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Environmental Driver Specialist M&I CDL A

ESOL

Environmental Driver Specialist M&I CDL A

Pasadena, TX
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description

    Responsible for the identification, removal, packaging, transportation, and disposing of various hazardous materials in compliance with proper procedures for hazardous and non-hazardous waste handling and management.

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Pick up and transport waste safely according to all federal, state, and local rules and regulations.  Label containers and complete pre-printed manifests / work orders. Schedule shipments into or off site.      
    • Performs warehouse work related to receipt, shipment, storage, distribution, or delivery of waste materials.  Loads, unloads, moves, or stores items according to delivery or routing documents, or supervisor instructions and performing general housekeeping duties.     
    • Operates a hand truck, forklift, or other heavy equipment.     
    • Classify, segregate, and inventory waste containers in storage for shipment.  Conducts lab pack operations.  Pack small laboratory containers of chemical waste into larger containers for shipment.      
    • Performs various regulatory compliance and safety tasks including, but not limited to: Pre-trip inspections of vehicle, report all losses, spills, accidents, and safety violations to supervisor immediately. and resolve leaking containers/containers in non-DOT shippable condition.    
    • Contacts (Internal/External): Ongoing contact with all levels of Customers on a daily basis in delivering, promoting, and collecting waste containers. Regular contact with many different levels of personnel.
    • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

        

  • Qualifications

    Qualifications

    EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

    Education and Technical Requirements:

    • Education equivalent to a high school diploma required
    • Relevant industry or college experience is preferred. 
    • CDL Class A required
    • VacTruck experience preferred but can be trained.
    • CDL HAZMaterials endorsement is also require for transporting waste.
    • TWIC endorsement is a plus.
    • Two or more years of experience with a straight truck or combo vehicle required as well as with roll-off bins / boxes.  
    • May require mandatory immunizations and credentialing based on customer requirements.
    • Demonstrates strong working knowledge of Environmental/Regulatory/DOT rules and regulations.  
    • Demonstrates the ability to read a map.  
    • May require forklift driver certification and six or more months of relevant experience.
    • Demonstrates knowledge of computer software applications including Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.    
    • Maintains a current Medical Examiner’s Certificate (MEC) issued by a doctor. 
    • Must work safely and carefully to prevent injury to self and others while driving, loading, and unloading vehicle.

     

     

    Communication and Leadership Skills:

    • Demonstrates the ability to identify and understand customer needs; takes appropriate actions to ensure customer needs are met and proactively searches of ways to increase customer satisfaction.  
    • Demonstrates the ability to manage own time, activities, and resources.  Identify specific activities required to accomplish objectives, rank them in order of importance, and coordinate and take action to achieve desired results.  
    • Demonstrates the ability to present ideas and information in a clear, concise, organized and diplomatic manner; listen to others to respond effectively to ideas and questions.  
    • Demonstrates the ability to create and maintain a high level of professionalism, confidence and accountability with customer
    • Demonstrates Process Management Skills.  
    • Demonstrates the ability to persist with a specific course of action.  Must be willing to commit the necessary time and effort to complete work assignments and do a quality job.

     

     

    Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

    • Position requires extensive lifting, walking, bending, and pushing.
    • Must be able to lift up to 55 pounds and push and/or pull carts weighing as much as 500 pounds.
    • The worker is subject to both environmental conditions.  Activities occur inside and outside.
    • The worker is subject to hazards.  Includes a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving vehicles, electrical current, and exposure to chemicals.
    • Use of company-provided personal protective equipment is required.

    Position requires the following physical requirements:

    • Balancing – ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium frequently
    • Climbing – occasionally ascend or descend ladders, stairs, ramps and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.  Body agility is emphasized 
    • Crouching – occasionally bend the body down-ward and forward by bending leg and spine 
    • Fingering – frequently type with the fingers, and/or separate pages of documents, etc,
    • Grasping – constantly apply pressure to an object with the fingers and palm 
    • Hearing – constantly perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction 
    • Kneeling – constantly bend legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees 
    • Lifting – frequently raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position 
    • Pulling – frequently use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion 
    • Pushing – frequently use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward 
    • Reaching – frequently extend hand (s) and arm (s) in any direction 
    • Repetitive motion – occasional substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers 
    • Seeing – constantly use visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations
    • Sitting – occasionally sit for sustained periods of time 
    • Standing – occasionally stand for sustained periods of time 
    • Stooping – occasionally bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist 
    • Talking – frequently expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word 
    • Walking – constantly move about on foot to accomplish tasks 
    • Visual acuity – Must have close visual acuity to perform activities such as, preparing and analyzing data and figures, viewing a computer terminal, extensive reading, filing papers, safely operating a motor vehicle, etc.

     

    Additional Information

    Disclaimer: This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this position.

    ESOL offers salaries commensurate with experience and an excellent benefit package with a 401(k) with company matching.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by law.