Rear/Side Load Drivers

Position Summary:

The Rear/Side Load Driver, under direction of the Rear Load Supervisor, distributes, collects, and empties company issued commercial waste receptacles for Sanitation customers.

Essential Functions:

• Performs and documents pre-trip and post-trip inspections of company issued vehicles
• Empties commercial waste receptacles as indicated on daily route sheet
• Opens and closes door on receptacles placed inside an enclosure
• Actively communicates any and all changes to daily route sheet to the dispatch team
• Notifies supervisor of any incidents, accidents, injuries, or property damage that may occur while completing activities on route
• Reviews and completes daily work orders
• Ensures accurate completion of route sheet and VCR by the end of each day
• Ability to proficiently navigate, in forward and reverse motion, driveways, alleyways, empty lots, high traffic roadways with potential limited overhead and compact areas.
• Ability to operate vehicles in accordance with OSHA (Occupational and Safety Health Act) and DOT (Department of Transportation) requirements as well as all local, state and federal laws
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to safely operate a DOT vehicle
• Ability to push, pull, and lift up to 50 pounds, with or without assistance
• Ability to maneuver a container, placed on canisters, for service access
• Ability to proficiently operate a DOT vehicle in a reverse motion
• Ability to convey Sanitation as the obvious choice for our customers, employees and community
• Actively demonstrates Sanitation’s core values in daily tasks and communications: Professionalism, Respect, Accountability and Communication
• Ability to demonstrate decision making skills that align with Sanitation’s 4 Step Decision Making Process
• Ability to collaborate with coworkers
• Ability to prioritize activities in order to achieve, individual and team, expectations and goals

Education and Experience

• Possess a valid Class A or B Driver’s License
• 2 years of professional commercial driving experience, preferred
• Must have experience

Working Conditions

This position will be based in an outdoor environment, exposed to the elements, with extended periods of standing, sitting, squatting, climbing, reaching, and lifting.