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Long haul truck driver

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

  • Address customers' complaints or concerns
  • Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
  • Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
  • Load and unload goods
  • Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage and other equipment
  • 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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Driver's License (Class 1 or A)

Documentation knowledge

  • Bill of lading
  • Driver logbook
  • Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
  • Maintenance and repair reports
  • Trip reports

Communication systems experience

  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment

Security and safety

  • Valid passport
  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Travel expenses paid by employer
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel cross-border
  • Willing to travel overnight

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding

Own tools/equipment

  • Cellular phone

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Organized
  • Reliability

Experience

  • 1 year to less than 2 years

Workplace information

  • On the road job

Support for persons with disabilities

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

Support for Indigenous people

  • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

  • Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers

Supports for visible minorities

  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities