Moving Truck Driver

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 60 hours per week
- Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
- **Work setting**:

- Various locations
- Warehouse
- Trucking company
- On-site customer service
- Moving and storage company
- ** 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
- Coach colleagues on new methods or work techniques
- Professionalism in customer service
- Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
- Load and unload goods
- 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 pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
- 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
- Wrap goods
- Weigh materials and goods
- Transport and distribute materials and goods
- Operate a variety of equipment to load, unload and move materials and products
- Move tools, equipment and other materials
- Complete logbooks and reports
- Load, unload and move products and materials by hand or with basic material handling equipment
- Pack and unpack goods
- Build pallets
- Ship orders
- Manage staff and assign duties
- Provide customer service
- Organize and maintain inventory
- Sort, crate and stack goods
- ** Supervision**:

- 1 to 2 people
- Staff in various areas of responsibility
- 3-4 people
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
- ** 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**:

- Straight truck (4,600kg+ or 10,000lbs+ with 3+ axles)
- ** Communication systems experience**:

- Trip recorder (on-board computer)
- ** Equipment and machinery experience**:

- Light trucks
- Dollies and hand trucks
- ** Transportation/travel experience**:

- Local
- Long-haul
- Provincial/territorial
- Regional
- Short-haul
- ** Area of specialization**:

- Truck driving
- ** Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Own transportation
- Travel expenses paid by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel overnight
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Overtime required
- Physically demanding
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Tight deadlines
- ** Weight handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

- Cellular phone
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Patience
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Adaptability
- Collaborative
- Analytical
- Efficiency
- Energetic
- Goal-oriented
- Integrity
- Outgoing
- Positive attitude
- Proactive
- Quick learner
- Time management
- Leadership
- ** Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- ** Workplace information**:

- On the road job
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Gratuities
- ** Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer