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Environmental Service Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 87 days ago
On-site Fredericksburg, VA $19.4 – $22.7/hr Apply by Jul 20, 2026 Custodial Working ESTJESTPISFPISTP TradesHospitality
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Click the "Learn more about this agency" link below to discover the perks and benefits of a Housekeeping career! This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) in the Fredericksburg Health Care Center within the Environmental Management Service.
What You'll Do
- →The Environmental Services (EVS) Technicians who maintain VA facilities for Veterans and their families are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S.
- →Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
- →A VA healthcare career as an EVS Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.
- →As an EVS Technician, you will perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping duties.
- →Veterans rely on the skills of these professionals to keep patient areas clean and safe by addressing spills quickly, discarding trash, installing light bulbs in halls and rooms, and vacuuming and polishing floors.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Performs floor maintenance and wall washing.
- →Cleans doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges, and stairwells.
- →Periodically utilizes pressure washers and heavy industrial powered and battery operated equipment the above task.
- →Empties trash and wastebaskets, replaces liners.
- →Cleans rest rooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, ensuring that they are cleaned and meet acceptable standards.
- →Replenishes supplies of paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in all areas where dispensers are located.
- →Defrosts and cleans patient care refrigerators and ice machines in nourishment kitchen areas.
- →Cleans stainless steel on storage instrument cabinets and counters, elevators in lobbies, wards, diet-kitchens and nurse utility rooms.
- →Cleans and/or replaces needle boxes.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 29de55b2-e225-4288-a016-5262cad27400
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