Long Distance Truck Driver

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 554138324
  • Posted Date: Dec 1, 2024
  • Closing Date: Jan 26, 2025
  • Company: D.I.W.ENTERPRISELTD
  • Category: Transportation & Logistics
  • Business Location:17583 57 street nw, Edmonton, Alberta T5Y 3V6
  • Total Views: 203
  • Duration: 2 calendar days (2 business days)
  • Last Updated: 3 days ago
  • Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/554138324/alberta/edmonton/long-distance-truck-driver/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 1 year - 2 years
  • Opening Positions: 6
  • Remuneration: $28.00 to $32.00 per hour (To be negotiated) / 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Commencement Date: As soon as possible
  • Education: High school graduation certificate
  • How to apply: email to [email protected]

Job Description

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
  • 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
  • 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

Experience and specialization

Documentation knowledge

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

Type of trucking and equipment

  • Extended length tractor-trailer combination
  • Liquid bulk
  • Refrigerated
  • Tractor-trailer
  • Tractor-trailer A train
  • Tractor-trailer B train

Communication systems experience

  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
  • Trip recorder (on-board computer)

Transportation/travel experience

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

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)

Benefits

Financial benefits

  • Mileage paid