About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma.
Tasks
- Address customers' complaints or concerns.
- Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques.
- Professionalism in customer service.
- 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 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 : CPR Certificate.
- Driver's License (Class 3 or D).
- First Aid Certificate.
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.
- Documentation knowledge: Driver logbook.
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip).
- Maintenance and repair reports.
- Trip reports.
- Type of trucking and equipment: Straight truck (4,600kg+ or 10,000lbs+ with 3+ axles).
- Communication systems experience: Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment.
- Transportation/travel experience: Local.
- Long-haul.
- Provincial/territorial.
- Short-haul.
- Security and safety: Basic security clearance.
- Bondable.
- Criminal record check.
- Driver's validity licence check.
- Driving record check (abstract).
- Drug test.
- Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Own vehicle.
- Valid driver's licence.
- Willing to travel for extended periods.
- Willing to travel overnight.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Large workload.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Sitting.
- Own tools/equipment: Cellular phone.
- Steel-toed safety boots.
- Personal suitability: Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Shift.
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Night.
- On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Overtime available.
Green job: Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes.