About the job
Employer
Speedride Express Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work setting
Various locations
Tasks
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques
- 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
- 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
- Air Brakes Endorsement
- Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
Type of trucking and equipment
Tractor-trailer
Transportation/travel experience
- Local
- Provincial/territorial
- Short-haul
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- 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)
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
Cellular phone
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Morning
- Night
Experience
Experience an asset
Employment terms options
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes