Medical Waste Containers - Class A Haz Driver - 7043

Lever, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job stability

Overtime opportunities

Early 4am start

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

Company paid life insurance

Job summary

Daniels Health & Sharpsmart is seeking a motivated Class A driver in San Diego, CA to collect and deliver medical waste containers, ensuring high levels of customer service daily. You will operate large vehicles, comply with DOT rules, and manage courier routes with a focus on safety and reliability.

The role offers 40–45 hours weekly with overtime potential, early start times around 4am, and comprehensive benefits. A strong safety record and experience with waste logistics are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Class A license with a clean driving record and valid medical card.
• Hazmat license required.
• Six months driving experience with tractor trailers and/or straight trucks.
• Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations.
• Passing the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse 7 Year FADV review.

Responsibilities

• Safely collecting, delivering and storing medical waste containers at customer locations.
• Providing strong customer service and building positive relationships.
• Operating straight trucks and tractor trailers up to 53 feet long.
• Completing deliveries on schedule and communicating changes.
• Loading and unloading and organizing your truck per schedule.
• Managing a route per leadership directions and ensuring timely service.
• Complying with DOT regulations and logging hours.
• Heavy lifting as required.

Skills

Class A license

Hazmat

DOT compliance

Vehicle inspections

Heavy lifting

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer focused driver with a Class A license with Hazmat and experience driving large trucks to utilize your experience across the San Diego, CA Plant. 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

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 A license with a clean driving record and valid medical card requred!!
• Hazmat license required!
• Willingness to work full time hours, approx. 40 hours a week
• Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations
• Six months of driving experience with tractor trailers and/or straight trucks
• 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 (straight trucks and tractor trailers as large as 26 and 53 feet long)
• 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 are plentiful!
• Consistent work hours – 5 days a week, Monday-Friday shifts approximately 4am start
• Benefits – Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Your Medical, Dental and Vision benefits are effective on DAY ONE. All other benefits are effective 1st of the month following 30 days of employment). Paid Short-term disability ($0 cost to you!). Company sponsored life insurance. Accident Insurance and Voluntary long-term disability options!
• Permanent position – This is a Full-time permanent role of 40-45 hours per week
• Competitive salary – This position is offering anon-negotiable rate of $28.01 - $29.03 per hour.

$28 - $29.03 an hour

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.

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.