Experienced CDL Driver-Bronx NY

Experienced CDL Driver-Bronx NY


Company
Waste Connections
Location
Bronx, NY
Job Type
Full-time
Posted
1 day ago
Via
Waste Connections

Job Description
🚛 Driver – Waste Connections
📍 Location: Bronx, NY
💵 Pay: $30.20–$33.55 per hour (based on relevant experience)
đź•“ Work schedule includes nights and weekends

Job Description
Waste Connections is looking for a safety‑conscious Driver to join our Bronx team.
This role operates garbage truck routes throughout the borough, ensuring the safe collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste while delivering reliable service to the community.

Why Choose Us?
We are Waste Connections, an integrated services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services to local residents and businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada. We’re proud to be a different kind of company with a different kind of culture—one where self‑directed, empowered employees have our trust and full support to realize their potential as they strive to make a bigger and better impact on their communities and careers every day.

Responsibilities
•Safely operate a garbage truck on specified routes to collect solid waste
•Perform regular heavy lifting and climb in and out of the truck throughout the shift
•Read route sheets and service each customer identified or assigned by the dispatcher
•Conduct routine post‑ and pre‑route inspections such as checking fluids, safety equipment, and tires
•Interact professionally and courteously with customers when needed
•Perform other miscellaneous job‑related duties as assigned

What We Need From You
•Valid Class A or B CDL
•Clean driving record
•One year of local route driving experience

What You’ll Get From Us
•Competitive compensation
•401(K) with company match
•Healthcare: Medical, Dental, Vision
•Employee perks: Mental Health Program, Emergency Travel Assistance, Prepaid Legal Plan, Scholarship Opportunities for kids, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Relief Fund
•insurance: Life, Short‑Term Disability, Long‑Term Disability

Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status.

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