Route Driver Grand Rapids, MI -6750

Daniels Health; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time benefits from day one

Overtime opportunities

Stable work hours

Sign-on bonus $3k

Job summary

Daniels Health seeks an enthusiastic, customer-focused driver to operate a 26-foot box truck across Grand Rapids, MI, starting at 4081 36th Street SE. You will collect sharps and medical waste containers, delivering high levels of customer service daily.

Role offers autonomy, regular hours, with overtime and strong benefits. Full-time position with a $25/hr rate and a $3k sign-on bonus paid in installments after 30 and 90 days.

Qualifications

• Class B license required and maintained.
• Delivery experience with manual handling is a plus.
• Willing to work full-time hours (~40 per week).
• Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations.
• Passing the 7 Year FADV review in the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse.
• Flexible, customer-focused attitude.
• Experience operating vehicles up to 26 ft box trucks.
• DOT compliance and roadside inspections experience.
• Proven longevity in past employment.

Responsibilities

• Safely collecting, delivering and storing medical waste containers at customer locations.
• Providing strong customer service and building positive customer relationships.
• Operating vehicles safely (26 ft and 53 ft trucks).
• Deliveries to schedule and communicating changes or challenges as they arise.
• Loading and unloading; organizing your truck per schedule and needs.
• Managing a route per leadership direction and delivering timely service.
• Complying with DOT regulations, logging hours and roadside inspections.
• Heavy lifting required.

Skills

Class B license

Delivery experience

Customer service

DOT compliance

Pre-trip/post-trip checks

Flexible schedule

Heavy lifting

On-time delivery

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer focused driver who can operate a box truck (26 feet) across the Grand Rapids, MI area starting at (4081 36th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 48512). You will be collecting sharps and medical waste containers from our healthcare customer locations and delivering a high level of customer service daily.

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 at https://www.danielshealth.com/covid-19-employees

This position is offering a $3k sign-on bonus for new hires. $1k paid after 30 days of employment and $2k paid after 90 days of employment!

What will your job involve?

• 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 B license required
• Delivery experience within any industry where you have dealt with manual handling (advantageous not mandatory)
• Willingness to work full time hours, approx. 40 hours a week
• Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations
• Passing our 7 Year FADV review in the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
• A flexible, can-do attitude with a strong customer focus
• Experience operating vehicles in a safe manner (as large as 26 ft box trucks)
• 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 - Monday- Friday - 6 AM till finish
• Benefits - Full time roles are provided benefits, sick leave and vacation leave from day one!
• Permanent position - This is a Full-time permanent role
• Competitive salary - This position is offering a non-negotiable rate of $25/hr
• AND an additional $3k sign-on bonus for new hires. $1k paid after 30 days of employment and $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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