Well, our company is called Agri-Tel Transportation Ltd. and we are located in Lockport Manitoba (10 mins outside of Winnipeg) and we are a family owned, fast growing company. We have approx. 40 drivers and 12 office staff, and just moved into a new facility!
In November, we are heading on our 3rd international recruitment trip to Europe through the MPNP (Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program) which is a Government Program that tries to help local companies find solutions to Industry labour shortages. In return, the province gets new people into the province that will help contribute to economic growth. We’ve hired around 15 people each time we went. This year we are going to London England and will be interviewing drivers at the Canadian Embassy near Trafalgar square. We do a preliminary screening through a skype interview and then will set up a time/date to meet in London if the screening goes well. We are looking for candidates who like driving, want to move to Canada permanently and want to commit to at least 2 years driving for our team. We feel that in this competitive market, that 2 years is a fair commitment timeline.
In regards to our company, we hire true long-haul drivers. People who love being out on the open road and seeing the country. Our trips are between 15 and 25 days, so it’s not really an ideal job for a family man. Our drivers avg. between $4,000 - $5,500/month (Gross pay) get full benefits (Vision, Dental, Health Care, Etc.) and we recognize their achievements through various programs like driver’s appreciation meals, Driver of the month/year and other awards.
We have an old school mentality where a handshake means something, and communication is key to a good job being done. All in all, we just want to do a good job and have all involved enjoying the process.
Hope that helps. If there’s any questions/comments on the info provided, please feel free to drop me an email anytime at billh@ Agritel.ca
Just seen this in Calgary Kijiji today 7 Feb, are they having trouble hiring . Also H & R Advertising for Canada Only , and then Alberta Only , are they having trouble
Description
Calgary/Regina Candidates - More Home-Time, New Pay!
Agri-Fresh from Lockport, Manitoba, has a great new opportunity available and we want Calgary Long-Haul Truck drivers to join our team! - With a new company initiative being put in place within the Calgary market, we are able to offer Calgary located candidates the opportunity for more home time! We will be coming out to conduct in-person interviews!
We are a mid-size company located in Lockport, Manitoba just 10 minutes North of Winnipeg who specialize in hauling Fresh and Healthy Produce from California into the Canadian Prairies!
A ton of our business is located in the Alberta/Saskatchewan Markets and we feel we can offer you the work/life balance you’re wanting as our clients are in your home town!
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Class 1A driver’s license with one-two years of experience.
Able for entry to the United States
Ability to do trip lengths of 7-12 days
Ability to operate and drive articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
Ability to plan travel schedules and routes, use atlases and other trip planning aids such as GPS
Mountain driving experience considered an asset
Clear Criminal Record check
Drivers Abstract with three or less violations Compensation:
NEW - Competitive 0.43 - 0.47 RPM with Yearly Retention Bonus and Quarterly Bonus as well as Paid for Picks/Drops, Detentions, Layovers, Boarder Crossings -
*11,000 Avg. monthly miles
After three months employment we offer a health benefits package (medical, dental, disability & life insurance)
Vacation pay of four percent, approximately two weeks of time after one year employment
Agri-Fresh is an equal opportunity employer, we invite all interested applicants to apply on line at recruiting@agrifresh.ca or call 204-289-3033 for details and ask for someone in our recruitment dept.
Last time I asked you who that company is based on what you told me about them you never gave the name. I regularly check adverts in Winnipeg on indeed and Kijiji and haven’t seen anything matching the job you described. So who is it?
Kiowan:
Last time I asked you who that company is based on what you told me about them you never gave the name. I regularly check adverts in Winnipeg on indeed and Kijiji and haven’t seen anything matching the job you described. So who is it?
Boatchaser:
Just seen this in Calgary Kijiji today 7 Feb, are they having trouble hiring . Also H & R Advertising for Canada Only , and then Alberta Only , are they having trouble
Description
Calgary/Regina Candidates - More Home-Time, New Pay!
Agri-Fresh from Lockport, Manitoba, has a great new opportunity available and we want Calgary Long-Haul Truck drivers to join our team! - With a new company initiative being put in place within the Calgary market, we are able to offer Calgary located candidates the opportunity for more home time! We will be coming out to conduct in-person interviews!
We are a mid-size company located in Lockport, Manitoba just 10 minutes North of Winnipeg who specialize in hauling Fresh and Healthy Produce from California into the Canadian Prairies!
