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Bulk goods truck driver

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Français
  • Heures de travail: 32 to 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • College/CEGEP
  • Truck and bus driver/commercial vehicle operator and instructor
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Dusty

Work setting

  • Relocation costs not covered by employer

Tasks

  • Professionalism in customer service
  • 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
  • Tarping and ensuring safety and security of cargo

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
  • Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
  • Driver's License (Class 1 or A)

Documentation knowledge

  • Accident or incident reports
  • Driver logbook
  • Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
  • Maintenance and repair reports
  • Trip reports

Type of trucking and equipment

  • Dry bulk
  • Dump truck
  • Extended length tractor-trailer combination
  • Flatbed
  • Straight truck (4,600kg+ or 10,000lbs+ with 3+ axles)
  • Tractor-trailer

Transportation/travel experience

  • Local
  • Provincial/territorial
  • Regional
  • Short-haul

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Drive manual transmission vehicle
  • Own transportation
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel for extended periods

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Large workload
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sitting

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Cellular phone
  • Hard hat
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Safety vest
  • Gloves

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Hardworking

Screening questions

  • 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)?

Experience

  • 3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Weekend

Other benefits

  • On-site amenities
  • Parking available
  • Variable or compressed work week

Support for persons with disabilities

  • Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for youths

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

Support for Veterans

  • Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)

Support for Indigenous people

  • Facilitates access to Elders who can offer support and guidance to Indigenous workers

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
  • Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)

Supports for visible minorities

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)