Job Title FEL Driver Primary Location Clarksville, Tennessee Employee Type Employee Job Description
Waste Connections, Inc. is looking for a safety conscious Front Load Driver to join the team at our location inClarksville, TN. Front Load experience required.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ability to safely operate a garbage truck on specified routes to collect solid waste.


• Ability to read route sheets and service each customer identified on the sheet or assigned by the dispatcher.


• Perform routine inspection and maintenance on vehicles such as checking fluids, safety equipment, and tires.


• Ability to perform a physically demanding job, loading and unloading, at times with no helpers.


• Operate hydraulic hand controls to lift/load refuse and dispose of trash at designated facilities.


• Courteous interaction with our customers and perform other miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
  
  

• Extensive physical activity. Requires strenuous physical work; heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling required of objects over 50 pounds.


• Work environment involves some exposure to physical risks such as moving mechanical parts, which require following basic safety precautions.


• The employee is exposed to outside weather, including frequent wet and/or humid conditions, as well as exposure to fumes and vibration. Noise level is usually moderate.
  
  

• Valid Class A or B Commercial Drivers License with air brakes endorsement.


• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.


• 2 years of Front Load experience


• Basic knowledge of truck components in order to complete pre- and post-trip inspections.
  
  

We offer excellent benefits including: medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account, long term disability, life insurance, 401K retirement.

Waste Connections is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer (Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veterans)