A ton of our business is located in the Alberta/Saskatchewan Markets and we feel we can offer you the work/life balance you’re wanting as our clients are in your home town!
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Class 1A driver’s license with one-two years of experience.
Able for entry to the United States
Ability to do trip lengths of 7-12 days
Ability to operate and drive articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
Ability to plan travel schedules and routes, use atlases and other trip planning aids such as GPS
Mountain driving experience considered an asset
Clear Criminal Record check
Drivers Abstract with three or less violations Compensation:
NEW - Competitive 0.43 - 0.47 RPM with Yearly Retention Bonus and Quarterly Bonus as well as Paid for Picks/Drops, Detentions, Layovers, Boarder Crossings -
*11,000 Avg. monthly miles
After three months employment we offer a health benefits package (medical, dental, disability & life insurance)
Vacation pay of four percent, approximately two weeks of time after one year employment
Agri-Fresh is an equal opportunity employer, we invite all interested applicants to apply on line at recruiting@agrifresh.ca or call 204-289-3033 for details and ask for someone in our recruitment dept.
Job Type: Full-time
A couple of things I don’t like about this ad …
Must be able to use a GPS ? … If you need one you shouldn’t be driving, learn to read a map.
11,000 miles a month… Pay by the mile should be outlawed.
Boatchaser:
Just seen this in Calgary Kijiji today 7 Feb, are they having trouble hiring . Also H & R Advertising for Canada Only , and then Alberta Only , are they having trouble
Description
Calgary/Regina Candidates - More Home-Time, New Pay!
Agri-Fresh from Lockport, Manitoba, has a great new opportunity available and we want Calgary Long-Haul Truck drivers to join our team! - With a new company initiative being put in place within the Calgary market, we are able to offer Calgary located candidates the opportunity for more home time! We will be coming out to conduct in-person interviews!
We are a mid-size company located in Lockport, Manitoba just 10 minutes North of Winnipeg who specialize in hauling Fresh and Healthy Produce from California into the Canadian Prairies!
A ton of our business is located in the Alberta/Saskatchewan Markets and we feel we can offer you the work/life balance you’re wanting as our clients are in your home town!
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Class 1A driver’s license with one-two years of experience.
Able for entry to the United States
Ability to do trip lengths of 7-12 days
Ability to operate and drive articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
Ability to plan travel schedules and routes, use atlases and other trip planning aids such as GPS
Mountain driving experience considered an asset
Clear Criminal Record check
Drivers Abstract with three or less violations Compensation:
NEW - Competitive 0.43 - 0.47 RPM with Yearly Retention Bonus and Quarterly Bonus as well as Paid for Picks/Drops, Detentions, Layovers, Boarder Crossings -
*11,000 Avg. monthly miles
After three months employment we offer a health benefits package (medical, dental, disability & life insurance)
Vacation pay of four percent, approximately two weeks of time after one year employment
Agri-Fresh is an equal opportunity employer, we invite all interested applicants to apply on line at recruiting@agrifresh.ca or call 204-289-3033 for details and ask for someone in our recruitment dept.
Job Type: Full-time
A couple of things I don’t like about this ad …
Must be able to use a GPS ? … If you need one you shouldn’t be driving, learn to read a map.
11,000 miles a month… Pay by the mile should be outlawed.
2 weeks pay after first year is there no employment laws in that country you would want your head tested to go there
The holiday thing is weird here, at least it is in the prairies, it’s almost taken as an insult If you want to take two weeks at some places.
My driver gets 5% of his gross added to each pay packet for holiday pay, plus I slip him a few quid out of my own pocket when he goes away and at Christmas. I have to be honest, I wish I earned what he did when I was a company driver!
I have looked into putting him on hourly pay, he already gets paid by the hour for city deliveries and waiting time, but it’s not going to make any difference to how much he earns, because of the paid waiting time and city pay, all it will achieve is more paperwork really, he’ll need to fill out a time sheet and hand in copies of his logs, that’s the only difference really.
