Truck driver – Class 5
Location :
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield store
Schedule :
- Work shift | Full-time, permanent
Start of employment :
- As soon as possible
Salary :
- Based on experience
Description of the position
Under the supervision of the shipping foreman, the driver delivers or picks up materials and merchandise from customers or suppliers by driving a truck requiring a class 5 driver’s license. They perform all related tasks, in compliance with the internal processes and rules of the Organization.
Tasks
1. Delivery and pick-up (80%)
- Inspect the truck on a daily basis and fill out the form provided for this purpose.
- Receive the delivery schedule each morning and program it into the GPS.
- Ensure optimal loading of the truck by taking into account the different deliveries and the size of the items.
- Ensure that the order loaded on the truck corresponds to the invoice given for the delivery by counting the merchandise.
- Secure the order in the truck so that it remains in place during transport.
- Drive safely from the store to the customer’s location.
- Ask the customer where they want the merchandise to be unloaded.
- Unload the load by hand.
- Give the copy of the invoice to the customer and make sure that everything is complete by counting the merchandise that he received with him.
- Go to suppliers at the request of the foreman to pick up orders and sign the invoice to confirm the pickup.
- Put gasoline in the truck every evening, when returning from deliveries.
2. Administration (20%)
- Write the time of deliveries on the invoices.
- Turn in delivery invoices and inspection sheets to the foreman at the end of the day.
- Report any necessary repairs to trucks.
- Fill out a credit application for customers when they wish to return merchandise.
- Answer phone calls to keep in touch with the store throughout the day.
- Participate in team meetings.
Skills requested
- Have a high school diploma.
- Experience as a Class 5 driver (an asset).
- Good knowledge of French spoken.
- Functional English (an asset).
- Class 5 driver’s license.
- Be able to lift up to 100 lbs several times a day.
* Any pertinent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Share, adopt and showcase the mission and values of the Organization.
- Show great interpersonal communication skills, based on respect, diplomacy and judgment, and anchored in solutions finding.
- Provide great customer service.
- Show great consideration for teamwork.
- Have a great energy and positive attitude.
- Show great judgment.
- Be autonomous and resourceful and show initiative.
- Be organized and have a great capacity to carry many tasks at once.
Benefits
- Salary based on experience, at a $15/hour minimum
- Training by the employer
- Employee rebate
- Group insurance
- Possibility of advancement
- Family business