Long Haul Truck Driver

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 959268846
  • Open Date: November 23, 2024
  • Close Date: January 9, 2025
  • Organization: VANGUARD TRANSPORT INC.
  • Sector: Transportation & Logistics
  • Business Location:Brampton, Ontario, Canada
  • Total Views: 224
  • Duration: 17 calendar days (12 business days)
  • Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/brampton/959268846/long-haul-truck-driver/
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Job Details

  • Experience: Not mandatory
  • Job Vacancies: 5
  • Compensation: $27.50 per hour / 50 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Education: High school graduation certificate

Job Description

Tasks

  • 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
  • Drive lighter, special purpose trucks
  • 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

Experience and specialization

Type of trucking and equipment

  • Tractor-trailer

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • AZ class license
  • Air Brakes Endorsement

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Other benefits