Truck Yard Associate

Accelerate your career with the most awarded Air Cargo Airline in Canada!
Cargojet is Canada's leading provider of time-sensitive overnight air cargo services and carries over 1,300,000 pounds of cargo each business night. Cargojet operates its network across North America each business night, utilizing a fleet of all-cargo aircraft Cargojet has been awarded one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies as well as being awarded the Shipper’s Choice Award for the best Air Cargo Carrier in Canada for the past number of years. Being part of Cargojet will allow you to become a part of a diverse and vibrant family at the leading edge of the air cargo industry both domestically and internationally. Cargojet team members are dedicated, hardworking, and have a strong sense of leadership and commitment.

Primary Objective of the Position:

The successful applicant will be an organized, reliable, detailed and service-oriented Truck Yard Associate. In this position, you will be a critical part of the E-commerce Team and will strive for defect-free management of the Customer Truck Yard. Your primary goal is to aid the warehouse in achieving maximum throughput by efficiently arriving and dispatching from the yard all Customer Linehauls while ensuring detailed capture of all activities.

Essential Position Functions:

• Establish face-to-face contact with Linehaul drivers thus checking them into the yard physically and virtually via Customer e-tools.
• Assign Linehaul carriers optimal parking positions that maximize the Truck Yard capabilities.
• Ensure no unauthorized yard entry by non-Customer Linehaul carriers.
• Prevent Truck Yard congestion by not allowing Linehaul carriers to drop trailers in yard if not authorized by the Customer.
• Maintain close coordination with warehouse dock POC and dispatch Linehauls to the warehouse and to their assigned door as quickly and efficiently as possible.
• Become the shift point of contact between internal business units and external Customer Linehaul carriers and provide the necessary details needed to address any operational defects and or escalations.
• Ensuring we comply with Customer daily reporting requirements. • Ensure proper site security is being maintained and report deviations if found.
• Perform other duties as assigned including warehouse sortation activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, Post-Secondary education in a related field or program would be an asset.
• Display ability to work as a Team.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Have the ability to follow instructions.
• Be willing to work overtime when needed.
• Be willing to work and be trained in all aspects of the operation.
• Detail Oriented.
• Must Be Flexible.
• Good Communication Skills.

Important to Know:

• Cargojet is an equal opportunity employer. We thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
• At Cargojet, we make safety the highest priority. Because of this priority and as we operate in a safety-sensitive environment, we require all employees to abstain from consuming Cannabis, in and outside of the workplace. This is a critical element of our drug and alcohol policy that all employees must comply with at all times.