Truck Driver, Tractor-Trailer

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 258630009
  • Open Date: November 24, 2024
  • Close Date: January 24, 2025
  • Organization: Trust Logistics Lanka Inc
  • Sector: Transportation & Logistics
  • Business Location:18 Erskine Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4P 0C9
  • Total Views: 221
  • Duration: 16 calendar days (12 business days)
  • Last Updated: 2 weeks ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/toronto/258630009/truck-driver-tractor-trailer/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 3 years - 5 years
  • Job Vacancies: 6
  • Compensation: $27.50 to $32.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 40 to 70 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Apply by: email to [email protected]
  • Education: High school graduation certificate

Job Description

Tasks

  • Calculate fixed assets and depreciation
  • Calculate the cost of truck repairs and new parts if needed
  • 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
  • Mountain driving expertise
  • Professionalism in customer service
  • Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
  • 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

Documentation knowledge

  • Accident or incident reports
  • Bill of lading
  • Dangerous goods occurrence reports
  • Driver logbook
  • Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
  • Maintenance and repair reports
  • Trans-border documentation
  • Trip reports

Type of trucking and equipment

  • Refrigerated
  • Tractor-trailer

Communication systems experience

  • Citizens band (CB) radio
  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
  • Trip recorder (on-board computer)

Transportation/travel experience

  • Long-haul
  • National

Specialization or experience

  • Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • AZ class license
  • Air Brake (Z) Endorsement

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Health care plan

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Pension plan

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Parking available
  • Travel insurance