Company:
Apex Recycling & Disposal
Location: Eugene
Closing Date: 06/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Required Experience & Abilities-
Physical Demands-
Education or Equivalent Experience –
Route Driver - Automated & Commercial Driver (Weekend) – Position Duties
Seeking dependable, responsible team player with good work ethic and communication skills for a full time Route Driver position for a customer service focused refuse & recycling collection company in Eugene, Oregon. This Route Driver position will haul yard debris or recycling from residential accounts with a automated side-load truck on weekdays and collect garbage containers from commercial accounts with front load truck on a small weekend route. Class B CDL drivers license is required.
Job Benefits –
- Position is a minimum of 40 hours per week (Wed, Thur, Fri. & partial shift Sat & Sun.)
- Medical, dental, & life insurance coverage for employee - $1000 deductible
- Medical and dental coverage available for dependents – company pays 80% of dependent coverage
- Competitive industry wages
- Uniforms and safety PPE provided
- Annual bonuses possible for meeting performance benchmarks
- Safely drive and operate automated garbage truck on regular route to service roll carts located at customer accounts
- Safely drive and operate front load garbage truck to collect containers from commercial accounts on the weekend routes
- Must ensure accounts are serviced quickly without leaving any messes
- Will unload recycling at company shop
- Will travel to Transfer Station or Landfill to unload contents of truck and perform clean out procedures of refuse body after dumping load.
- Will perform daily inspection of vehicles driven.
- Will perform daily maintenance on dumper of garbage truck.
- Report any vehicle defect needing correction to shop coordinator.
- Ensure recycling storage areas at company shop are kept clean and organized.
Required Experience & Abilities-
- Must be able to pass DOT drug screen test
- Valid driver license and clean driving record for past three years
- Meet company driving standards and comply with fleet safety policy
- Work independently in absence of supervision
- Understand and follow work orders and other oral or written instructions
- Establish and maintain cooperative working relationship with those contacted in the course of work
- Communicate with all levels of personnel and management using good verbal and written skills
- Knowledge of safe work practices
- Ability to work weekend shifts consistently
Physical Demands-
- Work safely at fast pace all day
- Must be able to lift 30-60 lbs load consistently all day
- Must be able to push/ pull containers weighing up to 1,800 lbs.
- Must exit truck at each account to dump garbage cart with dumper and load recycling as needed for rural route
- Must exit truck at each account to move container to be dumped and return to original placement for front load route
Education or Equivalent Experience –
- Typically requires high school diploma or equivalent
- At least two years of truck driving experience. Formal training may be substituted for some required experience
- Class B CDL drivers license is required
- Salary Range - $29.00 - $31.20 per hour. Medical, dental and life insurance benefits after complete probationary period.
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