About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting: Various locations.
Tasks
- Mountain driving expertise.
- Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy.
- Load and unload goods.
- Perform brake adjustments.
- Perform emergency roadside repairs.
- Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle.
- Perform preventive maintenance.
- Receive and relay information to central dispatch.
- Record cargo information, hours of service, distance travelled and fuel consumption.
- Tarping and ensuring safety and security of cargo.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Air Brakes Endorsement.
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A).
- Documentation knowledge: Driver logbook.
- Trip reports.
- Transportation/travel experience: Long-haul.
- Provincial/territorial.
- Security and safety: Driving record check (abstract).
- Drug test.
- Medical exam.
- Transportation/travel information: Valid driver's licence.
- Willing to travel for extended periods.
- Willing to travel overnight.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Physically demanding.
- Sitting.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots.
- Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Patience.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Other benefits: Learning/training paid by employer.