About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Tasks
- Address customers' complaints or concerns.
- 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.
- 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 Brake (Z) Endorsement.
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A).
- Documentation knowledge: Accident or incident reports.
- Driver logbook.
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip).
- Maintenance and repair reports.
- Trans-border documentation.
- Trip reports.
- Type of trucking and equipment: Tractor-trailer.
- Communication systems experience: Citizens band (CB) radio.
- Security and safety: Valid passport.
- Transportation/travel information: Willing to travel cross-border.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Sitting.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Experience: No experience (will train).
- Employment terms options: On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.
- Workplace information: On the road job.