Special Services Driver in Santa Barbara, California at MarBorg Industries

JOB TITLE: Special Services Driver

LOCATION: Santa Barbara

Starting Pay $19.00 - $23.00 per hour.

We set our pay based on several factors, including knowledge, experience, certification, and location. Our rich, competitive benefits package and the rewarding work we do for the environment make MarBorg a great place to work!

POSITION Summary:

A Special Services Driver is responsible for providing prompt and courteous removal services for annual, e-waste, bulky items, illegal dumps, and delivery of containers. Work includes exiting at each stop picking up material and/or delivery or pickup of containers based on daily work orders. This role will provide the opportunity to gain the experience needed to progress in your career as a commercial driver.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following:

• Performs pre-and post-operation inspection and completes the VCR (Vehicle Condition Report) book for the assigned vehicle per Company policy to ensure his/her vehicle complies with the Company’s safety standards before operating the vehicle.
• Ensure that Health and Safety is the number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes and acting safely at all times
• Collection of annual, e-waste, bulky items, illegal dumps, and leaving location clean and free of debris. Perform all duties with a very high level of productivity to complete all work orders assigned.
• Ensure all loads are secure at all times for safe transport to the designated disposal facility.
• Offload items to the Construction and Demolition yard using the forklift and place items in their designated area in an organized manner including submittal of proper paperwork/recordkeeping completion.
• Load and unload containers safely through the use of the forklift.
• Pick up and deliver trash & recycle containers to new and existing customers.
• Interact with customers, dispatchers, and others on a daily basis to ensure all orders are serviced in a timely, accurate and professional manner.
• Communicate complex issues, accidents, injuries, or property damage to the manager immediately.
• Develop and maintain a professional demeanor with the general public.
• Maintain assigned truck by keeping it clean; report mechanical or related problems utilizing the Fleet Software Program.
• Report end-of-day hours utilizing the Fleet Software Program.
• Complete required end-of-day paperwork, Vehicle Condition Report (VCR), and other reports, as necessary.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Valid Class C license with a clean driving record.
• Must have the ability to understand and complete all work order/dispatch tickets.
• Must have the ability to read, and interpret maps easily & route work orders in the most efficient sequence.
• Good customer skills to meet and exceed customer expectations professionally and courteously.
• Perform solid waste refuse collection and disposal tasks with minimal supervision.
• Excellent time management skills to ensure assigned responsibilities are completed efficiently and safely.
• Good follow-through ability; adheres to work schedule and follows through on challenges as they arise.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• Ability to perform a physically demanding job, loading and unloading.
• Ability to withstand all types of weather conditions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Less than high school education; two years of driving experience or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Doing Good: Maintains and promotes integrity and values in the conduct of all activities.
• Making Good: Takes responsibility and ownership for a problem, project, or issue.
• Treating Our People Well: Proactively seeks and finds ways to provide extraordinary service. Fosters respect for all individuals and points of view. Works cooperatively and effectively with others to achieve common goals characterized by pride, trust, and commitment.
• Observant: Ability to identify safety or operational deficiencies and to quickly implement a correction.
• Safety Matters: Actively participates in creating a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and our customers.
• Environmentally Focused: Takes initiative to preserve and improve our local environment for future generations. Makes every day Earth Day.

NEAT JOB-SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES: Customer Service, Communication, Dependable, Time Management, Safety Conscious

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Valid California driver’s license

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and write English, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. They should also be able to speak English effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee occasionally is required to sit; squat, kneel and/or crawl. The employee frequently must climb, reach above the shoulder level, and use fine manipulation of hands. The employee constantly must walk, stand, bend at the neck and waist, twist at the neck and waist, grasp (simple and power), and push and pull. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

We are a drug-free & alcohol-free work environment.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and dirty. Required to put on protective outfits such as gloves, high visibility gear, hardhat, etc.