Residential Waste Driver for Mount Holly, NC with ASL Experience

Waste Pro USA•Monroe, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Waste Pro is hiring a Residential Waste Driver in the Mount Holly/Gastonia area. The Automated Side Load Driver operates refuse collection vehicles on pre-assigned and special routes to collect garbage, yard waste, or recycling. The driver oversees helpers on the assigned route, performs pre-trip and post-trip truck checks and cleaning, and carries out related duties as assigned. The role requires safely driving a refuse truck along residential routes, collecting and unloading refuse, providing courteous service to the public and customers, and complying with company procedures and applicable Department of Transportation and state requirements. Drivers maintain vehicle condition and required records, handle scattered refuse and large bins, and are responsible for people working on the vehicle during the route. The work involves frequent physical activity and may require working 8 to 12 hours in extreme weather. Drivers work in conditions with temperature and weather variations, noise, vibration, fumes, and odors. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Requirements

Valid Class A or Class B CDL for the state in which the position works.
Clean driving record.
At least 21 years of age.
Understand refuse collection policies, procedures, guidelines, and practices, as well as Department of Transportation and state requirements for commercial motor vehicle operators.
Hear within the normal audio range, with or without correction.
See within the normal visual range, with or without correction.
Have a normal range of body motion.
Ability to drive front-end, side, rear-end, or roll-off loading refuse trucks, including equipment with a right-hand driver's position, while observing legal and defensive driving practices.
Ability to manipulate heavy equipment control levers.
Ability to follow a designated refuse collection route or work schedule.
Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
Ability to maintain written records and service responses.
Speak and read English sufficiently to communicate with customers, coworkers, dispatch, and supervisors; understand highway and traffic signals; and make legible entries on paperwork.
Physically able to push or pull 50 pounds independently between 800 and 1,000 times a day.
Physically able to lift 50 pounds independently from ground to waist height between 800 and 1,000 times a day.
Physically able to get up and down from the cab of a commercial motor vehicle between 800 and 1,000 times a day.
Physically able to bend at the waist and knees between 800 and 1,000 times a day.
Physically able to work 8 to 12 hours in extreme weather conditions.

Responsibilities

Safely drive a refuse truck on pre-established routes within prescribed time, following Decision Driving principles.
Collect and dump garbage and refuse on designated residential routes and unload trucks at a landfill, transfer station, or similar facility.
Provide courteous and expeditious customer service to the public and customers.
Maintain a positive attitude toward company, customer, and municipal goals.
Ensure household garbage and recyclables are picked up and transferred properly, including back-door pickups when required; tag improper containers and waste.
Perform daily pre-trip and post-trip inspections in accordance with Waste Pro procedures and D.O.T. guidelines, complete Safety Lane activity and DVIR, and inspect vehicle components and fluids.
Keep the truck clean, wash its exterior weekly, and perform truck checks, fueling, fluid checks, and tire-pressure checks.
Clean up scattered refuse and move and empty large trash bins using truck hydraulics.
Prepare, maintain, and submit required company and regulation-mandated reports and documents.
Be responsible for all persons working on the vehicle during the designated route.
Comply with Department of Transportation and state requirements for commercial motor vehicle operators.
Attend and participate in assigned corporation-sponsored training courses.
Keep up to date on job-appropriate current technology used by Waste Pro.
Perform additional duties assigned by the Supervisor.