CDL-A Local Truck Driver
Dedicated local drivers enjoy the many privileges that come with having consistent customers. Unlike some driver positions, this one gives you a better idea of the number of miles and hours each week holds, which means you'll have a better idea of what to expect in every paycheck. And because you know your customers and their typical freight load, you'll never be surprised or slowed down by unusual shipments.
- Competitive pay:
- Average $1,312 per week / $68,250 per year
- Starting pay is 56.5 cpm
- Average 2,100 miles per week
- Stop, loading and unloading pay
- Customer loads & straps; $14 per live unload; $23 per stop for strapping & unstrapping
- Average 9 stops per week
- Home every night
- Monday-Friday; start time will vary between 3 and 6 a.m.
- Approx. 50 hours per week
- Weekend runs on occasion
- There could be a few nights you'll have to stay in the sleeper, but it is rare
- Deliver agricultural products to our customer's stores in Middle Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Occasionally to Virginia, usually runs out of east Tennessee
- Also, deliver to the customer's distribution centers in Knoxville, TN and Jackson, TN
- No touch freight. Most customers live unload their product. Some locations, especially distribution centers are drop and hook. Some locations are double drop and hook.
CDL-A Dedicated Local Truck Driver Benefits:
- Paid time off including 8 paid holidays
- Excellent insurance coverage that includes medical, prescription, dental, vision and hearing effective after 30 days
- Profit Sharing plan allows you to share in the rewards of our efforts, with a portion of our profits given back to you as monthly direct deposits into your retirement account
- Referral rewards - cash bonuses for referrals
Job Requirements
- Must live within a 75-mile radius
- Must have 1 year of verifiable tractor-trailer experience within the past 3 years
- Must be 21 years of age or older
- Must have Class A CDL
- No convictions for reckless driving within the past 5 years
- No convictions for DUI within the past 5 years
- No suspensions or revocations within the last 5 years
- No serious violations within previous 12 months (15 mph or greater, following too closely, improper passing, traffic offense committed in a CMV in connection with fatality)
- No more than 3 moving violations within the past 3 years
- No preventable DOT recordable accidents within the past 3 years
- Load freight - lift requirement: 80 lbs
- Unload freight - lift requirement: 80 lbs
- Move freight - force requirement: 54 lbs
- Open/Close Trailer Doors - force requirement: 46 lbs
- Count freight
- Complete fuel tickets
- Obtain sales leads
- Hook/Unhook trailer - force requirement: 90 lbs (Class A Only)
- Perform pre-trip inspections
- Drive
- Regular predictable attendance
- Enter/Exit a Commercial Motor Vehicle
- Enter/Exit the rear of a trailer from ground level
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $68,359.00 - $76,472.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid orientation
- Paid time off
- Prescription drug insurance
- Profit sharing
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
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Ability to Relocate:
- La Vergne, TN: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person