Long haul truck driver

Job Details

• Location:
  
  Surrey, BC V3S 2A7
• Salary: $36.25 hourly / 40 hours per week
• Terms of employment:
  Permanent, Full time
• Start date:
  
  As soon as possible
• Source:
  Job Bank #3514906

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Experience an asset

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

• Relocation costs covered by employer

• Plan or adjust routes based on changing conditions, using computer equipment, GPS equipment, or other navigation devices, to minimize fuel consumption and carbon emissions
• Address customers' complaints or concerns
• 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 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

• Driver's License (Class 1 or
  
  A)

• Physically demanding

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

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

• Support for newcomers and refugees
  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
• Support for youths
  • Offers on‑the‑job training tailored to youth
• Support for Veterans
  • Recruits Veterans and other candidates with military experience through targeted hiring initiatives (for example: job fairs, outreach programs etc.)
• Support for Indigenous people
  • Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations
• Support for mature workers
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Supports for visible minorities
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

• A permanent resident of Canada
• A temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

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