Route Driver needed

Route Driver Job Description

Starting at $25 per hour

Please submit resume with employment history

Description of Basic Function and Responsibility

To participate in the pickup of sealed medical waste containers and delivery of product to various customers within a designated route area. Drivers receive direct supervision from the Driver Supervisor or others within a framework of standard policies and procedures.

Home every night

Monday - Friday day shifts

Earned paid vacation and sick time off

Shift starts and ends in Hayward, CA

Essential Job Functions

- Obtains routing information for the day.

- Loads truck with empty tubs and other products required for delivery.

- Unloads truck with tubs collected on the daily route and places them in the designated area and reconciles the count.

- Performs safety and operational inspection of vehicle before and after route.

- Drives the truck within a prescribed route in accordance with the daily routing schedule, servicing the customers based on the daily route sheet.

- Maintains accurate tub counts and inputs proper information into PDA

- Maintains vehicle in clean and safe operating condition, notifying appropriate personnel of any mechanical repairs.

- Operates in a safe and efficient manner.

- Attends various meetings regarding safety, training updates, etc. as required.

Employment Standards

Requires ability to:

- Operate a handheld computer in relation to driver responsibilities (we will train drivers to operate this computer.)

- Read and write English at a level sufficient to perform required duties.

- Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.

- Perform basic math and reasoning skills.

- Maintain accurate records.

- Meet physical requirements for performance of assigned duties.

- Operate a variety of machines and equipment including pallet jacks, fork lifts, hand trucks, etc.

- Establish and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties.

Physical Demands

The physical requirements indicated below are examples of the physical aspects that this position must perform in carrying out essential job functions. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a person with a disability to perform the essential job duties.

- Sufficient vision to read printed material, see distant objects with clarity, judge distances and spatial relationships, and identify and distinguish objects.

- Sufficient hearing to hear conversations in person and on the telephone, and hear sounds clearly up to twenty feet.

- Ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation and on the telephone.

- Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

- This type of work requires occasional or frequent standing, walking, sitting, bending, twisting, reaching, climbing, and kneeling for 90% of the time.

- Sufficient manual dexterity and/or mobility to grasp and/or manipulate objects, operate mechanical equipment, drive a motor vehicle, and move about the work area.