Long haul truck driver

Job Description

Long haul truck driver

Employer details: GN Freight Solutions

Job details
• Location: Regina, SK S4V 1P4
• Salary: 25.00 to 30.00 hourly (To be negotiated) / 30 to 40 hours per Week
• Terms of employment: Permanent employment Full time
• Schedule: Day, Early Morning, Morning
• Start date: Starts as soon as possible
• Benefits: Health benefits, Other benefits
• Vacancies: 4 vacancies

Overview
Languages: English
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
Work setting: Willing to relocate

Responsibilities
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
• Professionalism in customer service
• Drive as part of a two-person team or convoy
• 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

Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
• AZ class license
• Driver’s License (Class 1 or A)

Experience and specialization
Documentation knowledge
• Dangerous goods occurrence reports
• Driver logbook
Type of trucking and equipment
• Tractor-trailer
Transportation/travel experience
• International
• Long-haul

Additional information
Security and safety
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Drug test
• Medical exam

Transportation/travel information
• Valid driver’s licence
• Willing to travel cross-border
• Willing to travel internationally
• Willing to travel overnight

Work conditions and physical capabilities
• Overtime required
• Physically demanding
• Repetitive tasks
• Sitting

Own tools/equipment
• Cellular phone
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Tools
• Safety vest

Personal suitability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Hardworking
• Patience

Benefits
Health benefits
• Disability benefits
Other benefits
• Parking available

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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 Support for youths Support for Veteran Support for Indigenous people Support for mature workers Supports for visible minorities

Who can apply to this job?
The employer accepts applications from:
• Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada.
• Other candidates with or without a valid Canadian work permit.

How to apply
By email
gnfsdispatch@gmail.com

This job posting includes screening questions. Please answer the following questions when applying:
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?