Employment Information
- Post ID: 916927132
- Open Date: August 22, 2025
- Close Date: October 14, 2025 (open for 52 days)
- Organization: Rapid Express
- Sector: Transportation & Logistics
- Business Location:323 Church Street, Oakville, Ontario L6J 1P2
- Total Views: 143
- Ad Active Duration: 8 calendar days (6 business days)
- Last Updated: 1 week ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/oakville/916927132/long-haul-truck-driver/
Job Details
- Experience: Not mandatory
- Job Vacancies: 1
- Compensation: $36.00 to $37.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 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
- 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
Experience and specialization
Type of trucking and equipment
- Flatbed
- Straight truck (4,600kg+ or 10,000lbs+ with 3+ axles)
- Tractor-trailer
Communication systems experience
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
- Trip recorder (on-board computer)
Additional information
Security and safety
- Valid passport
- Basic security clearance
- Drug test
- Medical exam
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel cross-border
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel internationally
- Willing to travel overnight
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
- Work under pressure
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
- Hard hat
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Safety vest
- Gloves
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Patience
Benefits
Health benefits
- Disability benefits
Financial benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Other benefits