Overview

- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 40 to 60 hours per week
- Education:
- Experience:
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Work setting
- Various locations
Tasks
- Plan or adjust routes based on changing conditions, using computer equipment, global positioning systems (GPS) equipment, or other navigation devices, to minimize fuel consumption and carbon emissions
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques
- 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 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
- AZ class license
- Air Brakes Endorsement
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
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
- Dry bulk
- Flatbed
- Refrigerated
- Tractor-trailer
Communication systems experience
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Trip recorder (on-board computer)
Transportation/travel experience
- International
- Long-haul
- National
- Provincial/territorial
- Regional
Security and safety
- Valid passport
- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
- Medical exam
Transportation/travel information
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel cross-border
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel internationally
- Willing to travel overnight
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
- Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability
- Productive interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
Employment terms options
- Early morning
Government programs
- Recognized employer
Employment terms options
- Evening
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- Night
Experience
- Experience an asset
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime available
Workplace information
- On the road job

📌 Long haul transport driver (Mississauga)
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📍 Mississauga