Class 1 Driver (Heavy / Aerial Equipment)
About The Position
Cooper Equipment Rentals is seeking a customer-oriented and motivated Class 1 Driver to join their professional team. The role involves delivering heavy-duty construction and aerial equipment to customer jobsites, including various types of excavators, loaders, and aerial lifts. Key responsibilities include loading and unloading equipment safely, performing daily vehicle inspections, managing customer contracts, communicating delivery issues, and maintaining the vehicle's condition. The company emphasizes a safety-minded, fun-loving work environment with strong social responsibility and offers continuous training and development opportunities.
Requirements
- Valid Class 1 driver’s license with a driver’s abstract (no more than three demerit points).
- Comfortable with working outdoors year-round and driving in varying weather / road conditions.
- Comfortable with city driving.
- Highly safety-focused and professional; take pride in your vehicle and your responsibility as a driver.
- Experience with operation, load securement and transportation of heavy-duty construction equipment on flat-bed trucks is required.
- Available and willing to work overtime when required and on an on-call rotation if required.
- Flexibility and adaptability; must be comfortable with adapting to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
- Excellent problem-solving and organization skills.
- Strong team-player with effective communication skills; must be able to communicate effectively and professionally with customers and colleagues.
- Self-starter and able to work independently with minimal supervision as well as with a team.
- Applicants should currently be residing in Canada and legally entitled to work.
Nice To Haves
- Comfortable with both automatic and manual transmission is an asset (will be driving automatic transmission truck).
Responsibilities
- Deliver heavy-duty construction equipment to customer jobsites, including (but not limited to) excavators, dozers, articulated dump trucks, wheel loaders, loader backhoes, and aerial lifts to and from jobsites.
- Load and unload equipment; secure loaded equipment per company safe work procedures and inspect in transit if necessary.
- Perform vehicle inspections daily, as well as checking gas, oil and other fluid levels.
- Secure customer signature on contract, if not already signed.
- Inform supervisor of difficulties with deliveries or pickups, and of new sales opportunities and job sites.
- Double check delivered items to make sure customers receive exactly what they ordered.
- Communicate with your branch if behind schedule, so customers may be notified.
- If equipment is missing or broken upon pick up fill out the appropriate forms and get customer’s signature. Turn in these forms to Branch Manager, along with pick up sheets.
- Tag and move broken equipment to repair area.
- Provide basic instruction to customers on the safe operation of equipment if necessary.
- Keep the truck in clean and professional condition at all times.
- Complete daily accurate pre-inspections and post-inspections regulatory logs and timesheets.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, with overtime available
- Excellent benefit package with premiums paid by the company
- Uniform, safety boots/shoes, safety gear provided
- RRSP Match
- Safety-minded organization
- Stable, year-round employment
- Continuous training, learning and development opportunities
- Fun-loving work environment with strong social responsibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
