This Motor Vehicle Operator (Laundry Driver) position is in Environmental Management services at the Connecticut VA Medical Center, located at the West Haven campus. The Motor Vehicle Operator does a variety of diverse tasks which requires operating a motor vehicle on and off station to provide services which includes transportation of linen, contaminated waste, furniture and common everyday trash.
Duties include work involved in the operation of gasoline, diesel, or electric powered wheeled vehicles to haul cargo, transport Linen, sewage and transport regulated medical waste (RMW). The vehicles are driven in restricted traffic environments on Government installations, over public roads and highways, or under cross-country conditions.
Other duties include but are not limited to: Incumbent routinely operates a gasoline powered vehicle equipped with a ten-speed transmission and hydraulic tail lift. Vehicle has a gross weight of 12,800 pounds and can carry loads weighing up to 7,000 pounds. It is a van type truck and is normally loaded to capacity except for occasional special deliveries. Truck is generally driven on Medical Center grounds but may occasionally be driven on public highways.
Gathers, assembles, consolidates, and lifts bags of soiled linen into carts at all soiled linen collection areas within the Medical Center. These carts are loaded to capacity and pushed directly from the dock onto the truck or hoisted up to the truck from ground level using the hydraulic lift. Carts are secured on the truck and then transported to the laundry where they are unloaded and weighed on dock scale. All loading and unloading activities are done by hand.
Truck is routinely sanitized following each soiled linen delivery to the laundry. Transports supplies, materials, RMW, sewage, or equipment or tools throughout the immediate installation, under limited traffic conditions, at low speeds or on public roads, under any traffic conditions, at highway speeds.
Loads carts of clean linen onto truck at the clean laundry dock, delivers these carts to all linen distribution points and returns all empty linen carts, to the laundry for restocking. Incumbents adhere to established delivery schedules and time frames when completing these deliveries. Incumbent performs routine cleaning and maintenance on vehicle and equipment and reports other maintenance or repair needs to the Textile Care Manager or Work Leader.
Performs routine cleaning and maintenance on vehicle and equipment and reports other maintenance or repair needs to the Textile Care Manager or Work Leader. Prepares manifests for the transportation of contaminated needles and RMW for pick up or transport. Helps the Move Team use, move, and control heavy equipment, carry and set up ladders and work from ladders. Performs minor maintenance on vacuum cleaners, power scrubbers, buffers and polishers.
Cleans floors using power scrubbers and buffers; washes walls using powered wall washing machines and vacuums with heavy industrial vacuum cleaners. Work Schedule: Full-Time, 40 Hours a week, Wed-Sun 10:00a-6:30pm, EST. Position Description Title/PD#: Motor Vehicle Operator/PD03817A Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. NOTIFICATIONS: This is not Bargaining Unit position. This position is in the Competitive Service.
Selectee must have a Valid State Driver's License and should have a safe driving record. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $23.77 – $27.77/hr.
Applications close on 2026-11-13.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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