Location: Brampton, ON
Full-time, On-site, 40 hours per week Indigenous-inclusive employer Experience an asset Posted 1 day ago, via Job Bank
Indigenous-inclusive employer
Long Haul Truck Driver
$37.00/hour
Cambridge, ON
Full-time, On-site, 60 hours per week, 3 openings.
The opportunity
- Status
- Active until cancelled
- Location
- Cambridge, ON
- Employment
- Full-time, 60 hours per week
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Openings
- 3
- Experience
- Experience an asset
- Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Job description
On the road
Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.
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
- 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 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
Documentation knowledge
- Bill of lading
- Driver logbook
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
- Maintenance and repair reports
- Trans-border documentation
- Trip reports
Transportation/travel experience
- Long-haul
- Provincial/territorial
Employment groups
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Indigenous people
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
- Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
Requirements
Languages: English
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience: Experience an asset
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- AZ class license
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
Type of trucking and equipment
- Flatbed
- Tractor-trailer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Patience
Who can apply
- a Canadian citizen
- a permanent resident of Canada
- a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit
Benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available
Work location
Where you’ll work.
- Cambridge, ON N1T 2B4 Open in Google Maps
The employer
Who this posting welcomes
Indigenous-inclusive employer
The employer indicated on this posting that they welcome applications from Indigenous people.
- Industry
- Transportation and warehousing
- Based in
- Cambridge, ON
Applying
Apply on First Nations Employment with your resume and an optional cover letter, or on the employer’s other platform.
- Posting ID
- W2J3W5
- Posted
- Published for
- 20 days
- Vacancies
- 3
- Industry
- Transportation and warehousing
- Languages
- English
- NOC
- 73300
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