Lead Driver

➔ Are you looking for an opportunity to join a stable family-owned business that’s growing fast?

➔ Are you looking for a driving job that has a reasonable number of stops, local routes, predictable hours and pays weekly?

➔ Do you love driving and want to drive for an employer that offers great growth opportunities?

If your answers to the above was all 'Yes' , we want to talk to you!

Moonshot Compost is hiring a full-time lead driver to collect food waste from our subscribers. The hours are consistent, and the team loves what we do.

Check out our website at moonshotcompost.com and let us know if you are ready for something new today!

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Job Summary

●Moonshot Compost collects and consolidates food waste for composting

● Job involves lifting, bending, twisting, and regularly handling heavy drums

● Schedule is generally five-days per week from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m., with occasional extended hours

● Collection truck is a 18-foot box truck

Duties

● Collecting, consolidating, and cleaning collection bins (50%)

● Delivering daily the collected materials to an industrial compost facility (20%)

● Helping operations manager with supervising drivers, routes and delivery (15%)

● Managing the inventory at our office (~5%)

● Entering collection data into our electronic records (~5%)

● Minor vehicle maintenance (~5%)

Skills & Qualifications

● Ability to manage time and routes for a streamlined pick-up experience

● Ability to lift 75 - 100 pounds plus bending and tipping heavy drums

● Familiarity with Austin area and GPS devices and/or map apps

● High school education or a G.E.D. and clean driving record

● Pass drug screening and background check

● Proven experience with route driving

● Must have valid Texas Driver’s License (no CDL required)

● Prior experience with making multiple stops and pick-ups is required

● Prior experience as a lead/foreman of drivers/team is required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 - $24.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)

Application Question(s):

• Do you have prior experience with route driving , making pickups or drop offs at multiple stops?

• Would you be able to reliably commute to our location in Austin, TX 78747?
• We will be upgrading to 26-foot trucks eventually. This is not a required experience now - do you have any experience driving a 26-foot truck?
• How many years of experience do you have driving a 18- foot box truck?
• Do you have prior experience as a lead/foreman, leading a team of drivers?

License/Certification:

• TX Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person