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AZ driver jobs in the GTA
City pick-up and delivery, shunt and yard, regional and highway AZ roles, plus DZ straight-truck work, with carriers and private fleets across the GTA. Recruited by an Ontario Trucking Association member.
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About the role
The work
AZ drivers are in short supply across Ontario, and a driver with a clean abstract, verifiable experience and a professional attitude can choose the work that suits their life: home every night on city P&D or a shunt yard, home most nights on regional runs, or out for days on the highway.
We recruit for carriers, forwarders and private fleets clustered where the freight is: the intermodal corridors of Brampton and Vaughan, the terminals around Pearson, the Hamilton airport cargo lands and the 401 through Durham. Dry van, reefer, flatbed, intermodal and LTL work is all on the board, along with DZ straight-truck routes for delivery, food service and courier operations.
Every driver we introduce has had their licence, abstract and training verified, so when you meet a carrier through us the compliance questions are already answered and the conversation is about the lane, the equipment and the pay.
Pay
Typical pay in the GTA
Typical range across our GTA AZ placements. Highway drivers are usually paid by the mile, commonly $0.55 to $0.75 per mile plus accessorials. DZ roles typically run $22 to $28 an hour. Pay is set by each carrier.
$26 to $34 an hour for city and shunt work
- Cross-border lanes and reefer or flatbed experience pay more
- Night shunt and terminal work usually carries a premium
- Dedicated accounts often include benefits and guaranteed hours
- Temporary drivers through Assured are paid weekly by direct deposit
Requirements
What you need to start
Valid Ontario AZ (or DZ) licence
Class A with air-brake (Z) endorsement for tractor-trailer work; Class D with Z for straight trucks.
Clean driver's abstract
A three-year abstract within your carrier's insurance thresholds for demerits, suspensions and convictions.
Training and experience
Mandatory Entry-Level Training (MELT) if licensed since July 2017. Most carriers want one to two years of verifiable experience; some dedicated accounts take recent graduates.
Cross-border eligibility
Valid passport or FAST card and admissibility to the United States for cross-border lanes; drug-and-alcohol testing compliance for US-regulated carriers.
Professionalism
Hours-of-service knowledge, ELD familiarity, a pre-trip you actually do and a customer-facing manner on the dock.
A typical shift
What an AZ driving shift looks like
City P&D starts early at the terminal: check in with dispatch, pre-trip inspection, load or hook a pre-loaded trailer, then a route of pick-ups and deliveries across the GTA, with dock time, paperwork and traffic. Back to the terminal in the afternoon to unload, drop paperwork and post-trip. Home every night.
Shunt and yard work is at a distribution centre or intermodal terminal, moving trailers between doors, staging and the yard on a schedule set by the dock, all shifts. It is steady, close to home and does not involve traffic, which is why experienced drivers often choose it.
Regional and highway runs are dispatched by lane: Ontario and Quebec regional work is often home most nights; longer lanes mean days out. Hours-of-service rules govern everything and electronic logging devices record it. Good carriers plan around the rules; you should expect yours to.
Questions
Frequently asked
Do you hire new AZ graduates?
Some of our clients do, particularly for shunt, yard and dedicated local work, provided you have completed MELT and have a clean abstract. Tell us your situation and we will be straightforward about which roles are realistic.
Will I drive under my own CVOR or the carrier's?
As a company or agency driver you drive under the carrier's CVOR and insurance. Owner-operators contract under their own authority; we occasionally recruit for owner-operator positions and will say so clearly in the posting.
How is pay structured?
City, shunt and dedicated local roles are usually hourly. Highway roles are usually per mile with accessorials for waiting, drops and border crossings. Temporary drivers placed through Assured are paid weekly by direct deposit.
What do you check before introducing me?
Licence class and status, a three-year abstract, MELT completion where applicable, and your equipment and lane experience with previous carriers. For cross-border lanes, passport or FAST-card status and testing compliance.
Do you place DZ drivers too?
Yes. Straight-truck delivery, food service, courier and waste routes, and G-class cargo-van and light-truck delivery roles.
More
By city and related roles
- AZ driver jobs in BramptonThe CN intermodal terminal and the carriers along Airport Road and the 407 make Brampton one of the busiest AZ markets in Ontario.
- AZ driver jobs in MississaugaHundreds of carriers and forwarders around Pearson make Mississauga the centre of Ontario's trucking industry, and its AZ jobs run on every shift.
- Forklift operator jobsCounterbalance, reach truck, order picker and walkie roles in warehouses, distribution centres and plants across the GTA.
- Shipper / receiver jobsDock control, inbound verification, WMS transactions and outbound staging in warehouses and plants across the GTA.
- For employers: driver recruitmentAZ and DZ drivers, shunt and yard drivers, G-class delivery drivers and dispatch, with licences, abstracts and training verified.
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