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Work setting
- Willing to relocate
Tasks
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- 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
- 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 coursesᅠ
- AZ class license
- Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
Documentation knowledge
- Driver logbook
- Maintenance and repair reports
Type of trucking and equipment
- Tractor-trailer
Transportation/travel experience
- International
- Long-haul
Security and safety
- Driver's validity licence check
- Drug test
- Medical exam
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel internationally
- Willing to travel overnight
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
Own tools/equipment
- Cellular phone
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety vest
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
Screening questions
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
Employment terms options
- Flexible hours
Health benefits
- Disability benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)