- Durée de l'emploi : Temporaire
- Langue de travail : Anglais
- Heures de travail : 32 to 50 hours per week
- Education :
- Expérience :
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
Dusty
Work setting
Remote location
Tasks
- Plan or adjust routes based on changing conditions, using computer equipment, global positioning systems (GPS) equipment, or other navigation devices, to minimize fuel consumption and carbon emissions
- Professionalism in customer service
- Drive lighter, special purpose trucks
- 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 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Class 5 / 5F / G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
Documentation knowledge
- Driver logbook
- Maintenance and repair reports
Type of trucking and equipment
- Flatbed
- Tow truck
Communication systems experience
Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
Transportation / travel experience
- Local
- Regional
- Short-haul
Security and safety
- Valid passport
- Driver's validity licence check
Transportation / travel information
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel overnight
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Sitting
Own tools / equipment
- Cellular phone
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Patience
Screening questions
Are you available for shift or on-call work?
Experience
Will train
Workplace information
On the road job
Financial benefits
Commission
Long term benefits
Maternity and parental benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Transportation provided by employer
Support for newcomers and refugees
Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for mature workers
- Provides workspace accommodations, such as age-appropriate ergonomic considerations, to meet the physical needs of mature workers (for example : adjustable desks and chairs, accessible parking, etc.)
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities