General Maintenance Worker/Housekeeping - Full time nights

About the role

The Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis provides skilled nursing care in a supportive environment that fosters a stable, healthy, and meaningful life for Veterans. We offer a creative, fun, collaborative, and stimulating work environment that encourages professional growth. The Minneapolis Home is located on Minnehaha Avenue, which has connecting highways and public transportation options for an easy commute. The beautiful 53-acre wooded campus includes mature oaks and pines, nature trails and biking paths overlooking the Mississippi River.

Responsibilities

The positions perform a variety of indoor and/or outdoor maintenance, cleaning and laundry activities in a resident care setting. Work includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Maintain building floors and hallways using machines or manual processes by sweeping, scrubbing, mopping, and vacuuming.
• Clean windows, walls, curtain dividers, and window treatments using appropriate cleaning agents and ladders.
• Clean and maintain rooms and furniture by dusting, moving, rearranging, and setting up or taking down tables and chairs.
• Clean restrooms by scrubbing floors, sinks, and stools; maintaining supplies of soap and paper products; and emptying wastebaskets and trash containers.
• Clean assigned state-maintained sidewalks by shoveling snow, applying sand and/or deicers, and removing ice, rubbish and other materials.
• Perform personal and regular laundry activities, including sorting and delivering residents' clothes.
• Operate, maintain, and make minor repairs on vacuums and other maintenance equipment.

Minimum qualifications

To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure that your resume/application clearly describes your experience in the areas listed below and indicates the beginning and ending month and year for each job held. Only applicants whose resumes clearly demonstrate fulfillment of each of these minimum qualifications will be considered for this position.

Knowledge of:

• Different types of flooring/floor covering sufficient to determine proper methods of maintenance and appropriate cleaning methods, materials, agents and equipment.
• Chemical cleaning agents such as ammonia, bleaches, scouring agents and soaps sufficient to appropriately select the agent(s), handle and apply, and dispose of safely.
• Methods, tools, and equipment used in maintenance sufficient to operate and use them effectively and make minor repairs.

Ability to:

• Use hand tools and handle fairly light materials manually.
• Perform work functions using ladders and scaffolding.
• Perform laundry functions.
• Function in adverse weather conditions.
• Perform assigned tasks with limited work direction.
• Make minor mechanical repairs to maintenance equipment.
• Follow instructions, read and understand operational manuals, and keep simple records.

Additional requirements

This position also requires successful completion of the following:

• A Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) background check will be conducted on finalists for this position. Finalists must pass the DHS background check.
• A Tuberculosis (Mantoux) screening (or chest x-ray) is required prior to employment.
• Employment reference checks will be conducted on finalists. This may include a review of documentation related to job performance and contact with the applicant's former employer(s).

Pay

Salary range: $20.87 – $25.88 / hourly; $43,577 – $54,037 / annually

Schedule

Night shift – 10:00 pm – 6:30 am. Days of work vary based on business needs. The work schedule includes 80 hours per 2-week pay period and includes working on weekends (Saturday, Sunday), holidays, and additional work hours, based on business needs. Telework not eligible.

Benefits

As an employee, you'll have access to one of the most affordable health insurance plans in Minnesota, along with other benefits to help you and your family be well. Your benefits may include:

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• Fertility care, including IVF
• Diabetes care
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years)
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care
• Resources that provide support and promote physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being
• Support to help you reach your career goals: training, classes, and professional development
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (Some positions may qualify; for more information, visit the Federal Student Aid website at studentaid.gov)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for work/life support: a voluntary confidential program that helps employees and their families with life challenges that may impact overall health, personal well-being, or job performance. Common sources of stress can be addressed through the EAP: mental health, relationship challenges (personal and work), grief and loss, finances, and legal issues.
• Daily Living/Convenience Services: chore services, home repair, trip planning, child/elder care

Programs, resources and benefits eligibility varies based on type of employment, agency, funding availability, union/collective bargaining agreement, location, and length of service with the State of Minnesota.