Job Description:
Job Title: Long Haul Truck Driver
Salary: $28.00 hourly for 50 - 60 hours per week. Overtime after 60 hours per week
Languages: English
Minimum Education: None
Experience: On the job paid training is provided
Work Setting: Atlantic Truck Lines invests in our people. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive flexible benefits package that is regularly reviewed to ensure we attract and retain high-quality employees in a rapidly changing marketplace. We are looking for the best of the best to provide reliable and professional service to our customers. Working with Atlantic Trucklines Ltd., you will enter a vast pool of opportunities for your career. As a long-haul truck driver, you will transport Freight across Canada and to the USA.
What You Will Drive
• Dedicated 2016 or 2018 Freightliner / Peterbilt / Volvo Trucks.
• Trucks, equipped with: Automatic Transmissions, Satellite Communication and 24-Hour Roadside Service with Replacement Vehicles.
Specific Skills:
• Operate trucks to deliver long haul loads working as team drivers.
• Plan trip logistics and prepare documentation for transportation of goods and record trip details
• Perform pre-inspection, in route and post-inspection of vehicle including lights, brakes, tires etc.
• Ensure cargo is secured properly in accordance with safety requirements
• Communicate with dispatcher and other drivers using cell phones
• Oversee all aspects of the vehicle (Condition of equipment, loading, and unloading, safety and security of cargo)
• Carry-out roadside repairs if needed
• Record cargo information, distance travelled, fuel consumption
• Maintain truck logs according to state and federal regulations.
Additional Skills:
Class 1 license or any other equivalent, A good knowledge of communication equipment would be an asset, Ability to travel for extended periods
Security and Safety
Basic security clearance, criminal record check, drug test
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
Travel across Canada & the USA (Driving to the U.S.A is subject to a valid B1/B2 U.S.A visa and/or Canadian citizen and visa exempt citizens.)
Personal Suitability
Job task planning and organizing, Problem solving skills
Employer: Atlantic Trucklines Ltd.
Business Address: Unit 117- 6638 152A street, Surrey, BC, V3S 7J1
Yard address:
5228 184 Street Surrey, BC V3S 1E1 Canada
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