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CDL A Regional Container Driver - Home Weekly

Job Description - CDL A Regional Container Driver - Home Weekly

Your week starts at the same time every week, because you chose it. You run intermodal containers across the Midwest in a newer automatic truck, mostly drop and hook. Then come your 2 days off in a row, on the days you picked. Drivers in the Detroit area average $1,654 a week doing it, with a $10,000 sign-on bonus to start.

How the Week Goes

  • Start: the same start time every week, set by you
  • On the Road: containers across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kentucky
  • At the Customer: about 75% drop and hook
  • The Miles: 1,800 to 2,800 per week, with most drivers around 2,200
  • Days Off: 2 in a row, your choice, except Saturday and Sunday together
  • Weekends: part of the job, with a $150 weekly bonus for it

What It Pays

  • $1,654 weekly average, about $86,000 a year
  • $10,000 sign-on bonus, first payment after your first dispatch (eligibility terms apply)
  • $0.64 per mile to start, on Rand McNally miles
  • $65 per live load or unload, $35 per drop and hook
  • $20 to $25 per hour detention after the first hour
  • $25 per hazmat load, $30 per reefer load
  • $250 per day during 1 to 2 weeks of training, with a hotel stay

Equipment

  • Automatic mid roof Freightliners and Internationals, averaging 2.5 years old

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision after 30 days
  • PTO from day one, growing with tenure up to 20 days
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Life, disability and mental health coverage
  • 6 paid holidays at $190 after year one, never required to work them

Requirements

  • 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
  • Hazmat within 90 days of hire
  • No careless or reckless driving and no more than 2 moving violations in 3 years
  • No major preventable accidents in 3 years and no DUI/DWI in 5 years
  • Must pass hair and urine drug testing, with no failed drug or alcohol test in the last 5 years

A schedule that does not change on you is rare in regional trucking. Apply today and see if this one fits.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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