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Environmental Services Technician (Housekeeping Aid)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
On-site Albuquerque, NM $18.3 – $21.4/hr Apply by Jul 28, 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 Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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 an 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 include: Cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas.
- →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.
- →Carry out assignments with minimal supervision.
- →Work Schedule: Various tours of duty and shifts to include weekends and holidays mornings, evenings, and overnight shifts, depending on the needs of the service.
- →(Schedules - 1st shift / 7:00am-3:30pm, Monday - Friday and Friday - Tuesday / 2nd Shift 3:30pm - 12:00am, Monday - Friday and Friday - Tuesday / 3rd Shift 12:00am - 8:30am, Days off vary based on needs of service.
- →Miscellaneous schedules - 1:00pm - 9:30pm and 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday) Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Services Technician (Housekeeping Aid)/PD99909S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved 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.
- ✓There is no education requirement for this position.
Personality Fit
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