We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer focused driver who can operate a box truck (26 feet) across the Gardena, CA area. You will be collecting sharps and medical waste containers from our healthcare customer locations and delivering a high level of customer service daily. This role offers a high degree of autonomy, stable hours, access to some OT and good benefits. Our vehicle fleet is modern and well-maintained. We supply above and beyond the standard PPE for safe handling of medical waste and take training of our staff seriously– find out more about how we protect you at https://www.danielshealth.com/covid-19-employees What will your job involve?
- Collect, deliver, and store medical waste containers at customer sites
- Provide professional, courteous service and build positive customer relationships
- Operate 26ft box trucks safely in all conditions
- Complete routes on time and communicate delays or issues as they arise
- Load and unload containers; organize your truck and day to meet your schedule
- Perform pre‑trip and post‑trip inspections and report issues immediately
- Follow DOT regulations, log hours correctly, and support roadside inspections
- Work with dispatch and teammates to resolve route or customer problems
- Own up to mistakes, report incidents accurately, and follow through on fixes
What are we looking for?
- Delivery experience within any industry where you have dealt with manual handling (advantageous not mandatory)
- Willingness to work full time hours, approx. 40 hours a week
- Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations
- Passing our 7 Year FADV review in the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
- A flexible, can-do attitude with a strong customer focus
- Experience operating vehicles in a safe manner (as large as 26 ft box trucks)
- Experience with DOT compliance, logging hours, roadside inspections
- Confident in a road check level 1 through level 3
- Proven longevity in past employment
- On time delivery practices
Why work for us?
- Job stability – as an essential service to healthcare we are a non-seasonal and stable business
- Opportunities for overtime
- Consistent work hours – Mon - Fri - 4am-2:30pm
- Benefits – Full time roles are provided benefits, sick leave and vacation leave from day one
- Permanent position – This is a full-time direct hire role 40 hours per week
- Competitive salary – This position is offering a set rate of $23.01 - $25.03 per hour.
Who are we?
We are a healthcare service company providing safety systems and regulated waste collections for hospitals and an array of customers within the healthcare industry. Our focus is delivering quality and safety-focused medical waste management services that reduce needlestick injuries, improve infection control and reduce the environmental footprint of our customers. As a service to our customers we dispose and treat medical waste at our treatment facilities across the U.S.
If this sounds like the role for you, or somebody you know then we look forward to speaking with you!
Daniels Health & Sharpsmart is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. Daniels Health & Sharpsmart prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Daniels Health & Sharpsmart conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.
Daniels Health conducts background checks and drug testing as part of the post‑offer hiring process.