Driver Lead - 6845
daniels-sharpsmart
Gardena, CA
Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Full-time
- USA
Job description
We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer focused driver with a **Class A Haz endorsement** license and experience driving large trucks to utilize your experience 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
### What will your job involve?
- Safely collecting, delivering and storing our medical waste containers at customer locations
- Providing strong customer service and building positive customer relationships
- Operating vehicles in a safe manner
- Completing deliveries to time schedule, and clearly communicating changes or challenges as they arise
- **Loading and unloading** | Prioritizing and organizing your truck per schedule and needs
- Managing a route per leaderships direction | delivering timely, efficient and effective service
- Complying with DOT regulations, logging hours and roadside inspections
- **Heavy lifting**
### Why work for us?
- **Class A license with Haz endorsement. A clean driving record AND valid medical card**
- Willingness to work full time hours, approx. 40 hours a week
- Experience with pre-trip and post-trip vehicle evaluations
- Six months of driving experience with tractor trailers and/or straight trucks
- 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 (straight trucks and tractor trailers as large as 26 and 53 feet long)
- 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 2nd shift **(Start at 6:00 PM - 2:00AM)** (9-10 hour days)
- **Benefits**– Full time roles are provided benefits, sick leave and vacation leave from day one
- **Permanent position –** This is a Full-time permanent role of 40+ hours per week
- **Competitive pay–** This position is offering a competitive pay! **$29-$32/hr**