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Environmental Services Technician/Housekeeping Aid
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-siteOmaha, NE$18.1 – $21.1/hrApply by Jun 8, 2026Custodial WorkingESTJESTPISFPISTPTradesHospitalityTransportation
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This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of the Omaha VA Medical Center. Incumbent 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 and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes).
What You'll Do
- →Duties for the position include but are not limited to: Maintaining VA facilities for Veterans and their families are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S.
- →Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
- →Emptying trash and wastebaskets, replaces liners.
- →Transporting general refuse, regulated medical waste and recycling to central collection areas.
- →Performing a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping duties.
- →Duties include cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
- →Sweeping, mopping, scrubbing (machine) floors, vacuuming carpets and upholstered furniture, emptying waste baskets, cleaning light globes and Venetian blinds, washing walls, windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders, refilling toilet tissue and towel dispensers and moving furniture.
- →Replenishing supplies of paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in all areas where dispensers are located.
- →Carrying out assignments with minimal supervision.
- →Work Schedule: Full-Time, 7:00am to 3:30pm.
- →Days off will vary.
- →Shifts will be discussed during interview.
- →Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Services Technician/99909S.
- →Bargaining Unit: Yes.
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 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.
- ✓No Educational Substitution.
Personality Fit
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