Job description
- Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and EFAP Benefits after 30 days of employment
- FULL flex benefits program
- Company matching RRSP
- Family culture
- Career advancement opportunities
- Profit Sharing
- 125 year, family owned and operated company history
- Pay for performance incentive program after 3 months
- Local routes -> guaranteed to be home every day!
- Family culture and advancement opportunities
- Day Shift (5X8)
- Valid Class 5 driver’s license with a clean commercial driver’s abstract
- Physically fit and able to repeatedly lift, stack, pull and carry heavy items (up to 80 lbs.)
- Strong communication and customer service skills with English fluency (written and spoken)
- Previous professional driving experience is required
- Prior physical labour experience is required
- Ability to work in a variety of weather, temperature and road conditions
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Must be goal oriented with a positive, “can do” attitude
- Ability to deliver a variety of food service products including dairy, seafood, and pork
- Punctuality and attention to detail
- Providing exceptional service to build and maintain quality customer relationships
- Manually sorting and unloading food products and hand-wheeling them into the customer locations with the use of ramps and occasionally stairs (approx. 600 - 1000 cases/shift)
- Operating straight trucks or trailers safely and professionally to transport goods and materials over urban, short inter-urban and rural routes
- Conducting routine pre/post-trip truck inspections and maintaining accurate records of delivery routes, temperature logs, count sheets and incident reporting
- Performing product delivery verification at the customer location and maintaining customer invoices
- Following health and safety and safe work procedures
We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for the next stage will be contacted. Gordon Food Service is an equal opportunity employer who strives to provide an inclusive work environment that involves everyone and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to any enumerated or analogous grounds of discrimination, including race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status, sexual orientation or status as a qualified individual with disability.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to [email protected] and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.
About Gordon Food Service | Service Alimentaire Gordon
CEO: Rich Wolowski
Revenue: $5 to $25 million (USD)
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: https://www.gfs.com
Year Founded: 1897