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truck driver, long haul
AYR MOTOR EXPRESS
Transportation
Night Shift
Full-time
Job Description
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 50 to 60 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Work setting
- Various locations
Tasks
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- Professionalism in customer service
- Load and unload goods
- Operate and drive straight or articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
- 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
- Transport and handle dangerous goods
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
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
- Tractor-trailer
Communication systems experience
- Citizens band (CB) radio
- Trip recorder (on-board computer)
Transportation/travel experience
- International
- Long-haul
- National
- Provincial/territorial
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
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 45 kg (100 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Hard hat
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety vest
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Patience
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
- 2 years to less than 3 years
Workplace information
- On the road job
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Mileage paid
- Pension plan
- Piece work
