Custodial Worker 1
Description:
Salary: $34,523.00 - $45,888.00 Annually
Location : Allegheny County, PA
Job Type: Non-Civil Service Permanent Full-time
Job Number: N-2025-25979
Department: Department of Military & Veterans Affairs
Division: MV Mntnc Swvc
Opening Date: 05/20/2025
Closing Date: 5/26/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Job Code: 80210
Position Number: Multiple positions may be filled from this posting.
Union: AFSCME
Bargaining Unit: N1
Pay Group: ST02
Bureau / Division Code: 00134930
Bureau / Division: Southwestern Veterans' Center
Worksite Address: 7060 Highland Drive
City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 15206
Contact Name: Natalie Fewell
Contact Email:
THE POSITION
Are you a self-motivated and reliable individual who likes cleaning and helping others? Do you take pride in seeing the results of your work? The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), Southwestern Veterans' Home is seeing a Custodial Worker 1. If you want to help maintain buildings and grounds for veterans and their spouses, staff, and visitors, then we want to talk to you!
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
As a Custodial Worker 1, you will perform cleaning duties throughout the facility. You will deep clean resident rooms, common areas, nurse stations, kitchen areas, transportation vehicles, and visitation booths. You will also have general cleaning duties such as mopping, scrubbing, waxing, polishing, dusting, and sweeping. This role requires maintaining a safe working environment while using solvents and chemicals as well as a genuine desire to provide a safe and healthy environment for veterans and their spouses, staff, and visitors. In addition, you will move furniture and equipment, dispose of infectious waste and recycling, shovel snow, and remove debris from sidewalks and entry areas.
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
Work hours are 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM, with a 30-minute lunch. You will work rotating days and weekends.
Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY
QUALIFICATIONS
Additional Requirements:
You must be able to perform essential job functions. Preferred Qualifications (not required):
Willingness to work in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Willingness to work 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Work experience as a custodian, janitor, or cleaning person in an assisted living facility, nursing home, or hospital is preferred. (Experience might include such things as cleaning restrooms; cleaning resident rooms, offices or public areas; mopping, scrubbing, dusting, sweeping, buffing, etc.)
Experience interacting with patients or residents while cleaning in patient/resident rooms or a dining room setting
Experience cleaning bodily fluids and disposing infectious waste into proper storage areas
Legal Requirements:
A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance. How to Apply:
Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position. Veterans:
Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at . Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
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*Eligibility rules apply.
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Preferred Qualification - This position is in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Are you willing and able to work in Allegheny County, PA?
Yes
No
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Preferred Qualification - The work hours for this job are 6:30 am to 2:30 pm. Are you able to work this schedule?
Yes
No
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Preferred Qualification - How many years of experience do you have as a custodian, janitor, or cleaning person? (Experience might include such things as cleaning restrooms; cleaning resident rooms, offices or public areas; mopping, scrubbing, dusting, sweeping, buffing, etc.)
None
Less than 1 year
1 to less than 2 years
2 to less than 3 years
3 or more years
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Preferred Qualification - Please list dates and employers where you gained your custodial/janitorial/housekeeping experience in an nursing home, or hospital. (If none, type N/A.)
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Preferred Qualification - How many years of work experience do you have interacting with patients or residents while cleaning in patient/resident rooms or a dining room setting?
None
Less than 1 year
1 to less than 2 years
2 to less than 3 years
3 or more years
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Preferred Qualification - How many years of work experience do you have cleaning bodily fluids and disposing infectious waste into proper storage areas?
None
Less than 1 year
1 to less than 2 years
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