Rear Load Driver

Are you a safety-conscious driver looking for a stable, full-time career with great pay, benefits, and the chance to be home every night?

Hood River Garbage, a Waste Connections Company, is looking for a reliable and motivated Rear Load Garbage Truck Driver to join our team in Hood River, OR.

Previous waste industry experience is a big plus—but not required.

We’re happy to train the right person!

The schedule is Monday–Friday, from 6am-2:30pm, depending on route.

The starting pay $36.59/hr, with an increase to $37.87/hr after a 90-day review.

Duties and Responsibilities: Safely operate a garbage truck on designated routes to collect solid waste.

Waste experience is preferred but not required.

Read route sheets and service each customer listed or assigned by the dispatcher.

Perform routine inspections and maintenance on vehicles, including checking fluids, safety equipment, and tires.

Perform a physically demanding job, including loading and unloading, sometimes without assistance.

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

Interact courteously with customers and perform other miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort: Requires extensive physical activity, including heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling objects over 50 pounds.

Work environment involves exposure to physical risks, such as moving mechanical parts, requiring basic safety precautions.

Exposure to outdoor weather conditions, including frequent wet and/or humid environments, as well as fumes and vibrations.

Minimum Job Requirements: Valid Class B CDL with air brakes endorsement required, Class A CDL Preferred Clean driving record (please bring a copy of your MVR to the in-person interview) Ability to operate 10-, 13-, and 18-speed transmissions (preferred, not required) Minimum 1 year of relevant driving experience Ability to read, write, and communicate in English High school diploma or equivalent preferred Safety-Sensitive – YES (Drug Test Required) To be considered for any of our current openings, you must complete an application at Once you select your position of interest, you will find application information and additional instructions.

We offer excellent benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, long-term and short-term disability insurance, life insurance, a 401 (k) retirement plan, and unlimited opportunities to "Connect with Your Future." A link to our benefits overview can be found here: Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status #ACDriver Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets.

Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees.

OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day.

Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you.

We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do.

Our Opportunities BUILD TALENT FROM WITHIN People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work.

You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future.

LET’S REALIZE YOUR GOALS TOGETHER Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you.

At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve.

Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you.

We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture.

At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success.

We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values.

For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work.

Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.