Class A Driver Lead

Daniels Health; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3K sign-on bonus

Overtime opportunities

Benefits from day one

Stable Mon-Fri hours

Job summary

Daniels Health seeks a Class A licensed driver-lead for our new Salt Lake City location. You will help form and guide a team of drivers, manage daily operations, and ensure safe handling of medical waste. The role offers autonomy, steady hours, and potential overtime with a strong benefits package.

Join a healthcare-focused leader committed to safety and service. The role emphasizes customer relations, on-time deliveries, and career growth within a growing network of facilities across the U.S.

Qualifications

• Class A license with a clean driving record and valid medical card.
• Hazmat endorsement or willingness to obtain.
• 3 years of driving experience with tractor trailers and/or straight trucks.
• DOT compliance experience, including logging hours and roadside inspections.
• Able to lift up to 50-75 lbs and push/pull 100-250 lbs.
• Willingness to work full-time, ~40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a team of drivers at the new Salt Lake City location.
• Assist Transport Supervisor with daily operations.
• Train new drivers.
• Safely collecting, delivering and storing medical waste containers.
• Provide strong customer service and build relationships.
• Operate straight trucks and tractor trailers up to 53 ft.
• Deliver on time and communicate changes or challenges.
• Load/unload and manage routes per schedule.
• Comply with DOT regulations and perform vehicle inspections.
• Heavy lifting as required.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer focus

Training

Safety-minded

Flexibility

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer focused driver with a Class A license and experience driving large trucks to utilize your experience across the Salt Lake City, UT area.

The Driver Lead will help to establish and lead a team of drivers in our NEW Salt Lake City location. This is an excellent opportunity for a driver looking to expand their skillset and further their career.

This role offers a high degree of autonomy, stable hours, access to some OT and good benefits. Our vehicle fleet is modern and well-maintained. We supply above and beyond the standard PPE for safe handling of medical waste and take training of our staff seriously– find out more about how we protect you athttps://www.danielshealth.com/covid-19-employees

Learn more about our drivers here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mlSva1OTwk

LOCATION : 2950 S 900 W, South Salt Lake, UT 84119

What will your job involve?

• Helping to establish and lead a team of drivers in our NEW Salt Lake City location!
• Assist Transport Supervisor with daily operations and oversight of driving team
• Train new drivers
• Safely collecting, delivering and storing our medical waste containers at customer locations
• Providing strong customer service and building positive customer relationships
• Operating vehicles in a safe manner (straight trucks and tractor trailers as large as 26 and 53 feet long)
• Completing deliveries to time schedule, and clearly communicating changes or challenges as they arise
• Loading and unloading | Prioritizing and organizing your truck per schedule and needs
• Managing a route per leaderships direction | delivering timely, efficient and effective service
• Complying with DOT regulations, logging hours and roadside inspections
• Heavy lifting!

What are we looking for?

• Class A license with a clean driving record and valid medical card
• Hazmat endorsement or willingness to obtain required
• Consistently lifting up to 50 lbs, with occasional lifting of 50-75 lbs
• Pushing/or pulling of 100-250 lbs, as applicable to the role
• Willingness to work full time hours, approx. 40 hours a week
• Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations
• 3 years of driving experience with tractor trailers and/or straight trucks
• Registered with DACH
• A flexible, can-do attitude with a strong customer focus
• Experience with DOT compliance, logging hours, roadside inspections
• Confident in a road check level 1 through level 3
• Proven longevity in past employment
• On time delivery practices!

Why work for us?

• Job stability– as an essential service to healthcare we are a non-seasonal and stable business
• Opportunities for overtime
• Consistent work hours – Mon-Fri (Start at 5am-3pm)
• Benefits– Full time roles are provided benefits, sick leave and vacation leave from day one
• Permanent position –This is a Full-time permanent role of 40+ hours per week
• Competitive salary – This position is offering a competitive pay! We offer a SET (non-negotiable) rate of $30/hr Plus a 3K Sign on Bonus (1k paid after 30 days of employment, 2k paid after 90 days of employment)

Who are we?

We are a healthcare service company providing safety systems and regulated waste collections for hospitals and an array of customers within the healthcare industry. Our focus is delivering quality and safety-focused medical waste management services that reduce needlestick injuries, improve infection control and reduce the environmental footprint of our customers. As a service to our customers we dispose and treat medical waste at our treatment facilities across the U.S.

If this sounds like the role for you, or somebody you know then we look forward to speaking with you!

To find out more of what a day in the life of a driver looks like visit - Driving with Daniels!

Daniels Health & Sharpsmart is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. Daniels Health & Sharpsmart prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Daniels Health & Sharpsmart conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

Daniels Health conducts background checks and drug testing as part of the post‑offer hiring process.

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