Pay
From $0.50/mi
- Location
- Walkertown, NC
- Equipment
- Flatbed
- Route
- Local · USA only
- License
- CDL A
- Position
- Company driver
- Experience
- 1+ year
About this job
This is a dedicated local flatbed route out of Walkertown, NC, running steady customers within a 300-mile radius of Greensboro, NC. You'll know your freight and routine, with no weekend work and no touch freight beyond live unloads.
Pay
- Starting pay of $0.50 cpm, averaging $1,250 a week ($65,000 a year)
- Average 1,500 miles weekly
- Annual raise on your contract anniversary
- $15 per stop (typically around 30 stops a week, each about 30 minutes)
- Extra $10 per stop when tarping is needed
- Detention and breakdown pay when applicable
Home time and schedule
- Home every day, Monday through Friday, no weekends
- Typical shift runs 10-12 hours
- Start time falls between 2:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. depending on dispatch and your first stop
- You'll usually finish between 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
- Dispatch for the next day's load comes in around 5:00 p.m., with loads staged by 2:00 a.m.
- You're expected at your first stop by 7:30-8:00 a.m.
What you'll haul
- Building materials like drywall and lumber, some palletized, to retail and non-retail customers
- Routes vary from 1 to 12 stops a day depending on distance, and some days include picking up inbound freight
- You'll pull 53' flatbed, curtainside, or Conestoga trailers that are already loaded when your shift starts
- Straps are provided and required on every load; tarps are only needed in rain or when freight can't get wet
- Hard hat and vest are supplied for anytime you're out of the truck on a customer site; you'll need to bring your own steel-toe boots
Requirements
- Class A CDL and at least 21 years old
- Live within 75 miles of the terminal
- 6-11 months of verifiable tractor-trailer experience in the last 2 years, or 1 year of experience in the last 5 years
- Paid training program (1-3 weeks) for qualifying drivers
- Clean driving history: no reckless driving, DUI/DWI, or license suspension/revocation in the past 5 years; no serious violations in the last 12 months; no more than 3 moving violations in 3 years; no preventable DOT-recordable accidents in 3 years
- Physical duties include loading/unloading up to 80 lbs, lifting tarps up to 110 lbs, securing loads with chains, hooking/unhooking trailers, climbing on and off the flatbed, and handling paperwork like fuel tickets and delivery receipts
Benefits
- Paid time off plus 8 paid holidays
- Medical, dental, vision and hearing coverage starting at $40.20/week for individuals or $105.90/week for families after 30 days
- Monthly profit-sharing deposits into your retirement account
- Cash bonuses for referring other drivers
- Paths to move into regional or leadership roles within the company
Our company considers all qualified applicants equally, regardless of protected characteristics under the law.
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