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Long Haul Truck Driver
Position: Long Haul Truck Driver
Employer:
City: Picture Butte
State/Province: AB
Valid Until: Dec 27, 2025

Our location in Picture Butte, AB is looking for a Long Haul Truck Driver to join their team.

Various routes in Canada – AB (Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House Region, Calgary Region, Camrose-Drumheller Region, Edmonton Region, Red Deer Region, Lethbridge-Medicine Hat Region), BC, SK, MB and USA.

Salary: $36.00/Hour for 40 -60 Hours / Week

Benefits: Health benefits: health care plan, dental plan, vision care benefits after 3 months of employment; Financial benefits: productivity bonus and eligible for year-end safety bonus; Other benefits: travel insurance, parking available, learning/training paid by employer, other benefits; Subject to wage increase and incentives

Terms of employment: Permanent, Full time.

Start date: As soon as possible

Employment conditions: Early morning, morning, day, evening, night, weekend, on call.

 

Requirements: 

  • 2+ years of experience
  • Reliable, organized, and a team player
  • Driver’s license (Class 1 or A); Air brake endorsement (Z)
  • Valid passport and ability to travel cross-border
  • Ableto travel for extended periods
  • Able to submit a driving record check (abstract), drug test, and criminal record check upon successful hire
  • Must have your own cellular phone

  • Experience with driver logbooks, bills of lading, maintenance and repair reports, accident or incident reports, inspection reports (pre-trip, en-route, post-trip), trans-border documentation, and trip reports.

  • Able to operate a GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment.

  • Able to lift up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

 

Tasks:

  • Hauling livestock using Cattle liner trailers throughout Canada and the United States
  • Wash trailers
  • Operate and drive straight or articulated trucks to transport livestock
  • Hauling different commodities using flatbeds, reefers, and super B grain trailers
  • Tarping and ensuring safety and security of cargo
  • Receive and relay information to central dispatch
  • Perform brake adjustments
  • Perform emergency roadside repairs
  • Record cargo information, hours of service, distance travelled and fuel consumption
  • Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
  • Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage and other equipment
  • Load and unload goods; Perform preventive maintenance; Mountain driving expertise
  • Obtain special permits and other documents required to transport cargo on international routes.

 

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Physically demanding, attention to detail, repetitive tasks, handling heavy loads, sitting for extended periods of time.

Underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply: Persons with disabilities, Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada.