About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Tasks
- Deliver and pick up messages, parcels, and other items by hand.
- Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various items and products.
- Professionalism in customer service.
- Receive and relay information to central dispatch.
- Keep a record of items received and delivered.
- Load and unload goods.
- Sort packages for delivery.
- Follow directions and read map.
- Use maps and other trip planning aids.
- Record trip information such as vehicle mileage, fuel costs and any problems.
- Provide customer service.
- Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles).
- Transportation/travel experience: Provincial/territorial.
- Security and safety: Criminal record check.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Tight deadlines.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Walking.
- Weight handling: Up to 9 kg (20 lbs).
- Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs).
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots.
- Cellular phone.
- Gloves.
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Accurate.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Initiative.
- Punctuality.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
- Employment terms options: Evening.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Workplace information: On the road job.
- Health benefits: Health care plan.
- Financial benefits: Gasoline paid.
- Group insurance benefits.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Parking available.
- Variable or compressed work week.