Job description

About us

Our mission is simple: divert nutrient rich food scraps from landfills and use them to enrich our soils here in New England. We offer curbside composting for residential, office, municipal, and commercial customers as well as the sale of our finished compost, soil blends, raised beds, and much more..

Job Description

Black Earth Compost is the leading full service compost company in New England. We have grown extensively in the past 3 years expanding from one site in Manchester by the Sea to two additional sites in Groton and Framingham. We take in food scraps from households and businesses that we collect in our trucks and turn it into rich, finished compost. In the spring we deliver this compost to residents and landscaping customers.

This position would start as a delivery driving position bringing our soil and compost to residents and farms. This will serve as a trial period before being promoted. After 3 months you would begin to transition to our collections driving program which offers weekly bonuses based on performance. This is a full time position and we are looking for folks for the long haul.

Skills in operating equipment, mechanics, electrical or carpentry are great bonuses. We are looking for reliable workers that aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and take on any new challenges that they are faced with.

Main Responsibilities:

-Show up on time and ready to work safely and efficiently

-Drive non-CDL trucks to deliver our finished compost, soils, and raised beds to residential customers, garden centers, farmers and landscaping contractors.

-Drive Cabover trucks on our Compost Collection Routes emptying residential and commercial compost bins and dumping loads at our Composting facilities

-Complete all stops on assigned routes

-Problem solve on the fly and work independently

-Work effectively with your team

-Be the "face of the company" with a positive attitude when interacting with the public.

Requirements:

-Experience driving large trucks, a clean driving record, and the ability to pass a background check.

-Comfortable working long hours and early mornings, must be flexible

-Must be able to work in all weather conditions

-Reliable and honest

-Good communication skills

-Hard worker

-Mechanical skills a plus

-Construction/Carpentry experience is a plus. If you have a background in construction or leading small projects, let us know as we have a position open building our new facility in Manchester, MA.

-MA DOT medical card holder (Required to drive. Black Earth will cover cost of DOT medical exam for new hires.)

We are a growing business with opportunities for anyone with interest in recycling, composting or agriculture!

Benefit Conditions:

• 401K matching
• Health and Dental Insurance
• Free Compost and collection bin pickup (if we service your community)
• Bonus incentives

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time

Day range:

• Monday to Friday

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Morning shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Manchester, MA 01944: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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