Long haul truck driver
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 50 to 60 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: Experience an asset
Work setting
- Various locations
- Relocation costs covered by employer
Tasks
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- Professionalism in customer service
- Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
- Load and unload goods
- Obtain special permits and other documents required to transport cargo on international routes
- 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
- First Aid Certificate
Documentation knowledge
- Accident or incident reports
- Bill of lading
- 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
- Refrigerated
- Tractor-trailer
Communication systems experience
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
Transportation/travel experience
- Long-haul
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Morning
- Night
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available
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