Front Load Driver

Job Description

Job Summary:

The front load driver will drive on a predetermined route and collect garbage and transport the trash to

a waste management facility or garbage dump.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Perform vehicle inspection and maintenance, identifying potential hazardous materials per

safety rules and regulations, and occasionally interacting with customers along route.

Safely operate a collection truck, and provide prompt, courteous and complete waste removal

services for customer

Responsible to ensure 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

("VCRs") on a daily basis to ensure that any vehicle defects are repaired in a timely manner

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 his or her heavy truck along his or her designated route and to the disposal site

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.

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.

Required Skills/Abilities:

Good customer services skills to meet and exceed customer expectations; acts in a professional,

courteous and cooperative manner toward customers and co-workers

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.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or equivalent.

One year of prior experience driving commercial trucks preferred.

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

Physical Requirements:

Required to use motor coordination with arm, hand, finger, and leg dexterity.

Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 20 pounds frequently.

Requires pushing, pulling, bending, twisting and lifting up to 20 lbs.

Normal setting for this job is outdoors and/or driving a video/GPS monitored vehicle.

Will be exposed to a physical environment, which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes

or similar elements most of the workday.

Southern Tech is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for

employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or

expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other

characteristic protected by applicable lawCompany Description

We are a fifteen-year-old verified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) through the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Center for Veteran’s Excellence, certified Small Business Administration 8(a) Business Development Program participant since October 2016 and certified Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE) through the Department of Transportation. Southern Tech has supported multiple federal and commercial contracts from Landscape Services, Waste Management and Remediation Services, Administrative & General Management, Computer System Design Services, and Other Consulting Services.

Full-time