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Environmental Services Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
On-siteButler, PA$19 – $22.1/hrApply by May 26, 2026Custodial WorkingESTJESTPISFPISTPTradesTransportation
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The Environmental Services Technician is part of the Environmental Management Services at Butler VA, reports to the Supervisor or delegate. Duties include tasks such as textile distribution, sanitizing, waste removal, cleaning blinds, changing curtains, washing windows/walls, dusting/polishing furniture, discharge cleaning, and floor care. Work involves manual labor and using industrial cleaning equipment like scrubbers, buffers, spray washers, disinfecting tools, and vacuums.
What You'll Do
- →The Butler VA Health Care System provides primary care, behavioral health, specialized extended care, physical rehabilitation medicine, and residential substance abuse treatment serving over 27,000 veterans in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.
- →The Butler VA HCS operates 60 nursing home care beds, 10 CWT-TR and 56 domiciliary beds at the facility's medical center located on an 88- acre campus three miles northwest of Butler, Pa.
- →Additionally, Butler VA is affiliated with 39 local and nationwide colleges and universities.
- →Additional information can be found on our internet site: https://www.butler.va.gov/.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Performs floor maintenance and wall washing.
- →Cleans doors, doorframes, baseboard corners and edges and stairwells.
- →Periodically utilizes pressure washers and heavy industrial powered and battery operated equipment the above task.
- →Adjusts, cleans, and performs minor maintenance on this equipment and changes attachments for their proper use.
- →Empties trash/wastebaskets and replaces liners.
- →Transports general refuse, regulated medical waste and recycling to central collection areas.
- →Cleans rest rooms, bathrooms, and shower rooms, ensuring that they are cleaned and meet acceptable standards (cleans, disinfects, and deodorizes lavatories, showers, bathtubs, urinals, and toilet bowls; cleans mirrors, sinks, and water fountains; washes and polishes light and toilet fixtures).
- →Replenishes supplies of paper towels, toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and soap in all areas where dispensers are located.
- →Moves and arranges furniture, patient wardrobes, beds, etc. in the assigned area to accomplish cleaning tasks.
- →Provides bed-making services in patient care areas and OD rooms; cleans mattresses, springs, and bedframes; and cleans bedside stands, over bed lights, blood pressure cuffs, bed tables, etc.
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: 5a9112a2-7dcd-475c-a799-d368433e0f49
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