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Motor Vehicle Operator - Laundry Truck Driver
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
On-site West Haven, CT $23.8 – $27.8/hr Apply by Sep 17, 2026 Motor Vehicle Operating ISTP Transportation
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The employee is responsible for picking up and delivering clean and soiled laundry throughout the Medical Center. This position is located in West Haven, Connecticut.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but not limited to: Loading and unloading linen carts, unpacking new linen, marking new linen, delivering linen to the Unit from the clean linen room, delivering uniforms, folding clean linen, and performing other related activities.
- →Gathers, assembles, consolidates, and lifts bags of soiled linen into carts.
- →Pushes loaded carts from the dock onto laundry truck.
- →Ensures laundry carts/cargo are properly secured to prevent damage to the equipment and/or vehicle.
- →Transports carts to the laundry area where they are unloaded and weighed on a dock scale.
- →Maneuvers the vehicle in and around congested dock areas of the hospital.
- →Operates dock leveling devices.
- →Sanitizes truck following each soiled linen delivery to the laundry.
- →Loads clean carts of linen onto the truck at the clean laundry dock.
- →Delivers clean carts to all distribution points.
- →Returns all empty linen carts to the laundry area for restocking.
- →Follows established delivery schedules.
- →Performs routine maintenance and cleaning of the vehicle and other equipment.
- →Reports maintenance or repair needs to the Textile Care Manager or Work Leader.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job 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 Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Pre-employment physical required Subject to background/security investigation 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) 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
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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