Employment Information
- Post ID: 994710129
- Posted Date: May 2, 2025
- Closing Date: Jul 17, 2025
- Company: YTR TRANSPORT INC.
- Category: Transportation & Logistics
- Business Location:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Total Views: 201
- Duration: 0 calendar days (1 business days)
- Last Updated: 13 hours ago
- Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/994710129/nova-scotia/halifax/truck-driver/
Job Details
- Experience: Not required
- Opening Positions: 6
- Remuneration: $28.85 per hour / 48 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
- 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
- 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
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- AZ class license
- Air Brakes Endorsement
- Driver’s License (Class 1 or A)
Benefits
Other benefits
- Other benefits