Employment Information
- Post ID: 167304267
- Open Date: February 25, 2025
- Close Date: May 22, 2025
- Organization: Transtech Logistics
- Sector: Transportation & Logistics
- Business Location:Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- Total Views: 200
- Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 8 hours ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/brampton/167304267/long-haul-truck-driver/
Job Details
- Experience: Not mandatory
- Job Vacancies: 5
- Compensation: $28.50 per hour / 40 to 50 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
- 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
- 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
Experience and specialization
Documentation knowledge
- Accident or incident reports
- Bill of lading
- Driver logbook
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
- Trip reports
Type of trucking and equipment
- Flatbed
- Refrigerated
- Tractor-trailer
- Tractor-trailer B train
Communication systems experience
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
Transportation/travel experience
- Long-haul
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
- Driver’s License (Class 1 or A)