Commercial Waste Driver- Roll Off

Job Purpose

• Drive a commercial waste collection truck to empty dumpsters from commercial sites.

Tasks

• Using Front-Load, Roll-Off, or Grapple vehicles to service commercial businesses, picking up Dumpsters
• Clean up loose trash or spills that may occur.
• Clean trucks or compactor bodies after landfill trips and/or routes have been completed.
• Communicate with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, or other maintenance problems.
• Drive trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas.
• Dump refuse or recyclable materials at disposal sites.
• Fill out defective equipment reports, as well as route/productivity sheets.
• Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.
• Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise refuse bins and dump contents into openings in truck bodies.
• Operate equipment that compresses collected refuse.
• Refuel trucks or add other fluids, such as oil or brake fluid.
• Read route sheet or app, follow map, and service each stop as assigned

Requirements

• This position requires the employee:
• To be able to stand for long hours
• To stoop and bend with ease
• To be able to push, pull, and lift 50 pounds (to waist height) unassisted
• To be able to step up into a truck repeatedly
• To work in an environment that often smells musty, putrid, or rancid
• To potentially work in an environment that has seasonally high heat or low temperatures due to being outdoors
• To potentially work in an environment that has wet or humid conditions due to be being outdoors
• To work near moving mechanical parts
• Must be able to pass a drug test and have a clean driving record
• Offer contingent on a background check

Qualifications

• No major traffic violations or at-fault accidents in previous three (3) years time frame.
• Must be registered with the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse and provide consent for pre-employment queries.
• Minimum one (1) year experience driving Roll Off vehicles preferred.
• Must have a current Certified Medical Exam Card