truck driver - Edmonton, AB TS W

Work Term: Permanent · Work Language: English · Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week · Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate · Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years · Tasks · Calculate the cost of truck repairs and new parts if needed · Plan or adjust routes based ...

Job description

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

• Tasks

  
  
• 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
• Professionalism in customer service
• Load and unload goods
• Obtain special permits and other documents required to transport cargo on international routes
• 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

• Screening questions

  
  
• Are you authorized to work in Canada?
• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Do you have experience working in this field?

• Employment terms options

  
  
• Early morning
• Evening

• Employment terms options

  
  
• Morning
• Night
• Day
• Weekend

• Support for persons with disabilities

  
  
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

• Support for newcomers and refugees

  
  
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

• Support for youths

  
  
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

• Support for Veterans

  
  
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

• Support for Indigenous people

  
  
• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

• Support for mature workers

  
  
• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers

• Supports for visible minorities

  
  
• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities