truck driver

NovaXpress Courier Services
Dartmouth, NS, CA
$24 an hour
Permanent
Full-time
  • Work Term : Permanent
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years

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
  • Professionalism in customer service
  • Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
  • Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
  • 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
  • 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

Driver's License (Class 1 or A)

Documentation knowledge

  • Driver logbook
  • Trip reports

Type of trucking and equipment

Tractor-trailer

Transportation / travel experience

  • Local
  • Long-haul
  • Provincial / territorial
  • Short-haul

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sitting

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools / equipment

  • Cellular phone
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Hardworking

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits
  • 30+ days ago
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