About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma.
Tasks
- Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy.
- Load and unload goods.
- Operate and drive straight or articulated trucks to transport goods and materials.
- Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage and other equipment.
- Pay and receive payments for goods.
- Perform emergency roadside repairs.
- Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle.
- Receive and relay information to central dispatch.
- Record cargo information, hours of service, distance travelled and fuel consumption.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Driver's License (Class 1 or A).
- Documentation knowledge: Driver logbook.
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip).
- Type of trucking and equipment: Tractor-trailer.
- Transportation/travel experience: Long-haul.
- Transportation/travel information: Valid driver's licence.
- Willing to travel cross-border.
- Willing to travel internationally.
- Willing to travel overnight.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Flexibility.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Does not require Canadian work experience.
- Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.