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Environmental Services Technician (EVS) - Housekeeping Aid
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
On-site Springfield, MO $17.8 – $20.8/hr Apply by Jun 11, 2026 Custodial Working ESTJESTPISFPISTP TradesHospitality
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This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of a VA Medical Center. This position is under the direct supervision of the Housekeeping Supervisor or designee. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services at the VA Medical Center located in Fayetteville - Veterans Health Care Systems of the Ozarks. Click the "Learn more about this agency" link below to discover the perks and benefits of a Housekeeping - Environmental Service career!
What You'll Do
- →The Housekeeping Aid (HKA) - 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 a HKA-EVS Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.
- →As a HKA-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: cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
- →HKA-EVS Technicians sweep, mop, scrub (machine) floors.
- →Vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture.
- →Empty waste baskets.
- →Clean light globes and Venetian blinds, wash walls, windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders.
- →Refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers and move furniture.
- →Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday 3:30 pm - 12:00 am (subject to change based on the needs of the agency) Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Services Technician (EVS) - Housekeeping Aid/PD99909S 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.
- →The duties necessitate considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, and concentration as well as visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris.
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 Pre-employment physical is required.
- ✓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.
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