Vacancy: Long Haul Truck Driver
Employer details: Gurmehar Transport Ltd.
Job details:
- Location: Winnipeg, MB R3Y 0Z5
- Work location: On-site
- Salary: $30.40 per hour for 50 to 60 hours per week
- Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full-time
- Shifts: Early morning, Evening, Morning, Night, Day, Weekend
- Starts as soon as possible
- Benefits: Other benefits
- Vacancies: 7 vacancies
Overview
Languages: English
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
On-site: Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Responsibilities
Tasks
- 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
- 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
- Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
- Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
Experience and specialization
Documentation knowledge: Driver logbook
Transportation/travel experience: Long-haul
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Sitting
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Hardworking
- Patience
Benefits
Other benefits: Free parking available
Who can apply for this job?
You can apply if you are:
- a Canadian citizen
- a permanent resident of Canada
- a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit
Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.
How to apply
Email your resume to accounting@gmtransport.ca
Mail your resume to 6 Highpark Drive, Winnipeg, MB R3Y 0Z5
What you must include in your application:
- Answers to the following screening questions:
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Do you live near the job location?
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?
