Now Hiring a CDL Trainee in Ketchikan Alaska

Waste Connections•Ketchikan, AK

2d•$25 - $27

About The Position

Now Hiring a CDL Driver Trainee in Ketchikan, AK! 💼 Get Paid to Earn Your CDL — No Experience Needed! Dreaming of a CDL career but can’t afford training? We’ve got you covered. Alaska Waste, a Waste Connections company, is now hiring a CDL Driver Trainee in Ketchikan, AK. If you're a hard worker with a great attitude and a clean driving record, this is your chance to get paid $25.00 per hour while you train and then transition into a $27.00 per hour full-time CDL driving role. No CDL? No problem. We’ll pay you to get it! 🎓 Here’s How It Works 💵 $25.00 per hour during your training phase 🏫 Complete a weeklong classroom course, behind-the-wheel training, and road test 🪪 Earn your Class B CDL with air brakes endorsement 🚚 Step into a full-time Local Driver role at $27.00 per hour 🗓 Training Timeline You can complete the full process and start your driving career in as little as 3 weeks! Most individuals can get it within a few months! 🚛 Once You're a CDL Driver, You’ll: Operate a garbage truck safely on local routes Collect solid waste and recyclables from residential and commercial customers Follow route sheets and work independently Perform daily vehicle inspections and basic maintenance Provide friendly, professional service to customers 🛠 What You’ll Need ✅ A valid Class D license and ability to obtain a CDL permit within 90 days of start date 🧾 A clean driving record 💪 Physically able to lift 50+ lbs and work in all weather conditions 🗣 Strong communication + basic reading/writing skills (English required) 🎓 High school diploma or GED preferred 💼 1+ year of general work experience (related experience is a plus) 🌟 Why Work for Alaska Waste? We're part of the Waste Connections family — one of the most respected, stable companies in the State of Alaska. 🏠 Local routes — home every night 💪 Job security in an essential service 🚀 Career advancement opportunities 👥 Team-first, safety-focused environment 🛠 Ongoing support to help you grow 💼 Your Benefits Package Includes: 🏥 Medical, dental, and vision insurance 💳 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) 🛡 Short- & long-term disability 🧾 Life insurance 💰 401(k) with company match 🎉 Paid holidays and vacation 🔄 Unlimited opportunities to “Connect with Your Future” Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day. Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you. We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do. People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you. At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.

Requirements

A valid Class D license and ability to obtain a CDL permit within 90 days of start date
A clean driving record
Physically able to lift 50+ lbs and work in all weather conditions
Strong communication + basic reading/writing skills (English required)