Overview

- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Tasks
- Calculate the cost of truck repairs and new parts if needed
- Professionalism in customer service
- Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
- Drive lighter, special purpose trucks
- 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- AZ class license
- Air Brakes Endorsement
Documentation knowledge
- Accident or incident reports
- Bill of lading
- Driver logbook
- Maintenance and repair reports
Type of trucking and equipment
- Refrigerated
- Tractor-trailer
Security and safety
- Valid passport
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check




- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel cross-border
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel overnight
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Patience
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Morning
- Night
Experience
- Experience an asset
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
Other benefits
- Free parking available
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 Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work workplace for Indigenous workers

📌 Truck driver (Brampton)
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📍 Brampton