First Choice Logistics
Dartmouth, NS
Posted 30 days ago
Job Details:
$30.00 / hour
Full-time
Experienced
Overview
- Education:
- Experience: Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Work setting
- Various locations Tasks
- Calculate the cost of truck repairs and new parts if needed
- 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
- 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 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 Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- AZ class license Communication systems experience
- Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Physically demanding Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Shift
- Morning
- Night Experience
- Experience an asset Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Job Duration: Permanent
- Language of Work: English
- Hours of Work: 32.5 to 35 hours per week
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