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Environmental Services Technician (EVS) - Housekeeping Aid Supervisor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
On-site Houston, TX $28.7 – $33.4/hr Apply by Jun 9, 2026 Custodial Working ESTJESTPISFPISTP TradesHospitalityTransportation
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This position is located within Environmental Management Services (EMS) of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center. The primary purpose of this position is to exercise technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers in supporting and performing task (e.g., environment of care, textile distribution and training) associated with the EMS goals and objectives.
What You'll Do
- →The Environmental Service Technician (VS) - Housekeeping Aid Supervisor maintains VA facilities for Veterans and their families and are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S.
- →Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
- →A VA healthcare career as a HKA-EVS Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.
- →Duties Include: Assign staff for routine and non-routine duties on a daily and a project-by-project basis.
- →Cleaning of all patient areas, corridor spaces throughout Medical Center, Operating Rooms, and all other areas as assigned.
- →Exercise technical and administrative supervision over subordinate workers in supporting and performing task (e.g., environment of care, textile distribution and training) Trains staff and ensures that they are using the patient centered care principles in terms of customer service to patients, patients' family members and personnel.
- →Keeps subordinates abreast of prope3r methods, procedures and uses of equipment and supplies; control the use of supplies and equipment to affected cost control within the unit.
- →Approves leave requests for subordinates, counsels' employees, and recommends disciplinary action to a higher-level supervisor whenever non-compliance with policy warrants.
- →Coordinates activities with other services, including rearranging work schedules during remodeling, painting and relocation of offices, clinics or patient wards and other duties which help coordinate moves.
- →Inspects assigned areas, recording discrepancies in cleanliness, needed maintenance repairs, broken or inadequately stored furnishing and equipment.
- →Establishes guidelines, operating procedures and department and Medical Center policy.
- →Work Schedule: TBD / Monday - Friday (6:00am - 2:30pm / 7:00am-3:30pm / 8:00am-4:30pm / 2:30pm-11:00pm / 3:30pm-12md) (subject to change based on the needs of the service) (Tours of duty may vary depending on the internal department needs with weekdays, weekends, day and evening shift schedules).
- →Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Services Technician (EVS) - Housekeeping Aid Supervisor/PD99911-S Physical Requirements: The position demands continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing.
- →The work requires the occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment (e.g., wall washers, industrial type buffers) weighing over 50 pounds.
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: a188aabe-cd82-4709-98e9-f2a99c3298f6
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