Behind the Wheel Instructor

Behind the Wheel Instructors (BTWIs) ensure new drivers are road-ready and can safely apply their driving skills. With safety as the top priority, BTWIs provide critical feedback to management to determine if drivers are prepared for their roles or need additional training. BTWIs must build rapport, demonstrate patience, and serve as role models and mentors to develop safe, efficient drivers who deliver exceptional customer service.

Responsibilities

• Acclimate new drivers to the physical and environmental demands of the job during Job Shadowing.
• Provide foundational industry knowledge, including:
  • Republic’s core principles and priorities
  • Importance of safety on the job
  • Significance of providing excellent customer service
• Instruct and coach drivers through skills course activities after virtual safety training, including:
  • On-property driving skills
  • Stretching and injury prevention techniques
  • Vehicle inspection
• Continue training on-route once comfortable with the new employee’s abilities, including:
  • Teaching all applicable learning criteria skills based on their line of business
  • Modeling the Republic Way of operating a solid waste collection vehicle
  • Communicating effectively with positive feedback and addressing areas for improvement
  • Providing daily feedback to management on new employee performance
  • Completing paperwork to document progress
• Perform a driver’s primary responsibilities, based on CDL Class and line of business, when not training a new driver.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

Requirements

• Highly proficient in the equipment style with which they are certified (may include multiple styles).
• Recommended by their supervisor and operations manager.
• Willingness to participate in the evaluation process for their Division, including written and verbal assessments of new hire drivers.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience with Republic Services.
• No crashes or injuries for at least the past two years.
• No disciplinary actions of any kind for the preceding 12 months.

Benefits

• 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).

For more details on benefits, visit Republic Services Benefits.

About the Company

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry, providing customers with a complete set of products and services, including 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. In 2025, Republic’s total revenue was $16.6 billion, with adjusted EBITDA of $5.3 billion. The company serves 13 million customers and operates over 1,000 locations, including collection and transfer stations, recycling and polymer centers, treatment facilities, and landfills.

Republic Services combines local operational management with standardized business practices to drive efficiencies while maintaining day-to-day decisions at the local level. The company’s 42,000 team members are guided by core values: Safe, Committed to Serve, Environmentally Responsible, Driven, and Human-Centered. With an employee engagement score of 86, Republic fosters an inclusive and diverse culture where every voice counts. In 2024, the Republic Services Charitable Foundation and local community grants positively impacted 5.1 million people.

Strategy

Republic Services’ strategy focuses on generating profitable growth through acquisitions and industry advancements, safely and sustainably managing customers’ waste streams via a North American footprint of vertically integrated assets. The company prioritizes three growth areas:

• Recycling and Waste: Expanding footprint through organic growth and acquisitions, aggregating materials at scale to unlock advanced recycling opportunities and cross-selling new products and services.
• Environmental Solutions: Expanding capabilities and geographic reach to help customers manage technical waste streams, including PFAS remediation.
• Sustainability Innovation: Advancing circularity and decarbonization through initiatives like the Republic Services Polymer Center (the nation’s first integrated plastics recycling facility) and Blue Polymers, a joint venture to develop facilities for sustainable packaging. The company is also building a network of Polymer Centers and Blue Polymer facilities and leveraging landfills to convert landfill gas into Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), with a goal to beneficially reuse 50% more biogas by 2030 (2017 baseline).

Recent Recognition

• Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies
• CDP Discloser
• Dow Jones Best-In-Class Indices
• Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies
• Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies
• Great Place to Work
• Sustainability Yearbook S&P Global