Residential Driver

Meridian Waste; Christiansburg (VA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Meridian Waste in Christiansburg, VA is seeking a Residential Driver responsible for safely operating a collection truck and providing waste removal services. The role involves ensuring vehicle compliance with safety standards and regulations.

Essential duties include performing vehicle inspections, interacting courteously with customers, and adhering to productivity standards. Qualifications include a Class B license, two years of driving experience, and excellent customer service skills. The position is physically demanding and requires attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Two years of prior experience driving heavy commercial trucks.
• Excellent reading and writing skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate truck along designated route.
• Perform complete pre-and post-operation inspection of the vehicle.
• Courteously interact with all customers and dispatchers.

Skills

Excellent Customer Service skills

Attention to detail

Time management skills

Education

Class B or higher Commercial Driver’s license with air brakes endorsement

Job description

Job Details: Blue Ridge Hauling & MRF - Christiansburg, VA 24073

Summary

The Residential Driver is responsible for safely operating a collection truck, and providing prompt, courteous and complete waste removal services for customers. In addition, the Residential Driver is responsible for ensuring his or her vehicle is in compliance with the Company’s safety standards prior to operating the vehicle, ensures that all Company, state and federal regulations are adhered to at all times while operating the vehicle, and completes vehicle condition reports on a daily basis to ensure that any vehicle defects are repaired in a timely manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform complete pre-and post-operation inspection of the vehicle in accordance with Company policy to ensure tire pressure, fluid levels, safety equipment, gauges, and controls are in proper working order. Report any safety issues on standard reports.
• Safely operate truck along designated route and to the disposal site; read route sheet, follow map and service each customer as identified on the route sheet or as assigned by the dispatcher and/or supervisor.
• Operate manual and/or automatic controls in accordance with Company safety policies and procedures to lift and load refuse, operate compactor and dispose of collected material at the designated facility.
• Courteously interact with all customers, dispatchers and others on a daily basis to ensure all customer routes are serviced in a timely and professional manner.
• Identify unsatisfactory waste containers and tag containers in accordance with applicable departmental procedures.
• Continuously monitor waste for evidence of unacceptable waste.
• Clean area around an accidental waste spill, ensuring adherence to all applicable safety standards and policies.
• Continuously monitor the condition of the vehicle to ensure it is operationally ready at all times to minimize down time; clean waste from the packer blade and truck body (where appropriate) on each disposal trip.
• Complete required route/productivity sheets, Vehicle Condition Reports and other reports, as required.
• Maintain adherence to required productivity standards for the department to ensure all customers are serviced in a timely and efficient manner.
• Good customer services skills to meet and exceed customer expectations; acts in a professional, courteous and cooperative manner toward customers and co-workers; works with a sense of honesty and trustworthiness.
• Good time management skills to ensure assigned responsibilities are completed in an efficient and safe manner.
• Good follow through ability; adheres to work schedule and follows through on challenges as they arise.
• Ability to adhere to Company policies and rules set forth; promotes the Company’s safety standards; does not take inappropriate risks.
• Makes a feeling of pride in work; strives to achieve all goals.
• Follow and comply with all safety policies.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Class B or higher Commercial Driver’s license with air brakes endorsement.
• Two years of prior experience driving heavy commercial trucks.
• Excellent reading and writing skills.
• Excellent Customer Service skills.
• Must be able to multi-task and have an attention to detail.
• Must have the ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced environment.
• Great attention to detail.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Light lifting (50-100 pounds), Shop Environment

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Warehouse/ Shop Environment

Additional Duties

In addition to the above, the performance of other related duties may be required.