Truck Driver (AZ License)
Top Benefits
About the role
Truck Driver Job Type: Full-Time Seasonal (April - December)
Work Location : Wallenstein, ON
Compensation: $20.00 - $30.00/hour
At Earthscape , we create beautiful, innovative custom playground sculptures and structures that inspire children and adults to creatively play. By partnering with some of the most prestigious Landscape Architecture firms in North America, we bring brilliant playground concepts to life. Our award-winning design-build firm is located just outside of Elmira, Ontario in Waterloo Region.
Together, our ambitious team designs, engineers, builds and installs state-of-the-art timber playgrounds that become iconic and well-loved destination spaces. The work environment we’ve created is positive, productive, fun and rewarding. To see our one-of-a-kind projects, visit www.earthscapeplay.com.
As our primary AZ Driver, you won’t just be "hauling freight". You are a vital link in our installation process. You will be responsible for transporting materials and heavy equipment to our active construction sites across the KW and GTA regions..
The Role
- Driving a Tri-axle Roll-off Truck and operating Equipment Floats to move excavators, loaders, and playground components
- Assisting our landscape and playground installation crews by ensuring they have the tools and materials they need, exactly when they need them
- Maintaining a clean cab and trailer, managing logbooks (electronic/manual), and coordinating with the shop manager for efficient routing
- Conducting thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections and securing loads with a "zero-incident" mindset as well as to ensure safety and compliance with regulations
- Communicate effectively with operations and other team members regarding delivery schedules and any issues that may arise
- Maintain accurate logs of driving hours, routes taken, and deliveries made
- Adhere to all traffic laws and company policies regarding transportation
- Assist in loading and unloading freight as needed
Ideal Candidates Will Have The Following Qualifications
- Valid AZ driver’s license with clean Abstract and CVOR (30 days current)
- Experience in freight transportation preferably with flat bed to be able to bind and secure loads for transport
- Familiarity with safety regulations related to trucking operations
- Ability to operate forklifts, telehandlers, skid steers and other heavy equipment is a plus
- Ability to sit for long periods of time
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs
- Self-motivated individual with strong organization skills
- Strong communication skills and ability to work independently.
What’s in it for you? This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of North America’s most innovative playground projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you are never bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are dynamic, and highly skilled. They have an impressive range of backgrounds, skills and expertise.
We believe in great compensation for great employees, and we reward our staff with a combination of:
- Profit sharing and performance bonuses
- Employee share ownership opportunities (ESOP) after 1 year of service
- Six-week sabbatical after 14,000 hours worked
- Tuition reimbursement
- Extended health and dental benefits
- Company events
- Casual dress code
Accommodation: We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
Pre-employment checks : As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role, prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offense and driver’s license record.
At Earthscape Play, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of bringing incredible play spaces to life. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.
About Earthscape Play
Established in 2005 as a residential landscape design-build firm; in 2011, the company expanded its scope of services to design and build custom playgrounds. We have since received over 50 Awards for playground design & construction, commercial design, landscape design & construction, water feature design-build and lighting design.
PLAYGROUND DIVISION Our goal is to design and build incredible custom playgrounds that open children’s imaginations, stimulate their creativity and challenge their motor development.
Complex and challenging structures, with dynamic features encourage climbing, balancing, jumping, mobility, strength, executive function, imagination and coordination. Risk and independence, failure and mastery, friendship and silence, are all facilitated by our playground designs and our constructed sites.
Our playgrounds are designed and fabricated in our Elmira, Ontario workshop where our experienced designers, crafts people and installation technicians work side-by-side to ensure adherence to strict safety standards while maximizing play potential.
Truck Driver (AZ License)
Top Benefits
About the role
Truck Driver Job Type: Full-Time Seasonal (April - December)
Work Location : Wallenstein, ON
Compensation: $20.00 - $30.00/hour
At Earthscape , we create beautiful, innovative custom playground sculptures and structures that inspire children and adults to creatively play. By partnering with some of the most prestigious Landscape Architecture firms in North America, we bring brilliant playground concepts to life. Our award-winning design-build firm is located just outside of Elmira, Ontario in Waterloo Region.
Together, our ambitious team designs, engineers, builds and installs state-of-the-art timber playgrounds that become iconic and well-loved destination spaces. The work environment we’ve created is positive, productive, fun and rewarding. To see our one-of-a-kind projects, visit www.earthscapeplay.com.
As our primary AZ Driver, you won’t just be "hauling freight". You are a vital link in our installation process. You will be responsible for transporting materials and heavy equipment to our active construction sites across the KW and GTA regions..
The Role
- Driving a Tri-axle Roll-off Truck and operating Equipment Floats to move excavators, loaders, and playground components
- Assisting our landscape and playground installation crews by ensuring they have the tools and materials they need, exactly when they need them
- Maintaining a clean cab and trailer, managing logbooks (electronic/manual), and coordinating with the shop manager for efficient routing
- Conducting thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections and securing loads with a "zero-incident" mindset as well as to ensure safety and compliance with regulations
- Communicate effectively with operations and other team members regarding delivery schedules and any issues that may arise
- Maintain accurate logs of driving hours, routes taken, and deliveries made
- Adhere to all traffic laws and company policies regarding transportation
- Assist in loading and unloading freight as needed
Ideal Candidates Will Have The Following Qualifications
- Valid AZ driver’s license with clean Abstract and CVOR (30 days current)
- Experience in freight transportation preferably with flat bed to be able to bind and secure loads for transport
- Familiarity with safety regulations related to trucking operations
- Ability to operate forklifts, telehandlers, skid steers and other heavy equipment is a plus
- Ability to sit for long periods of time
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs
- Self-motivated individual with strong organization skills
- Strong communication skills and ability to work independently.
What’s in it for you? This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of North America’s most innovative playground projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you are never bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are dynamic, and highly skilled. They have an impressive range of backgrounds, skills and expertise.
We believe in great compensation for great employees, and we reward our staff with a combination of:
- Profit sharing and performance bonuses
- Employee share ownership opportunities (ESOP) after 1 year of service
- Six-week sabbatical after 14,000 hours worked
- Tuition reimbursement
- Extended health and dental benefits
- Company events
- Casual dress code
Accommodation: We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
Pre-employment checks : As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role, prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offense and driver’s license record.
At Earthscape Play, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of bringing incredible play spaces to life. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.
About Earthscape Play
Established in 2005 as a residential landscape design-build firm; in 2011, the company expanded its scope of services to design and build custom playgrounds. We have since received over 50 Awards for playground design & construction, commercial design, landscape design & construction, water feature design-build and lighting design.
PLAYGROUND DIVISION Our goal is to design and build incredible custom playgrounds that open children’s imaginations, stimulate their creativity and challenge their motor development.
Complex and challenging structures, with dynamic features encourage climbing, balancing, jumping, mobility, strength, executive function, imagination and coordination. Risk and independence, failure and mastery, friendship and silence, are all facilitated by our playground designs and our constructed sites.
Our playgrounds are designed and fabricated in our Elmira, Ontario workshop where our experienced designers, crafts people and installation technicians work side-by-side to ensure adherence to strict safety standards while maximizing play potential.