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Truck driver

YTR TRANSPORT INC.

Halifax, NS

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Job Details:

$30.00 / hour
Full-time
Entry Level

Overview
  • Job Duration: Permanent
  • Language of Work: English
  • Hours of Work: 35 to 60 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Experience:
  • Education
  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Work setting
  • Various locations
  • 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
  • Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
  • AZ class license
  • Air Brakes Endorsement
  • Driver's License (Class 1 or A)
  • Personal suitability
  • Team player
  • Hardworking
  • Employment terms options
  • Early morning
  • Evening
  • Morning
  • Experience
  • Will train
  • Employment terms options
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Workplace information
  • On the road job
  • Other benefits
  • Other benefits
  • Support for newcomers and refugees
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
  • Support for youths
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
  • Support for Veterans
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
  • Support for Indigenous people
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
  • Support for mature workers
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for mature workers
  • Supports for visible minorities
  • Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees

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