nightline:
2 weeks pay after first year is there no employment laws in that country you would want your head tested to go there
LOL, This is why I don’t understand guys who want to leave the UK and drive over here and before anyone asks ‘Why did you do it then Pat ?’ I didn’t, I moved here to marry my wife, I had no intention of driving trucks for a living, in fact originally I was going to be a cartoonist for a very big satirical magazine in NYC but I was cheated on by them, after 18 months I had to go back to truck driving, at least the two companies I have worked for are fair and pay more than most, my present company now gives me 3 weeks and 2 days vacation pay, nowhere near what I was used to in the UK but better than most, I also get much higher pay than most. On most companies you get paid for just the miles you do, when you break down you get sweet FA while sitting there. A couple of weeks ago I got a bow out on the NJ turnpike, I was stuck there for 3 hours and then once repaired got on my way and thought nothing of it, however in this weeks pay advice I noticed there was 3 hours extra pay, they monitored how long I was stopped for the incident and paid me without me even asking, not many companies will do that here I assure you.
newmercman:
The holiday thing is weird here, at least it is in the prairies, it’s almost taken as an insult If you want to take two weeks at some places.
My driver gets 5% of his gross added to each pay packet for holiday pay, plus I slip him a few quid out of my own pocket when he goes away and at Christmas. I have to be honest, I wish I earned what he did when I was a company driver!
I have looked into putting him on hourly pay, he already gets paid by the hour for city deliveries and waiting time, but it’s not going to make any difference to how much he earns, because of the paid waiting time and city pay, all it will achieve is more paperwork really, he’ll need to fill out a time sheet and hand in copies of his logs, that’s the only difference really.
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So who holds the holiday pay its reads like you pay him the 5% every pay packet
nightline:
2 weeks pay after first year is there no employment laws in that country you would want your head tested to go there
LOL, This is why I don’t understand guys who want to leave the UK and drive over here and before anyone asks ‘Why did you do it then Pat ?’ I didn’t, I moved here to marry my wife, I had no intention of driving trucks for a living, in fact originally I was going to be a cartoonist for a very big satirical magazine in NYC but I was cheated on by them, after 18 months I had to go back to truck driving, at least the two companies I have worked for are fair and pay more than most, my present company now gives me 3 weeks and 2 days vacation pay, nowhere near what I was used to in the UK but better than most, I also get much higher pay than most. On most companies you get paid for just the miles you do, when you break down you get sweet FA while sitting there. A couple of weeks ago I got a bow out on the NJ turnpike, I was stuck there for 3 hours and then once repaired got on my way and thought nothing of it, however in this weeks pay advice I noticed there was 3 hours extra pay, they monitored how long I was stopped for the incident and paid me without me even asking, not many companies will do that here I assure you.
Sounds like a good company you work for but as you say not everyone looks after drivers like that
It would take a lot of getting use to only getting 2 weeks a year
nightline:
2 weeks pay after first year is there no employment laws in that country you would want your head tested to go there
LOL, This is why I don’t understand guys who want to leave the UK and drive over here and before anyone asks ‘Why did you do it then Pat ?’ I didn’t, I moved here to marry my wife, I had no intention of driving trucks for a living, in fact originally I was going to be a cartoonist for a very big satirical magazine in NYC but I was cheated on by them, after 18 months I had to go back to truck driving, at least the two companies I have worked for are fair and pay more than most, my present company now gives me 3 weeks and 2 days vacation pay, nowhere near what I was used to in the UK but better than most, I also get much higher pay than most. On most companies you get paid for just the miles you do, when you break down you get sweet FA while sitting there. A couple of weeks ago I got a bow out on the NJ turnpike, I was stuck there for 3 hours and then once repaired got on my way and thought nothing of it, however in this weeks pay advice I noticed there was 3 hours extra pay, they monitored how long I was stopped for the incident and paid me without me even asking, not many companies will do that here I assure you.
4 weeks fully paid , 4 on 4 off = 48 days here , not to mention pay for everything (pre trips , fuel , truck wash etc etc) . Night out money too Mr Hasler , not all North American trucking companies are slave drivers .
newmercman:
The holiday thing is weird here, at least it is in the prairies, it’s almost taken as an insult If you want to take two weeks at some places.
My driver gets 5% of his gross added to each pay packet for holiday pay, plus I slip him a few quid out of my own pocket when he goes away and at Christmas. I have to be honest, I wish I earned what he did when I was a company driver!
I have looked into putting him on hourly pay, he already gets paid by the hour for city deliveries and waiting time, but it’s not going to make any difference to how much he earns, because of the paid waiting time and city pay, all it will achieve is more paperwork really, he’ll need to fill out a time sheet and hand in copies of his logs, that’s the only difference really.
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So who holds the holiday pay its reads like you pay him the 5% every pay packet
