Route Driver - Residential Automated – Position Duties
Seeking dependable, responsible team player with good work ethic and communication skills for a full time Route Driver position. This position will haul recycling or trash from residential accounts with an automated side-load truck and collecting carts and recycle bins. Class B CDL drivers’ license is required.
Who We Are –
We are a local, family-owned business with deep roots in the Eugene community. We have been serving the needs of Eugene for over 43 years and are dedicated to keeping the neighborhoods we serve clean and green so that Eugene remains a special place to live. We believe in taking care of our customers and employees and have built a work culture around providing work-life balance and open communication. Here at Apex, our employees are known by their first name and are valued for their contribution to our mission to serve the community.
Why work for us?
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- A company you can grow with - advancement opportunities
- Great wages and benefits
- Family-owned company that cares about our employees
- Friendly, helpful co-workers
- Work environment of respect and open communication
- Newer equipment
Job Benefits –
- Four-day work week – 40 hours per week; some overtime may apply
- Medical, dental, & life insurance coverage for employee
- Medical and dental coverage available for dependents – company pays 80% of dependent coverage
- Uniforms and safety PPE provided
- Annual bonuses possible for meeting performance benchmarks
- Retirement plan
Essential Functions-
- Safely drive and operate automated recycle truck on regular route to service roll carts and commingle recycle bins located at residential customer accounts
- Must ensure accounts are serviced quickly without leaving any messes
- Will collect all extra recycle materials set out for collection
- Will notify office of any service issues with customers
- Will travel to Recycle Center to unload contents of truck and perform clean out procedures of compaction body after dumping load.
- Will perform daily inspection of vehicles driven.
- Will perform daily maintenance on automated arm of recycle truck.
- Report any vehicle defect needing correction to shop coordinator.
Required Experience & Abilities-
- Must be able to pass DOT drug screen test
- Possess a valid driver license and have a 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 and basic knowledge of truck components.
- Ability to perform strenuous physical work with heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling in outside weather (heat, wet, or humid conditions)
Physical Demands-
- Work safely at fast pace all day while exiting and entering the cab up to 200 times per day
- Must be able to lift 30-60 lbs. load consistently all day
- Must be able to push/ pull carts weighing up to 150 lbs.
- Must exit truck at accounts with recycle bins to dump bin and load other recycling as needed
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
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- Wage Range - $28.75 – $30.84 per hour. Medical, dental and life insurance benefits after complete probationary period
