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About the Role
Help build safer, more capable transportation organizations by developing the next generation of driver trainers. Deliver high-quality Train-the-Trainer certification programs that equip instructors with the knowledge, coaching skills, and practical driving expertise needed to consistently train professional drivers to the highest safety standards.
Responsibilities
- Deliver engaging classroom and practical Train-the-Trainer certification programs that consistently meet Descartes training standards and receive positive participant feedback.
- Certify qualified trainer candidates by objectively evaluating classroom, behind-the-wheel, and closed-course performance while maintaining consistent assessment standards.
- Ensure 100% completion and accuracy of all required training records, participant documentation, liability waivers, and certification results following each training event.
- Maintain a safe learning environment by demonstrating and enforcing professional driving, backing, parking, and defensive driving practices throughout all classroom and field exercises.
- Travel to assigned training locations and independently manage training logistics, rental vehicles, materials, and expense reporting in accordance with company requirements.
- Represent Descartes professionally by delivering a consistent learning experience that reflects our commitment to safety, operational excellence, and customer service.
Requirements
- Minimum two years of experience in commercial driver training, transportation safety, fleet operations, or a related field.
- Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
- Ability to travel extensively throughout the Continental United States.
- Ability to independently coordinate rental vehicles and travel logistics.
- Ability to work flexible schedules, including weekdays and weekends, based on training demand.
- Ability to stand, walk, and instruct for extended periods.
- Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
- Ability to repeatedly enter and exit commercial vehicles.
- Ability to move, place, and retrieve training cones and equipment.
- Ability to demonstrate vehicle maneuvering and backing techniques throughout the training day.
- Contractors are expected to provide a laptop computer, HDMI cable, and reliable internet access when required.
- Ability to present using PowerPoint or Google Slides.
- Ability to access company-provided training systems.
Skills
- Experience delivering commercial driver, transportation safety, or fleet operations training.
- Strong classroom facilitation and presentation skills using PowerPoint, Google Slides, or similar presentation tools.
- Ability to coach and develop adult learners through both classroom instruction and hands-on practical exercises.
- Strong knowledge of professional driving techniques.
- Strong knowledge of professional parking and backing techniques.
- Strong knowledge of defensive driving principles.
- Strong knowledge of DOT regulations.
- Strong knowledge of CSA compliance.
- Strong knowledge of coaching and leadership principles.
- Experience conducting behind-the-wheel evaluations on public roadways.
- Ability to safely demonstrate and evaluate backing maneuvers and cone-based obstacle courses including serpentine, offset alley backing, dock backing, and other prescribed exercises.
- Strong documentation, organization, and administrative skills with the ability to accurately maintain electronic training records.
- Comfortable using Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and company training applications.
- Smart: Able to understand & present professional safety techniques, assess candidate performance, and make sound instructional decisions.
- Curious: Continuously seeks better training methods, coaching techniques, and improvements in transportation safety.
- Coachable: Welcomes feedback, adapts instructional techniques, and continually develops as a professional trainer.
Location
- Nationwide (Travel Throughout the Continental United States)
- Seattle, WA / Oregon / Northern California
- Idaho / Utah / Wyoming
- Albuquerque, NM
- Lubbock / Northern Texas
- St. Louis, MO
- Memphis, TN / Jackson, MS
- Tallahassee / Jacksonville, FL
- Lexington / Louisville, KY
- Roanoke / Richmond, VA
- Syracuse, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
Work Type
- On-Call Independent Contractor
- Remote
- Flexible work hours
Experience Level
- Minimum two years of experience in commercial driver training, transportation safety, fleet operations, or a related field.
Salary/Compensations
- $400 per training day, plus applicable per diem for approved training assignments.
- $400 for eligible travel days when travel exceeds 120 miles from your home to the training location.
- Additional eligible travel day compensation when traveling between qualifying training locations.
- Contractor workdays typically range from 8–12 hours depending on the training schedule and travel requirements.
About the Company
- Descartes Unites the People and Technology that Move the World.
- We are one of the most broadly deployed logistics and supply chain technology companies in the world.
- More than 22,000 customers around the globe use our cloud-based solutions to transform the way they move inventory and information.
- Descartes is publicly traded (Nasdaq:DSGX, TSX:DSG) with headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and offices and partners around the world.
- With record financial performance for more than 16 years, we lead the industry in innovation investment.
- Every day, logistics service providers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and other logistics-intensive businesses of all sizes rely on our scale, stability, and comprehensive solution footprint to move what’s most important to them.
- We are entrepreneurial, hardworking, geeky-in-a-good way problem solvers.
- Guided by our values, we nurture a TEAM focused culture that invests in people and creates opportunities for advancement across a broad spectrum of career paths.
- We offer competitive compensation, great benefits, remote and flexible work hours, and the opportunity to join a company on an awesome mission with a great existing team and trajectory.
- Descartes also has a deep sense of environmental responsibility.
- We helped our customers save over 552,000 metric tons of CO2 in 2020 by reducing fuel and paper consumption.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an Equal Employment employer.
- We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, or local law.
- Descartes is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.
- Applicants in North America with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can email us at hrna@descartes.com.