Delivery driver - parcels

Additional Information

• Work Term: Seasonal
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 to 44 hours per week
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work setting

• Urban area
• Courier company

Tasks

• Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various items and products
• Professionalism in customer service
• Receive and relay information to central dispatch
• Load and unload goods
• Use maps and other trip planning aids
• Record trip information such as vehicle mileage, fuel costs and any problems
• Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
• Deliver mail and small parcels along established routes
• Provide customer service
• Sort packages

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Class 5/5F/G Licence (cars, small trucks and other 2-axle vehicles)

Transportation/travel experience

• Local

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Basic security clearance
• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Vehicle supplied by employer
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail

Weight handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Gloves
• Cellular phone

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Accurate
• Dependability

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Other benefits