truck driver, heavy truck

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

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Work site environment

• Dusty
• Outdoors
• Hot

Work setting

• Remote location
• Various locations
• Excavation

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• Professionalism in customer service
• Drive lighter, special purpose trucks
• 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
• 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
• Record cargo information, hours of service, distance travelled and fuel consumption
• Tarping and ensuring safety and security of cargo
• Understand the purpose, proper usgage and information found on material safety data sheets (MSDS)
• Secure special attachments to equipment
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
• Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
• Operate forklift
• Operate heavy equipment
• Operate hydraulic pumping systems
• Conduct pre-operational checks on equipment
• Clean and lubricate equipment and refill equipment tanks
• Measure distance, volume, length and weight

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
• Class 3/3F/DF Licence (trailer truck, vehicles with more than 3 axles)
• Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)
• Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
• CPR Certificate
• Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
• Driver's License (Class 3 or D)
• First Aid Certificate

Experience and specialization

Documentation knowledge

• Accident or incident reports
• Driver logbook
• Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
• Maintenance and repair reports
• Trip reports

Type of trucking and equipment

• Dry bulk
• Dump truck
• Flatbed
• Liquid bulk
• Straight truck (4,600kg+ or 10,000lbs+ with 3+ axles)
• Tractor-trailer

Type of heavy equipment operated

• Loader
• Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts
• Gravel or dump truck
• Backhoe excavator, loader
• Bobcats
• Front end loader

Transportation/travel experience

• Local
• Provincial/territorial
• Regional
• Short-haul

Area of work experience

• Trenching
• Sub-grade excavating
• Sloping and banking
• Rough grading
• Material handling
• Landscaping
• Fine grading and finishing
• Ditching
• Backfilling
• Slope grooming
• Stock piling

Type of industry experience

• Road construction
• Industrial/commercial/institutional (ICI) construction

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Drug test
• Medical exam

Transportation/travel information

• Drive manual transmission vehicle
• Travel expenses paid by employer
• Valid driver's licence
• Willing to travel overnight
• Willing to travel
• Willing to travel regularly

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Sitting
• Fast-paced environment

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Cellular phone
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Hardworking
• Patience

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Team building opportunities
• Parking available