Letter Carrier - Delivery Agent (Permanent)

Canada Post / Postes Canada; Kirkland Lake; On-site; CAD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Canada Post in Kirkland Lake, Ontario is seeking a full-time Delivery Agent (Letter Carrier). You’ll be the face of Canada Post in your community, delivering mail and parcels to customers on your route, outdoors in all weather.

The role starts at the depot, where deliveries are sorted, and then you’ll load and drive a postal vehicle before delivering by foot or vehicle to customers. Successful candidates will have a valid driver’s licence (Class 5 or G) with a clean record, the physical ability

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Customer service

Delivery experience

Job description

Job Requisition Id: 204714

Business Function: Delivery Agent or Letter Carrier

Primary City: Kirkland Lake

Other Location(s):

Province: Ontario

Employment Type: Full-Time

Employment Status: Permanent

Language Requirement: English or French Essential (Either/OR)

Number of Vacancies: 1

Salary: $25.37

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 – and you can be a big part of making this happen. As a full-time, permanent 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.

Does this sound like you? The role of delivery agent would be a great fit if you:

• enjoy being outside and active year-round
• want to work for a great national company
• would be proud to serve your fellow Canadians

Job Responsibilities

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

Job Responsibilities (continued)

• 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

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

These help, too!

• Experience in customer service
• Experience making deliveries or working as a driver

In Return, We Offer

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

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.

Canada Post’s values and behaviours

Our Values - Trust, Respect and Deliver represent our fundamental promise to ourselves, our expectations of one and another and our shared duty to our country.

Our behaviours – Make the call, Know the destination, Deliver for others, Ignite our pride; embody our values, bringing them to life and guiding our actions.

We’re committed to living these values and practicing these behaviours every day. Learn more about the values and behaviours by visiting the Canada Post website.