empty trash and wastebaskets, replace liners, and transport refuse, medical waste, and recycling.
• Clean and disinfect restrooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, including fixtures and mirrors.
• Replenish supplies such as paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap.
• Move and arrange furniture, beds, and equipment to facilitate cleaning.
• Provide bed-making services, clean mattresses, bedframes, and bedside equipment.
• Manage textile distribution and inventory, including transporting soiled textiles and restocking clean ones.
• Clean patient care refrigerators, ice machines, stainless steel surfaces, and designated smoke areas.
• Clean windows, window ledges, glass surfaces, and replace curtains and blinds.
• Clean and replace needle boxes and non-critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME).
• Provide guidance to Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) workers and perform other assigned duties.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, applicants must demonstrate evidence of training or experience that shows their ability to perform the duties of this position. This evidence must be supported by detailed descriptions on the resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

Screen-Out Element: Qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen-out element. Those who meet the minimal acceptable qualification requirement will be considered for further rating; those who do not will be rated ineligible and eliminated.

Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work. All qualifying experience, including volunteer experience, will be credited. Part-time experience will be credited based on the actual time spent in appropriate activities.

Physical Requirements

• Continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing.
• Occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment weighing over 50 pounds.
• Considerable dexterity, hand-foot-eye coordination, concentration, and visual acuity to identify dirt, dust, and debris.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 15:00 - 23:30

Position Description Title/PD#

Environmental Services Technician/PD99909S