What are the responsibilities and job description for the Driver Helper position at Waste Connections?
Waste Connections is looking for a safety conscience Driver Helper to join our growing team.
Duties And Responsibilities
Duties And Responsibilities
- Ability to safely operate on and around a garbage truck on specified routes to collect solid waste.
- Ability to read route sheets and service each customer identified on the sheet or assigned by the dispatcher.
- Ability to perform a physically demanding job, loading and unloading.
- Operate hydraulic hand controls to lift/load refuse and dispose of trash at designated facilities.
- Courteous interaction with our customers and perform other miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
- A typical schedule for this position is Monday-Friday, with an occasional Saturday as needed, 50 hour work week.
- Extensive physical activity. Requires strenuous physical work; heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required of objects over 50 pounds.
- Work environment involves some exposure to physical risks such as moving mechanical parts. Which require following basic safety precautions.
- The employee is exposed to outside weather, including frequent wet and/or humid conditions, as well as exposure to fumes and vibration. Noise level is usually moderate.
- Ability to read, write, comprehend and communicate in English.
- Ability to perform physical duties of the position.