Employment Information
- Post ID: 337100573
- Open Date: November 12, 2024
- Close Date: February 10, 2025
- Organization: APGILL TRANSPORT LTD.
- Sector: Transportation & Logistics
- Business Location:Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
- Total Views: 210
- Duration: 9 calendar days (8 business days)
- Last Updated: 1 week ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/british-columbia/abbotsford/337100573/long-haul-truck-driver/
Job Details
- Experience: Not mandatory
- Job Vacancies: 2
- Compensation: $29.00 per hour / 40 to 60 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Apply by: email to [email protected]
- Education: High school graduation certificate
Job Description
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
- Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques
- Professionalism in customer service
- 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
Experience and specialization
Documentation knowledge
- Driver logbook
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
Type of trucking and equipment
- Tractor-trailer
Transportation/travel experience
- Long-haul
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- AZ class license
- Air Brakes Endorsement
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
- Driver’s License (Class 1 or A)