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long haul truck driver

long haul truck driver

GN Freight SolutionsRegina, SK, CA
26 days ago
Salary
CA$32.50 hourly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description
  • Work Term : Permanent
  • Work Language : English
  • Hours : 40 to 50 hours per week
  • Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience : 1 to less than 7 months
  • Work setting

    • Willing to relocate
    • 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
    • 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 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
    • Transport and handle dangerous goods
    • Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

    • AZ class license
    • Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
    • Documentation knowledge

    • Dangerous goods occurrence reports
    • Driver logbook
    • Type of trucking and equipment

    • Tractor-trailer
    • Transportation / travel experience

    • International
    • Long-haul
    • Security and safety

    • Driving record check (abstract)
    • Drug test
    • Medical exam
    • Transportation / travel information

    • Valid driver's licence
    • Willing to travel cross-border
    • Willing to travel internationally
    • Willing to travel overnight
    • Work conditions and physical capabilities

    • Overtime required
    • Physically demanding
    • Repetitive tasks
    • Sitting
    • Own tools / equipment

    • Cellular phone
    • Steel-toed safety boots
    • Tools
    • Safety vest
    • Personal suitability

    • Efficient interpersonal skills
    • Organized
    • Reliability
    • Team player
    • Hardworking
    • Patience
    • Screening questions

    • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
    • Health benefits

    • Disability benefits
    • Other benefits

    • Parking available
    • Support for newcomers and refugees

    • Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and / or refugees (for example : housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
    • 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.)