Job Responsibility:

- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 60 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
- or equivalent experience

Work setting

- Remote location
- Various locations

Tasks

- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques
- Professionalism in customer service
- Load and unload goods
- Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage and other equipment
- Perform brake adjustments
- Perform emergency roadside repairs
- Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
- 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

- AZ class license
- Air Brakes Endorsement
- Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
- Class 3/3F/DF Licence (trailer truck, vehicles with more than 3 axles)
- S-100 basic fire suppression and safety training
- Defensive Driving Course
- First Aid Certificate
- Skid Control Training
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Documentation knowledge

- Accident or incident reports
- Bill of lading
- Dangerous goods occurrence 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

Communication systems experience

- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Trip recorder (on-board computer)

Transportation/travel experience

- Local
- Long-haul
- National
- Provincial/territorial
- Regional
- Short-haul

Security and safety

- Valid passport
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test

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
- Overtime required
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting

Weight handling

- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

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

Personal suitability

- Productive interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking

Screening questions

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?

Health benefits

- Health care plan

Financial benefits

- Night shift premium

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