Pay Range: $18.75
Shift: 4 day working week, 3-5am start time, no weekends
Job Summary
The Medical Waste Route Driver is responsible for servicing assigned accounts in the most professional way, ensuring that customers' needs are met on a continual basis for various waste pickup and supply delivery. This role will always provide the highest level of customer service possible. They may also transport waste from either a WMHS location or customer location, to a transfer location or processing location. All company‑assigned vehicles are equipped with camera telematics, including inside and outside cameras, as well as an ELD (electronic logging device) and GPS.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage assigned routes ensuring customers’ waste is picked up safely, timely and accurately.
- Pick up and transport waste safely according to all federal, provincial, and local rules and regulations.
- Plan daily schedule based on customers’ needs by reviewing daily paperwork (manifest, route sheets, previous VCR, etc.) provided by the Transportation Manager/Supervisor or Dispatcher.
- Follow routing software route schedule.
- Prepare and load trucks to service selected accounts for the day, ensuring sufficient supplies are added. Unload trucks at various Stericycle and customer sites, securing waste as required.
- Pick up specified waste from each customer site scheduled for the day, ensuring customers have packaged and prepared the waste according to all regulations before transport.
- Provide the highest level of customer service to assigned accounts daily, communicating any issues to the Transportation Manager/Supervisor or Dispatcher for resolution (e.g., reroutes, adjustments in container sizes, training).
- Secure waste, supplies, and material handling equipment prior to operating the vehicle on public roads.
- Complete assigned paperwork legibly, neatly, accurately, and completely; return to the Transportation Supervisor or Dispatcher for processing. Ensure the DOT Driver Log is completed, if applicable.
- Communicate with the Stericycle Transportation Supervisor and/or Dispatcher regarding any changes to route pickups (address changes, customer not having waste ready, etc.) and ensure covering employees are aware of any situations outside the norm.
- Perform pre‑trip and post‑trip maintenance on the assigned truck; report any maintenance problems to the Dispatcher for follow‑up. Use the ELD and Geotab to log hours in accordance with DOT guidelines, if applicable.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 0–1 year of experience, preferably in driving box trucks and route management.
- Commercial Driver’s License Required: Class B or above, with an excellent driving record.
Preferred Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED (accredited).
Physical Requirements
- Standing, walking, lifting, pushing, pulling, crouching, reaching, handling, sitting, talking, hearing.
- This job operates in both indoor garage, shop or gas plant conditions as well as outside conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability.
- Stock Purchase Plan and company match on 401(k).
- Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days (benefits may vary by site).