Job Description
🚛 Driver Helper – Royal Waste
📍 Location: Queens, NY 💵 Starting Pay: $24.75 per hour
🕓 Work schedule includes nights and weekends
Royal Waste Services is looking for a safety-conscious Driver Helper to join our Queens team.
This role supports garbage truck operations by manually collecting solid waste along designated routes and transporting materials to appropriate disposal sites.
Job Duties Include (but are not limited to):
Ride along with the driver to assist with customer service
Load refuse bags and bring containers to the truck for proper disposal
Direct the driver when backing the vehicle
Assist with basic vehicle maintenance
Operate packing mechanisms and levers to activate the loading arm
Clean the packer blade and truck body
Deliver positive customer service interactions
Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Job Requirements:
CDL Permit preferred
Ability to lift 50 lbs repeatedly throughout the day
Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
What We Offer:
Competitive pay
Family benefits package
401(k) with company match
Paid vacation
A great management team
Year-round job stability — the garbage industry never stops!
📣 Ready to Apply?
Join a team committed to safety, professionalism, and long-term career opportunities. Connect with your future today!
https://careers.wasteconnections.com/us/en
Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status.
Pick your destination. We’ll help you get there. That’s how we’ve been growing our local teams and our national recognition for more than 20 years. Our culture is rooted in the idea that our leaders are here to serve our employees. That means wherever you’re headed on your journey – to a new role, to a better lifestyle, or simply to those moments on the job that stick with you – rest assured, we’ll be traveling along with you.
We are Waste Connections, an integrated services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services to local residents and businesses throughout the U.S. and Canada. We’re proud to be a different kind of company with a different kind of culture. One where self-directed, empowered employees have our trust and full support to realize their potential as they strive to make a bigger and better impact on their communities and careers every day.
