We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer focused driver with a Class A Hazmat license and experience driving large trucks to utilize your experience across the Fresno, 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
Over the Road Routes:
Florida, Alabama, Texas and Ohio.
What will your job involve?
Driving over the road - 10 days
Safely collecting, delivering and storing our medical waste containers at customer locations
Providing strong customer service and building positive customer relationships
Drop and hook (minimal live unload)
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
Sleeping in a sleeper tractor and getting $35 a meal per day
Complying with DOT regulations, logging hours and roadside inspections
Heavy lifting
What are we looking for?
Class A Haz license with a CLEAN driving record and VALID medical card required!
Required to run out of state routes
Willingness to work full time hours, approx. 40 hours a week
Passing our 7 Year FADV review in the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
Heavy lifting!
Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations
Six months of driving experience with tractor trailers and/or straight trucks
Customer service skills
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 – OTR trip can take up to 10 days, approximately 5AM 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 a set non-negotiable rate of $29 per hour.