Yard Truck Driver

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities/Essential Job Functions

• Follows appropriate safety procedures when transporting waste materials over the road and in the plant.
• Checks vehicle before driving to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
• Performs vehicle inspection in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations.
• Communicates need for service or repair.
• Establishes and maintains customer focused working relationship with all company customers.
• Obtains receipts or signatures when loads are delivered.
• Checks all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
• Maneuvers truck into loading or unloading positions, follows signals from loading crew as needed, checks that vehicle position is correct and any special loading equipment is properly positioned.
• Drives trucks with capacities greater than 26,000 lbs, including tankers, rolloffs and vans, in order to transport and deliver waste or other materials.
• Secures cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, and/or covers.
• Reads shipping paperwork to determine assignment details.
• Reports vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations or damage to vehicles in accordance with company policy.
• Maintains truck interior and safety of equipment and personal protective equipment.
• Maintains a Motor Vehicle Record with no at-fault accidents for the past three years and no major convictions.
• Completes all required safety training, operational procedures training, RCRA training, equipment and machine training, and other training as provided and required.
• While not transporting material, performs the following Receiving Operator II duties successfully:

1. Manage TSL accuracy
2. Responsible for mobile equipment and container scanning accuracy
3. Compliance optimization of non-CSF locations
4. Weigh, rack and set up containers.
5. Load empty drums, lids and rings.
6. Load drums onto flatbeds.
7. Prepare trans-shipment containers per DOT regulations.
8. Perform minor maintenance.
9. Perform housekeeping duties as required.
10. Performs other Receiving Operator tasks as appropriate.

• Operates off-road equipment.
• Performs all duties with the highest regard for safety and compliance.
• Works outdoors in a plant environment with exposure to noise and dust.
• Works 12-hour shifts and overtime, as customer and business needs require.
• Wears personal protective equipment as needed and in accordance with safety policies and procedures.
• Understands both RIS' OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety and ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems, and assists with executing their objectives.
• Performs other job-related duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be able to work 12-hour shifts on a regular basis and additional hours as required for overtime.
• Ability to operate a front-end loader, forklift or tow motor is a plus.
• Must be able to use personal protective equipment (PPE), including a respirator and chemical protective equipment.
• Must have functional capacity to safely work under and on-top of large equipment on a regular basis.
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• Must have the ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a vehicle to exact positions.
• Must have the ability to coordinate two or more limbs while sitting or standing.
• Must have the ability to see details at a distance.
• Must have the ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you or to judge the distance between you and an object.
• Must have the ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Must have the ability to see details at close range.
• Must have the ability to time movement or the movements of a vehicle in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. Must have the ability to quickly respond to a signal when it appears.
• Must have the ability to choose quickly between two or more different signals.
• Must have the ability to know a location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are located.
• Must be fluent in English with the ability to read and interpret documents.
• Must be able to write efficiently and effectively.
• Must have functional capacity to meet physical demands required to successfully and safely perform the essential functions of the job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to safely perform the essential functions of the job.

Equal Opportunity Employer