CDL A Regional Container Driver - Take Your Truck Home

American Driver LLC; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 78,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Dental Vision

PTO from day 1

401(k) match

Parental leave

Life & disability insurance

6 paid holidays

Uniform shirts

Job summary

American Driver LLC is looking for regional intermodal drivers operating within MO, KS, OK, AR, IA, NE and IL. Start times are flexible; you’ll spend nights in a sleeper with a 1500 watt inverter and be home on weekends.

Weekly pay averages about $1,500 (roughly $78,000 yearly) with a $10,000 sign-on bonus. Starting rate is $0.56 per mile, rising over time, plus various bonuses for drops, hazmat, and stops. Training pay is $225 per day in Kansas City.

Qualifications

• 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 (we reimburse the cost)
• Somewhere safe to park the tractor on days off
• 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

Responsibilities

• Move containers to and from customers within 300 miles across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois.
• Deliver 75% drop and hook, and 25% loaded or unloaded by the customer.”
• Riders and pets are not allowed. Everything else about this week is built around getting you home.

Skills

CDL Class A

Hazmat within 90 days

Tractor-trailer experience

Job description

It is Saturday afternoon. You drop your last container, head home to Springfield and park your truck where you can see it. Sunday and Monday are yours. Tuesday you pick the start time that suits you and roll out again. That is a regional intermodal week on this account, and drivers average $1,500 for it.

How the Week Goes

• Tuesday: start at the time you chose, heading to the Kansas City or St. Louis rail yards
• On the Road: move containers to and from customers within 300 miles across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois
• At the Customer: 75% drop and hook, and the other 25% is loaded or unloaded by the customer, so your hands stay off the freight
• Nights: in a 100% automatic sleeper with a 1500 watt inverter
• Saturday: back home with your truck
• Sunday and Monday: off

What It Pays

• $1,500 weekly average, about $78,000 a year
• $10,000 sign-on bonus, first payment after your first dispatch (eligibility terms apply)
• $0.56 per mile to start, rising 1 cent a year to $0.61, on about 2,000 miles a week
• $25 per drop and hook and $40 per live load or unload
• $15 per extra stop, crosstown or shuttle move
• $30 per hazmat load
• $20 per hour detention after 1.5 hours live, 1 hour drop and hook
• $225 per day during 3 to 5 days of training in Kansas City
• Extra 6th days when freight is heavy

Who Has Your Back

• An on-site transportation manager assigned to you
• A 24/7 operation, so someone always picks up
• Company owned tractors, containers and chassis

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision after 30 days
• PTO accrual from your first day
• 401(k) with company match
• Parental leave, adoption assistance and family planning support
• Life insurance, disability and mental health coverage
• 6 paid holidays at $200 a day once you pass one year
• Uniform shirts provided plus $150 a year

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 (we reimburse the cost)
• Somewhere safe to park the tractor on days off
• 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

Riders and pets are not allowed. Everything else about this week is built around getting you home.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans