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Full Time

Driver, Long haul / 5 months ago

Winnipeg, MB

$63,200 / YEAR
Application ends: 2025-07-26

Full Job Description

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 40 to 70 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years or equivalent experience

 

Work setting

  • Various locations
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer

 

Tasks

  • Address customers’ complaints or concerns
  • Mountain driving expertise
  • 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 brake adjustments
  • 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
  • Transport and handle dangerous goods

 

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • AZ class license
  • Air Brakes Endorsement
  • Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
  • Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
  • Driver’s License (Class 1 or A)
  • FAST (Free and Secure Trade) Program
  • Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Certificate
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

 

Documentation knowledge

  • Accident or incident reports
  • Bill of lading
  • Dangerous goods occurrence reports
  • Driver logbook
  • Inspection report (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip)
  • Maintenance and repair reports
  • Trans-border documentation
  • Trip reports

 

Type of trucking and equipment

  • Refrigerated
  • Tractor-trailer

 

Communication systems experience

  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
  • Trip recorder (on-board computer)

 

Transportation/travel experience

  • International
  • Long-haul
  • National
  • Provincial/territorial

 

Security and safety

  • Valid passport
  • Criminal record check
  • Driver’s validity licence check
  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Drug test

 

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver’s licence
  • 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
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Overtime required
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Sitting

 

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

 

Own tools/equipment

  • Cellular phone
  • Hard hat
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Tools
  • Safety vest
  • Gloves

 

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Hardworking
  • Patience

 

Workplace information

  • On the road job

 

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

 

Financial benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

 

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance
  • Maternity and parental benefits

 

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • On-site amenities
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Parking available
  • Travel insurance
  • Wellness program

 

 

Posting date: June 25, 2025

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