Flatbed truck driver at Classic Freight Transport

Date: 10 hours ago
City: Dartmouth, NS
Contract type: Full time
  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 50 to 60 hours per week

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

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
  • 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 pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
  • 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

  • Air Brakes Endorsement
  • Driver's License (Class 1 or A)

Type of trucking and equipment

  • Flatbed
  • Tractor-trailer

Transportation/travel experience

  • International
  • Long-haul
  • Provincial/territorial

Security and safety

  • Valid passport
  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Drug test

Transportation/travel information

  • Willing to travel cross-border
  • Willing to travel for extended periods
  • Willing to travel internationally
  • Willing to travel overnight

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sitting

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

  • 2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Night
  • Day
  • Weekend

Workplace information

  • On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Mileage paid
  • Pension plan

Other Benefits

  • Free parking available
  • On-site amenities
  • Travel insurance
  • Wellness program

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