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Delivery truck driver

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 10 to 29 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
  • or equivalent experience

Work setting

  • Rural area
  • Urban area

Tasks

  • 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
  • Follow directions and read map
  • Use maps and other trip planning aids
  • Record trip information such as vehicle mileage, fuel costs and any problems
  • 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)

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Bondable
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Handling heavy loads

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Dependability
  • Initiative
  • Punctuality

Screening questions

  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

  • Evening

Employment terms options

  • Shift
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Night
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required

Financial benefits

  • Bonus

Other benefits

  • Free parking available