Local Driver

DZ Local Truck Driver – $22 to $29/hr., Full Time, Days

Are you looking for a career opportunity with a growing company that values relationships with their clients, customers, employees, and suppliers?

Tennier Sanitation is a privately owned Hamilton based company with clients and customers across Southern Ontario. For 84 years, Tennier has been providing value to our commercial, industrial, and manufacturing clientele.

We are a privately owned company with long tenured team and a family environment. We are deeply invested in understanding our clients’ needs and wants and providing exceptional customer experiences.

The DZ Local Truck Driver ensures timely delivery of goods to our customers in the Golden

Horseshoe (Toronto to Niagara) and delivers excellent customer experiences.

Responsibilities include:

• Delivering goods to customers in an effective and efficient manner
• Ensuring truck is loaded and ready to leave the warehouse at a designated time each morning and returning truck at the end of each day
• Load and unload skids and partial skids
• Provide “white glove” service to specific customers, for instance loading goods into a storage room.
• Inspect truck daily and record and report issues to manager
• Efficient and effective completion of all required documentation
• Ensure truck is clean, presentable, and refueled at the end of each day
• Follow all traffic laws and report road incidents to manager
• Follow accident procedures
• Maintain a clean drivers abstract

To be successful in this role you have:

• A positive attitude
• An excellent work ethic
• Able to meet productivity, quality, safety, and attendance requirements, including overtime as required.

Qualifications:

• A valid DZ driver’s license
• A minimum of 12 months driving experience and comfortable driving in Toronto
• High school diploma or equivalent

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Able to do continuous lifting up to 50 pounds and operating warehouse vehicles and material handling equipment
• Able to sit, unload goods and drive for up to 8 hours per day.
• Able to tolerate traffic, waiting for receiving windows etc.
• Ability to maneuver a truck in difficult/tight situations
• Able to manage a route and make 12 to 20 deliveries per day
• Ability to work effectively and responsibly under minimal supervision.

Compensation:

• Salary based compensation along with a benefits package and bonus program
• Hourly rate $22 to $29/hr. based on experience

Key Performance Indicators:

• Exhibits patience when stuck in traffic or delayed
• Effective stress management
• Is alert and aware at all times
• Positive and friendly with customers and team
• Exhibits strong time management skills
• Is reliable and consistently follows safety requirements
• Communicates clearly both orally and with record keeping
• Is accountable and dependable
• Has mechanical knowledge and is able to identify and/or take care of minor maintenance issues
• Strong desire to continually learn and improve

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $22.00-$29.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Application question(s):

• Are you able to drive trucks with manual transmissions?

Licence/Certification:

• DZ/AZ License (required)
• Are you able to work in Canada? (required)

Work Location: In person