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Environmental Services Technician - Housekeeping Aid
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 58 days ago
On-site Jackson, MS $18.2 – $21.3/hr Apply by Aug 10, 2026 Custodial Working ESTJESTPISFPISTP TradesHospitalityTransportation
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This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division within the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VAMC. This position performs both janitorial and custodial services (e.g., textile distribution and inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing, polishing floors).
What You'll Do
- →Cleaning and sanitizing restrooms: urinals, commode, sink, mirror, etc.
- →Cleaning patients' rooms using sanitizing chemicals that will not compromise patients' health to disinfect surfaces.
- →Removing soiled linen from ward areas or clinics using the proper collection methods for handling possible contaminated items.
- →Keeping a stock of cleaning materials and equipment needed to do your work.
- →Following instructions to a variety of special cleaning and sanitizing solutions to remove different kinds of stains from a variety of surfaces.
- →Following simple written instructions for completing non-routine cleaning tasks.
- →Reading and following posted instructions through signs and pictures.
- →Operating, adjusting, and cleaning heavy power cleaning equipment.
- →Using common cleaning tools and lightweight cleaning equipment such as vacuum cleaners, buffers, and floor scrubbers.
- →Adjusting, cleaning, and performing minor maintenance on equipment and change attachments for proper use.
- →Adhering to safety policies and procedures when performing manual work.
- →Working quickly without accidents while at the same time being attentive to the quality of your work.
- →Work Schedule: 7:00 am to 3:30 pm Saturdays and Sundays, additional hours may be available during the week (Subject to change based on the needs of the Agency) Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Services Technician - 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.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓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: 47cf3ec5-2ce5-4c25-abe2-55d56a0da5c7
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