Courier Utility 170

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Courier Utility 170

Date: 16 Apr 2025

Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, CA, B1P 6Z3

It’s not a package. It’s a promise.

As Canada’s leading integrated freight, package, and logistics provider, we’ve been helping promises get where they need to be for more than 60 years. How does the magic happen? The journey starts with you. The places we go, the elements we brave, the promises we deliver – it’s all possible because of our people. So, whether you’re looking to build new skills, make an impact in your community, or inspire your team, we go there for you.

Job Description

The Utility Courier picks up and delivers customer packages to meet daily pick-up and delivery schedules and resolves problems as they arise. Job covers other absent couriers that may be on any work shift.

Responsibilities

1. Pick up and deliver customer packages to meet daily pick-up and delivery schedules
2. Scan packages / mail as it is received, delivered, or returned to the depot at the end of the day
3. Resolve problems as they arise while on the road in collaboration with Dispatch and customers
4. Conduct daily pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspections using a package scanner and electronic-Driver Vehicle Inspection Report (E-DVIR)
5. When inspections fail, the Courier advises the unit manager

Education

Completion of High School

Experience

Completion of vocational and business courses commonly taught at high school level
Class 5 driver’s license and clean driver’s abstract to drive delivery vehicles.

Skills

Domestic Shipping

Shipping and Receiving Operations

Physical Efforts

1. Lifting/Lowering up to 70 pounds
2. Sitting
3. Standing
4. Climbing

Sensory Efforts

1. Watching/Visual attention
2. Communicate effectively (written and verbal)

Mental Efforts

1. Concentrated attention for prolonged periods of time
2. Long periods of driving
3. Problem solving
4. Exposure to Confrontational Situations

POSTING DETAILS

Location: 170 - Sydney
Working Conditions: On the Road
Reports to: Manager Unit

Purolator is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, Aboriginal/Indigenous status or any other factors considered discriminatory. If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, we will work with you to meet your needs.

We recognize that our employees and their families are key stakeholders. We will only be successful as a business if we provide our employees with a safe and healthy workplace and we have the right people in the right roles with the support they need to succeed. We hire for attitude and train for skills. To learn more about us and our values, go to www.purolator.com.

At Purolator, every day is an opportunity for our employees to connect with one another and with our customers to help make a positive impact in the communities where we live, work and play.