Residential Helper

About the role

The Driver Helper rides on the vehicle and assists a Driver in providing prompt, courteous and complete waste removal services for customers who reside on a designated residential route.

Responsibilities

• Ride on the vehicle to assist the Driver while servicing customers on a designated route.
• Operate packing mechanism and various levers and handles to activate the lifting and loading mechanism.
• Clean waste from the packer blade and truck body on each disposal trip; spray and clean the hopper and truck, if applicable.
• Perform complete pre- and post-operation inspection of the vehicle in accordance with Company policy; report any safety issues on standard reports.
• Courteously interact with all customers, dispatchers and others on a daily basis to ensure all customer routes are serviced in a timely and professional manner.
• Continuously monitor waste for evidence of unacceptable waste.
• Clean area around an accidental waste spill, ensuring adherence to all applicable safety standards and policies.
• Maintain adherence to required productivity standards for the department to ensure all customers are serviced in a timely and efficient manner.
• Follow all required safety policies and procedures.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

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).

Benefits details

About the company

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) is a leader in the environmental services industry. We provide customers with the most complete set of products and services, including recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste and field services. Our industry-leading commitments to advance circularity and support decarbonization are helping deliver on our vision to partner with customers to create a more sustainable world.

In 2025, Republic’s total company revenue was $16.6 billion, and adjusted EBITDA was $5.3 billion. We serve 13 million customers and operate more than 1,000 locations, including collection and transfer stations, recycling and polymer centers, treatment facilities, and landfills. We operate across North America, with collection, recycling, treatment, or disposal of materials managed locally to address the specific dynamics and opportunities of each market.

Our customers—including small businesses, major corporations and municipalities—choose Republic Services for our expertise and capabilities in managing multiple recycling and waste streams. Our 42,000 team members are guided by Company Values: Safe, Committed to Serve, Environmentally Responsible, Driven, and Human-Centered. We maintain an inclusive and diverse culture with an employee engagement score of 86. In 2024, our team positively impacted 5.1 million people through the Republic Services Charitable Foundation and local community grants focused on building sustainable neighborhoods.

Strategy

Republic Services’ strategy is designed to generate profitable growth through acquisitions and industry advancements, safely and sustainably managing customers’ waste streams via a North American footprint of vertically integrated assets. We focus on three growth areas:

• Recycling and Waste: Expanding our footprint through organic growth and targeted 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 safely 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 produce sustainable packaging materials. We are also leveraging our landfill network 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