Medical Waste/Sharps Class A Driver Lead (6510)

Daniels Health • Shakopee, MN

5h • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer-focused driver with a Class A license and experience driving large trucks to utilize your experience across the Shakopee, MN area. This role offers a high degree of autonomy, stable hours, access to some overtime, and good benefits. Our vehicle fleet is modern and well-maintained. We supply above and beyond the standard PPE for safe handling of medical waste and take training of our staff seriously. Learn more about our drivers here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mlSva1OTwk We are a healthcare service company providing safety systems and regulated waste collections for hospitals and an array of customers within the healthcare industry. Our focus is delivering quality and safety-focused medical waste management services that reduce needlestick injuries, improve infection control and reduce the environmental footprint of our customers. As a service to our customers we dispose and treat medical waste at our treatment facilities across the U.S.

Requirements

• Class A license with a clean driving record and valid medical card
• Willingness to work full time hours, approx. 40 hours a week
• Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations
• 3 years of driving experience with tractor trailers and/or straight trucks
• Registered with DACH
• A flexible, can-do attitude with a strong customer focus
• Experience with DOT compliance, logging hours, roadside inspections
• Confident in a road check level 1 through level 3
• Proven longevity in past employment
• On time delivery practices!

Nice To Haves

• Hazmat endorsement preferred

Responsibilities

• Assist Transport Supervisor with daily operations and oversight of driving team
• Train new drivers
• Safely collecting, delivering and storing our medical waste containers at customer locations
• Providing strong customer service and building positive customer relationships
• Operating vehicles in a safe manner (straight trucks and tractor trailers as large as 26 and 53 feet long)
• Completing deliveries to time schedule, and clearly communicating changes or challenges as they arise
• Loading and unloading
• Prioritizing and organizing your truck per schedule and needs
• Managing a route per leaderships direction
• Delivering timely, efficient and effective service
• Complying with DOT regulations, logging hours and roadside inspections
• Heavy lifting!

Benefits

• Job stability – as an essential service to healthcare we are a non-seasonal and stable business
• Opportunities for overtime
• Consistent work hours – Mon-Fri, 1st shift
• Full time roles are provided benefits, sick leave and vacation leave from day one
• Permanent position – This is a Full-time permanent role of 40+ hours per week
• Competitive salary – This position is offering a competitive pay!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed