CDL - Swing Driver

Overview

GFL Environmental is one of North America’s leading waste management companies, dedicated to providing sustainable solutions to make communities cleaner, safer, and happier. Working for GFL offers opportunities for growth, camaraderie, and making a positive impact every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Drives a commercial truck along designated routes to collect waste and transport it to disposal facilities.
• Maintains company policies, procedures, and safety standards while on route.
• Mentors and supports other drivers to uphold operational excellence.
• Ensures cleanliness of the truck and customer sites during and after collection.
• Performs daily pre- and post-trip inspections and submits reports.
• Interacts courteously with customers and responds to their inquiries.
• Complies with DOT, OSHA, FMCSA, and EPA regulations.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Class A or B.
• At least 21 years old.
• One year of commercial driving experience or CDL school certificate.
• Ability to meet safety-sensitive functions criteria.
• Ability to safely operate a truck and equipment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of truck components and maintenance.
• Control and maneuvering skills, especially in tight spaces.
• Recognition of hazardous materials.
• Effective communication and problem-solving abilities.
• Reading, writing, comprehension, and map reading skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changes.
• Physical strength for lifting and carrying objects.
• Coordination and visual acuity.
• Compliance with company safety policies.

Physical/Mental Demands

• Standing, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, talking, hearing, and smelling.
• Close, distance, color, peripheral, depth, and focus vision.
• Lifting up to 100 pounds occasionally, up to 25 pounds frequently, and up to 50 pounds repetitively.
• Sitting for up to 75% of the time.
• Working in loud environments.

Working Conditions

• Frequent exposure to loud noise, humidity, rain, extreme temperatures, moving machinery, vibrations, toxic and caustic chemicals, fumes, and airborne particles.
• Outdoor work up to 100% of the time.
• Continuous route work away from branch locations.
• Occasional work in high precarious places.
• Constantly working in motor vehicle traffic.
• Usually loud work environment.

Benefits

• 15 days of paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans with HSA options and employer contributions.
• Paid holidays and employee assistance program.
• 401(k) with employer match.

Pay and Schedule

• Compensation details not specified.
• Schedule details not specified.