Letter Carrier - Delivery Agent and Postal Clerk

Canada Post; Port-Cartier; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and essential service provider in Canada! As a Delivery Agent or Postal Clerk, you'll play a key role in ensuring timely mail delivery and customer satisfaction. This position offers the chance to work in various shifts and learn about mail operations, all while enjoying competitive pay and extensive training. Embrace the opportunity to grow within a company that values diversity and promotes from within. If you're ready to make a difference in your community and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect role for you!

Benefits

Competitive Pay

Extensive Training

Opportunities for Permanent Employment

Qualifications

• Must have a valid driver's license with a safe driving record.
• Ability to lift and carry heavy mail items regularly.

Responsibilities

• Sort and prepare deliveries at the depot.
• Deliver mail and packages by foot or vehicle.
• Sort mail and packages inside the sorting facility.

Skills

Customer Service Experience

Delivery Experience

Physical Fitness

Education

Valid Class 5 or Class G Driver’s Licence

Job description

Letter Carrier - Delivery Agent and Postal Clerk

Pay Competitive

Employment type Full-Time

Job Description

Req#: 166814

Job Requisition Id: 166814
Business Function: Delivery Agent or Letter Carrier
Primary City: Port-Cartier
Other Location(s):
Province: Quebec
Employment Type: On Call
Employment Status: Temporary
Language Requirement: French Essential
Number of Vacancies 1
Salary: 22,68$



All qualified candidates will be considered however preference will be given to Indigenous people (First Nations, Metis or Inuit) or persons with a disability. This is a special measure employment equity initiative and candidates from this group who wish to qualify for preferential consideration must self-identify.

Job Description

Canada Post is an exciting place to work! And you can be part of it!

We deliver billions of items to Canadians each year – you can be a big part of making this happen.

In this role, you may be called upon to do on-call delivery agent OR on-call postal clerk work:


• On-call delivery agent (also known as a letter carrier). You’ll be the face of Canada Post in your community and make sure customers and businesses get the mail and parcels they’re waiting for.


• On-call postal clerk- you will have the opportunity to work various shifts, including days, evenings, overnights and weekends. This temporary on-call position is an excellent opportunity to learn about the business of mail operations, as well as the great jobs available at Canada Post.

Job Responsibilities

As a Delivery Agent-What will you do?


• You’ll start your day in the depot, sorting and preparing the day’s deliveries


• You’ll load and drive a Canada Post postal vehicle


• You’ll then spend most of your day outside, delivering mail and packages by foot or by vehicle to customers on your route


• You’ll return to the depot to unload the day’s incoming mail and packages for later delivery

Job Responsibilities (continued)

As a Postal Clerk-What will you do?


• You’ll work inside a sorting facility, sorting mail and packages


• Work various shifts (may include evenings/nights and weekends)


• Operation of material handling equipment


• Receiving and accepting mail items


• Sort, scan and sequence and batch mail items


• Transfers and dispatching of parcels and packets


• Perform other postal clerk duties as required


• Completes reports and documentation

Qualifications

What must you have?


• A valid Class 5 or Class G driver’s licence with a safe driving record for at least 3 years (driver's abstract required)


• The physical ability to lift mail items weighing up to 22.7 kg (50 lb) and carry items weighing up to 15.9 kg (35 lb) regularly throughout the day


• The ability to work in all types of weather


• The availability to be on-call, possibly evenings and weekends


These help, too!


• Experience in customer service


• Experience making deliveries or working as a driver


• Experience working in a production environment is an asset


In return, we offer:


• Competitive pay


• Extensive classroom and on-the-job training about your duties and safety on the job


• Opportunities for permanent employment


Please note that mandatory pre-employment assessments and job training may take place in third-party facilities such as clinics and hotels, where specific COVID 19 protocols are in place. Access to these third-party facilities will require compliance with any such protocols.

Other Information

Today’s Canada Post - Canada Post is an e-commerce powerhouse, delivering billions of items every year. We help small businesses grow. We enrich lives in remote communities. We connect Canadians with each other and to the rest of the world. And we do all this by providing residential and business customers with the best possible delivery experience in the country.


We like to promote from within and can offer you a career rather than a job. While, like all of our delivery agents, you’ll start out on a temporary, on-call basis, you’ll have the opportunity to grow with us and obtain a permanent position … even try out new jobs in different areas of the company.

Safety Sensitive Positions
This position may be considered a Safety Sensitive position.

Employment Equity

Canada Post will represent Canada’s diversity and provide a safe and welcoming workplace that embraces and celebrates our differences. We are committed to employment equity and encourage applications from women, Indigenous People, persons with disabilities and visible minorities.

Disability is defined as a persistent or episodic physical, sensory, or mental health condition and/or functional limitation. Disability includes both visible and hidden conditions and/or limitations that may impact vision, hearing, mobility, flexibility, dexterity, pain, learning, developmental, mental/psychological, and memory.

Conflict of Interest
The Conflict of Interest Policy prohibits employees from hiring, supervising or reporting to, directly or indirectly via the reporting hierarchy, their immediate family or close personal relations. Should you feel that you may be in an actual or potential Conflict of Interest in regard to this job opportunity, you must communicate with the designated Human Resources representative.

Accommodation

Canada Post is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you are contacted by Canada Post regarding a job opportunity, please advise if you have any restrictions that need to be accommodated. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Important Message
Your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements as Canada Post cannot make assumptions about your education and experience. We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Our Values

We value diversity as an essential part of who we are as a company, how we operate and how we see our future. We believe that attracting, developing, and retaining people who reflect the diversity of Canada is essential to our success because this matters to all communities and customers we serve.

Canada Post’s corporate values reflect the principles, beliefs and aspirations that guide our behaviour and shape our culture.

Safety – We are committed to a safe and healthy environment for all our stakeholders.
Customer – We serve Canadians with pride and passion.
Respect – We treat each other with fairness and respect.
Integrity – We act responsibly and with integrity.
Transformation – We will innovate and transform to win in the marketplace.

About the company

Canada Post Corporation, trading as Canada Post, is a Crown corporation which functions as the primary postal operator in Canada.