Rear Load Driver - Non-CDL

Rumpke Waste & Recycling; Butler (KY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental insurance

Vision plan

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Paid vacation

Job summary

Rumpke Waste & Recycling is seeking Rear Load Drivers (Non-CDL) to service customers with trash and recycling collection. You will navigate routes, load containers, and ensure safe, compliant operations while maintaining logs and vehicle cleanliness.

Applicants should have 1–2 years of commercial truck driving experience or waste industry exposure, a valid driver’s license, and the ability to work nights and weekends as needed. Rumpke offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand a map.
• Good written and verbal communication with customers.
• Excellent truck driving/maneuvering skills.
• Must read and speak English well enough for safety training.

Responsibilities

• Provide trash or recycling removal services to customers safely.
• Enter/exit the truck up to several hundred times per day per route.
• Move containers from enclosures or buildings as needed.
• Replace receptacles neatly at curb or designated areas.
• Maintain and update route and driver logs.
• Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspections and complete logs.
• Interact professionally with customers and teammates.
• Load waste or recyclables, keep truck clean, and operate other trucks as required.
• Work flexible hours, including nights and weekends as needed.

Skills

Map reading

Effective communication

Truck driving skills

English proficiency

Job description

Rumpke is a family-owned and operated company that ranks as one of the largest firms in the waste and recycling industry. Our mission is simple: to deliver exceptional waste and recycling solutions to our customers and communities through a commitment to safety, service, the environment and the growth of our people. When you join Rumpke, you’ll be part of a team providing essential services to millions of residents, businesses, and neighborhoods. You will enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, vision, matching 401(k), life insurance, paid vacation, and more. This is your opportunity to make a difference for you and your family. Come join our team!

Rear Load Drivers Non-CDL are responsible for servicing customers with the collection and hauling of waste or recycling materials to a disposal site or recycling plant. Drivers will service many different routes in various areas.

Responsibilities of Position:

• Provide trash or recycling removal services to customers, in a safe and compliant way, by emptying trash/recycling containers into truck and hauling to disposal site
• Routinely enter/exit the truck approximately 300-600 times per day, depending on the assigned route
• Pull or push containers from enclosures or inside buildings as needed
• Replace trash/recycling receptacles neatly at the curb or designated area
• Clean up waste spills and overflows
• Maintain and update route & driver log sheets
• Conduct pre-trip/post trip inspections and complete logs
• Professionally interact with internal and external customers, providing excellent customer service
• Clean waste from the packer blade and truck body and ensure cleanliness of truck cab
• Deliver trash or recycling containers as needed
• Manually load bulk items as needed
• Maintain cleanliness of assigned truck
• Operate other types of trucks as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibility:

• This position will not manage employees

Skills & Abilities Needed for Position:

• Ability to read and understand a map
• Good written and verbal communication skills to be able to communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external customers
• Excellent truck driving/maneuvering skills
• Ability to drive while pulling a trailer
• Must be able to read and speak the English language well enough to communicate, understand, and respond to questions, directions, traffic signs, signals, and safety training

Experience & Knowledge Needed for Position:

• General knowledge of truck mechanics preferred
• 1-2 years commercial truck or delivery truck driving experience preferred
• Waste industry experience preferred

Physical Requirements in a Regular Workday:

• Frequently lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling a max of 75 lbs; rarely up to 100 lbs
• Continuously working outside in changing temperatures, wet/humid conditions
• Continuously working in areas of dust, odors, mist, gases, and other airborne matter
• Frequently stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling
• Frequently climbing and/or balancing
• Frequently sitting/standing/walking

Additional Working Conditions/Aspects:

• Must have a valid DOT Medical Card or able to obtain prior to hire
• Must be at least 19 years of age
• No more than 3 moving violations within the last 2 years
• Must not have any DUI's or OVI's within the last 5 years or 2 in the last 10 years
• Possible exposure to high traffic conditions and/or tight driving areas
• Exposure to residential and commercial waste
• Ability to travel between offices, as required
• Ability to work flexible hours; expected to work nights and weekends as needed
• Ability to work overtime, weekends, and/or holidays
• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• Valid driver’s license (if applicable)
• Must successfully complete pre-employment testing
• Must be able to read and speak the English language

This job description is intended to describe the general nature, complexity, and level of work to be performed by employees assigned to this position and is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. It does not prescribe or restrict the work that may be assigned. Furthermore, this does not establish an employment contract and is subject to change at the discretion of the company.

Rumpke Waste and Recycling is committed to equality in all aspects of employment. It is Rumpke’s policy to provide equal opportunities to all employees and potential employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.