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Long distance truck driver

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Français
  • Heures de travail: 50 to 70 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • College/CEGEP

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
  • Perform brake adjustments
  • Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
  • Receive and relay information to central dispatch
  • 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
  • Trans-border documentation
  • Trip reports

Type of trucking and equipment

  • Flatbed
  • Tractor-trailer

Transportation/travel experience

  • International
  • Long-haul
  • Provincial/territorial
  • Regional

Security and safety

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

Transportation/travel information

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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sitting

Weight handling

  • Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

  • Cellular phone
  • Hard hat
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Tools

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

  • 7 months to less than 1 year

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Day
  • Weekend

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Other benefits
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)