Driver Trainee Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• No prohibitions to acquiring a commercial driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Successfully complete the Company’s CDL training program and take and pass the state CDL examination.
• Complete twelve full months of employment with Republic Services after obtaining a CDL.
• Learn to perform pre- and post-operation inspections of the assigned vehicle and report safety issues using standard reports.
• Learn to operate a heavy or commercial truck safely along a designated route and to a disposal site, following route sheets and maps and servicing customers as assigned.
• Learn to operate manual and/or automatic controls to lift and load refuse, operate the compactor, and dispose of collected material at the designated facility.
• Learn to identify unsatisfactory waste containers and tag them in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Monitor waste for evidence of unacceptable material.
• Monitor the assigned vehicle’s condition to ensure it is operationally ready, and clean waste from the packer blade and truck body on each disposal trip.
• Follow required safety policies and procedures.
• After obtaining a CDL, perform Driver responsibilities in an assigned Company line of business.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage
• Dental plans
• Vision coverage
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts
• Short- and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee discount programs
• 401(k) plan with a company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)