Bus Drivers - Full Time (CDL)
About The Position
ConnectLife Bus Drivers support the mobile blood donation team by driving vehicles to and from daily blood drives. The role includes loading and unloading supplies, assisting with event setup and breakdown, registering donors and providing customer service, stocking refreshment areas, and transporting blood products and inventory to the blood lab, fixed sites, mobile drives, and hospitals as needed. Drivers maintain vehicle logs and help with materials management, vehicle readiness, facility safety, housekeeping, and other support tasks. The position may also be dispatched to perform facilities functions at remote fixed sites. Hours are generally between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., with a $2 shift differential for hours worked outside those times. The schedule includes rotating Saturdays: Monday–Friday in week one and Tuesday–Friday in week two. Pay is $20.50 per hour without a CDL, or $25.00 per hour with a valid New York State CDL A or B license.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Prior customer service experience preferred.
- Prior driving experience preferred.
- CDL A or B license preferred but not required.
Nice To Haves
- Prior customer service experience.
- Prior driving experience.
- Valid New York State CDL A or B license.
Responsibilities
- Drive, load, and unload mobile vehicles to and from blood drives.
- Greet blood donors, perform identification checks, and obtain eligibility dates for returning donors.
- Assist with setting up and breaking down mobile blood drives.
- Ensure blood drive vehicles are stocked with blood draw supplies.
- Pack blood products into coolers after donations for transport.
- Assist phlebotomists with biohazard spills and adverse blood donor reactions.
- Deliver blood products to the blood lab from mobile blood drives or fixed sites; deliver inventory to fixed sites and mobile drives, and blood products to hospitals as needed.
- Log received reagents and critical supplies on appropriate forms, store supplies using the first-in, first-out principle, and assist with critical supply lot release.
- Notify facilities when vehicle issues arise.
- Maintain vehicle logs according to vehicle guidelines.
- Return ConnectLife vehicles to the garage with at least half a tank of gas.
- Maintain facility safety, including clearing snow from doorways and identifying or removing slip-and-fall hazards.
- Perform routine support functions such as stocking, maintenance, and general housekeeping.
- Perform necessary facilities functions at remote fixed sites when dispatched as needed.
Benefits
- Health insurance.
- Employer-sponsored dental and vision insurance.
- Employer-sponsored life insurance.
- Paid vacation and sick time accrued beginning on day one.
- 401(k) after one year of service with a 3% employer contribution.
- Employee referral bonuses.
- Mileage reimbursement.
- Pet insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
