Box Truck Driver

Waste Management, Inc. (WM)•Lake City, GA

About The Position

The Medical Waste Route Driver services assigned accounts professionally, meeting customer needs through waste pickup and supply delivery while providing a high level of customer service. The role may also involve transporting waste from a WMHS or customer location to a transfer or processing location. Company-assigned vehicles are equipped with inside and outside camera telematics, an electronic logging device (ELD), and GPS. This safety-sensitive field role involves operating a vehicle on assigned routes and performing related loading, unloading, documentation, vehicle inspections, and customer communications. The work takes place both inside garage, shop, or gas plant environments and outdoors, including in inclement weather, heat, and humidity. The posted schedule is four days per week, 10–12 hours per day, with a 7:00 a.m. start; the day off depends on the assigned route.

Requirements

0–1 years of experience; experience driving box trucks and managing routes is preferred.
Valid driver’s license.
All commercial motor vehicle drivers must be able to obtain a medical card from a certified medical examiner.
May be required to obtain immunizations and credentials based on customer requirements.
Must comply with safety rules and protocols; the role may involve pre-employment, post-incident, reasonable-suspicion, and random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with regulations and company policies.
Must have or be willing to obtain a REAL ID or TSA-approved alternative if needed for business air travel or access to federal property.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or accredited GED.
Experience driving box trucks and in route management.

Responsibilities

Manage assigned routes and ensure customer waste is picked up safely, on time, and accurately.
Pick up and transport waste in compliance with applicable federal, provincial, and local rules and regulations.
Plan the daily schedule using customer needs and route paperwork, such as manifests, route sheets, and previous vehicle condition reports, provided by a Transportation Manager/Supervisor or Dispatcher.
Follow the routing software’s route schedule.
When needed, prepare and load trucks for selected accounts, ensure adequate supplies are onboard, and unload trucks at WMHS and customer sites, securing the waste.
Collect specified waste from scheduled customer sites and ensure customers have packaged and prepared it in compliance with applicable regulations before transport.
Provide customer service to assigned accounts and report issues to the Transportation Manager/Supervisor or Dispatcher, including reroutes, container-size adjustments, and training needs.
Secure waste, supplies, and material-handling equipment before operating the vehicle on public roads.
Complete assigned paperwork legibly, accurately, and fully, and return it for processing; complete the DOT Driver Log when applicable.
Communicate route or pickup changes to the Transportation Supervisor or Dispatcher, brief route-covering employees about unusual situations, and report account problems before the end of each business day.
Perform pre-trip and post-trip maintenance checks on the assigned truck and report maintenance problems for follow-up.
Use ELD and Geotab to log hours in accordance with DOT guidelines, when applicable.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.