CDL-A Driver - Home Weekly - Paid Training for New CDL

American Driver; Kankakee (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

American Driver LLC in Kankakee County is hiring Class A drivers for a regional dry van fleet that stays in Illinois, Iowa and Ohio and brings you home every week. Most trailers are preloaded and most deliveries are drop and hook, so your day is spent driving rather than waiting on a dock.

You will cover about 2,200 miles per week with pay around $0.60–$0.70 per mile, plus $25 stop pay and a weekly training pay of $685 during orientation.

Qualifications

• Class A CDL from your state of residence, 21 or older.
• CDL-A training (min 120 hours) or 6 months of OTR in last 12 months.
• No more than 2 moving violations in the last 2 years.
• No DUI/DWI in the last 10 years.
• DOT physical, hair and urine drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Drive a regional dry van fleet in IL/IA/OH with weekly home time.
• Most loads are drop and hook; some live loads/unloads and occasional short runs to GA.
• Dispatch runs day and night; weekends may be worked; maintain safety compliance.

Skills

Class A CDL

OTR experience

Safety consciousness

Education

CDL-A training program (min 120 hours)

Job description

We are hiring Class A drivers in Kankakee County for a regional dry van fleet that keeps you in Illinois, Iowa and Ohio and brings you home every week. Most trailers are preloaded and most deliveries are drop and hook, so your day is spent driving, not waiting on a dock. The average driver here makes about $1,400 a week. New CDL holders train on this same fleet. Drivers with 6 months or more of recent experience go straight to their own truck.

At a glance

• Pay: $0.60 to $0.70 per mile based on verifiable experience
• Average pay: about $1,400 a week
• About 2,200 miles a week
• $25 stop pay
• Training pay: $685 a week
• Home every week for your 34-hour restart
• Paid weekly by direct deposit

Your week

You run dry van freight on a regional fleet. Nine out of ten loads stay between Illinois, Iowa and Ohio, so the roads get familiar fast. Now and then a load runs down to Georgia and back. Most trailers are preloaded, and most deliveries are drop and hook. Some are live loads and live unloads. Dispatch runs day and night, and weekends are worked. You take your 34-hour restart at home, every week.

Winter is part of the job up here. You will drive in snow and cold, and you will be ready for it before you ever go solo.

New to driving?

A recruiter calls you and goes over your license and record. Orientation is in Columbus, Ohio, two days at most, with your hotel covered and your bus ticket paid back. It pays $300 once you are hired. Then you train with a mentor on this same fleet for 3 to 5 weeks, about 200 to 250 hours, at $685 a week. When you finish, you run solo on the same lanes.

Already driving?

If you have 6 months of OTR experience in the last 12 months, you skip mentor training. After orientation you get your own assigned truck and start on full mileage pay.

Benefits after 30 days

• Medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage.
• 401(k) and employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off.
• A free online college degree for you and one family member.

What you need

• Class A CDL from your state of residence, 21 or older
• Completed CDL-A training at a truck driving school (minimum 120 hours), or 6 months of OTR experience in the last 12 months
• No more than 2 moving violations in the last 2 years
• No DUI/DWI in the last 10 years
• DOT physical, hair and urine drug screen

In short

• Home every week
• Same region, same kind of freight
• Paid training on the fleet you will drive for
• Mostly preloaded, mostly drop and hook

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are considered regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.