Driver Trainee

About The Company

Republic Services, Inc. is a leader in the environmental services industry, providing customers with comprehensive recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste, and field services. The company is committed to advancing circularity and supporting decarbonization to create a more sustainable world.

Position Summary

A Driver Trainee will undergo training by Republic Services to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL). Upon completion of the training program and obtaining a CDL, the trainee will assume the responsibilities of a Driver within one of the Company’s lines of business, including Residential, Commercial, Industrial, or Roll-Off.

Key Responsibilities

• Successfully complete Republic Services’ CDL training program, which includes classroom study, on-route training, driving experience, and resources necessary to pass the state CDL examination.
• Complete twelve (12) full months of employment with Republic Services after obtaining a CDL.
• Learn to perform complete pre- and post-operation inspections of assigned vehicles, ensuring tire pressure, fluid levels, safety equipment, gauges, and controls are in proper working order, and reporting any safety issues.
• Learn to safely operate a heavy or commercial truck along a designated route and to the disposal site, reading route sheets, following maps, and servicing customers as assigned.
• Learn to operate manual and/or automatic controls to lift and load refuse, operate the compactor, and dispose of collected material at the designated facility, adhering to Company safety policies and procedures.
• Learn to identify unsatisfactory waste containers and tag them in accordance with applicable departmental procedures.
• Learn to continuously monitor waste for evidence of unacceptable materials.
• Continuously monitor the condition of any assigned vehicle to ensure it is operationally ready at all times to minimize downtime.
• Clean waste from the packer blade and truck body on each disposal trip.
• Follow all required safety policies and procedures.
• After obtaining a CDL, perform all responsibilities of a Driver in one of the Company’s lines of business (e.g., Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Roll-Off).
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• No prohibitions to acquiring a commercial driver’s license.

Rewarding Compensation And Benefits

Eligible employees can elect to participate in:

• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans, and vision coverage.
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee discount programs.
• Retirement plan with a generous company match.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Paid Time Off (PTO).