About the job
Employer
Torquest Logistics Inc.
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Tasks
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- 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 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
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
Documentation knowledge
- Accident or incident reports
- Driver logbook
- Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
Type of trucking and equipment
Tractor-trailer
Transportation/travel information
Willing to travel cross-border
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Morning
- Night
Experience
Will train
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime available
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer