Cargojet

Job Position: Truck Yard Associate

  • Application Deadline: 10th April 2023
  • Employment Type: Full time
  • Location(s): Mount Hope,Hamilton
  • Compensation: per hour
    Compensation to be determined based on experience
  • How to Apply: Submit your resume and cover letter to gmorley@goodwillonline.ca
    or submit them using the Apply button below.

Required Qualifications:

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.

Key Responsibilities:

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.

Additional Details:

About Our Company:

Cargojet is committed to on-time reliability, safety and consistently exceeds customer’s needs and expectations. Our dedicated team of flight crews, maintenance, flight operations, ground handlers and customer service representatives, have been chosen for their excellent skills, safety records and professionalism, together the entire Cargojet team brings you total excellence.

Our commitment, dedication and on-time performance to the air cargo industry in Canada is the key reason that we were chosen as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies as well as being awarded with the Shipper’s Choice Award for the best Air Cargo Carrier in Canada for the past number of years.

The secret to Cargojet’s future success is the very formula which guides us today: By redefining industry standards; re-thinking how to serve the customer better; valuing and nurturing relationships with employees/customers/suppliers and remembering that it’s personal attention that makes us a success!

Enjoy the First Class Air Cargo Service from Canada’s Cargo Airline, Cargojet