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CDL A Local Container Driver - Home Daily

Job Description - CDL A Local Container Driver - Home Daily

Sleep in, take the kids to school, handle your errands, and then go to work. On this local intermodal job out of Harrisburg, PA, your shift starts between 4 PM and 11 PM, you are home every night, drivers average $1,712 a week, and new hires get a $10,000 sign-on bonus.

Why It Fits Your Life

  • $10,000 Sign-On Bonus: first payment after your first dispatch (eligibility terms apply)
  • Mornings Free: start times between 4 PM and 11 PM
  • Home Daily: every run stays within 250 miles of Harrisburg
  • Two Schedules: Tuesday to Saturday or Wednesday to Sunday
  • Newer Trucks: day cabs averaging 2 years old, maintained on site
  • Less Waiting: priority loading and unloading at the rail yards
  • Hazmat Covered: we reimburse the $60 threat assessment and fingerprinting cost

How the Pay Adds Up

  • Weekly Average: $1,712, about $89,000 a year over the last 6 to 12 months
  • Live Stops: $88 each
  • Drop and Hook: $57 each
  • Mileage: $0.52 to $0.57 per mile
  • Detention: $23 to $33 per hour after the first hour
  • Extra Work: $45 driver load or unload, $25 driver assist, $40 hazmat or reefer load, $25 crosstown or empty move
  • Hourly Items: $23 per hour for rail delays, breakdowns, yard checks and safety meetings
  • Holidays: $210 per day
  • Training: $200 per day as a new hire

A Typical Shift

  • Pull containers in and out of the 2 Harrisburg rail yards
  • 2 to 5 loads per shift
  • No New York City
  • Automatic and manual day cabs, shared between shifts and parked at the Harrisburg terminal

Good to Know Up Front

  • Your start time is set with your manager on the welcome call, and you must be open to any time between 4 PM and 11 PM
  • Better shifts are offered by seniority as they open
  • Christmas is off, while Thanksgiving and New Year's may be worked

Benefits

  • PTO from your first day
  • Medical, dental and vision after 30 days
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Parental leave, adoption assistance and family planning benefits
  • Life, disability and mental health coverage
  • 6 paid holidays

Requirements

  • Non-smoker position
  • 21 or older with a valid Class A CDL
  • Verifiable tractor-trailer experience: 3 months in the last 6 with one carrier, 6 months in the last 12, or 12 months in the last 5 years
  • Comfortable in manual and automatic trucks (unless you have an automatic restriction)
  • Hazmat endorsement within 60 days of hire
  • No careless or reckless driving, no more than 2 moving violations and no major preventable accidents in 3 years
  • No DUI/DWI in 5 years, plus hair and urine drug testing

If you are at your best in the afternoon and want to be home every night, this is worth a call. Apply today and our recruiting team will tell you which start times are open.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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