Job Description
**Waste** **Connections** is looking to hire a **CDL** **Route Driver** to join our team in **Vancouver, WA** .
Shift is **Monday-Friday,** with occasional Saturdays as needed.
Start time is **5:30** **AM** and ends when route is complete; generally 9-10 hours/day.
Union starting rate of pay is **$28.35/HR** .
Safety Sensitive: **Yes**
**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:**
**Ability to safely operate a garbage truck on specified routes to collect solid** **waste** **.** **Waste** **experience** **_preferred_** **, but not required.**
**Ability to read an electronic route tablet and service each customer identified on the route or assigned by the dispatcher.**
**Ability to operate hydraulic lift (from inside the cab) to service** **900+** **garbage carts** **and dispose of trash at designated facilities.**
**Perform routine inspection and maintenance on vehicles such as checking fluids,** **safety** **equipment, and tires.**
**Ability to perform a physically demanding job, loading and unloading, at times with no helpers.**
**Courteous** **interaction with our customers and perform other miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.** **?**
**WORKING CONDITIONS AND** **PHYSICAL** **EFFORT:**
**Extensive** **physical** **activity. Requires strenuous** **physical** **work;** **heavy lifting** **, pushing, or pulling required of objects over 50 pounds many times throughout an 8+ hour shift.**
**Work environment involves exposure to** **physical** **risks such as moving mechanical parts. This requires following basic** **safety** **precautions.**
**The employee is exposed to outside weather, including frequent wet conditions, as well as exposure to fumes and vibration. Noise level is usually moderate.**
**MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:**
**Valid Class B** **CDL** **with** **air brakes** **endorsement as a minimum.**
**Clean** **Driving** **Record.**
**High school diploma or equivalent preferred.**
**Basic knowledge of truck components in order to complete DOT pre- and post-trip inspections.**
**WHAT WE OFFER:**
**Union Benefits and Pension Plan**
**Yearly Boot Voucher of up to $450.00 a Year**
**Yearly** **Safety** **Bonus of up to $1,750**
**Company uniforms, High Visibility PPE gear and** **Safety** **gear.**
**To be considered for any of our current openings you must complete an application at** **www.wasteconnections.com** **. Application information and additional instructions can be found once you select your position of interest.**
**Waste** **Connections is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer** **(Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran)**
**The Range of pay for Drivers is $26.65-$35.00/HR.**