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CDL-A OTR Truck Driver — $94,000+/Year, Home Every 1-2 Weeks

Knoxville, TN Posted Jul 11, 2026

  • Hazmat
  • OTR

Pay

$1,900/wk

Location
Knoxville, TN
Equipment
Hazmat
Route
OTR · USA only
Experience
1+ year

About this job

Our company Transport needs CDL-A drivers to run OTR freight east of the Mississippi River, including Texas, hauling forklifts, batteries, tow motors and related parts. Drivers come from Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Georgia, running late-model sleeper cabs.

Pay

  • Earn $94,000+ per year, paid weekly by direct deposit
  • $5,000 referral bonus
  • Quarterly safety bonus and service awards
  • Extra pay for miles run outside OH, IN, SC and NC
  • Paid for every customer stop
  • Paid quarterly safety training

Home time

  • Home every 1-2 weeks

What you'll haul

  • Forklifts, batteries, tow motors and their parts
  • Freight is secured using wooden blocks and a nail gun

Routes

  • Runs cover territory east of the Mississippi River, including Texas
  • Delivery points include Greencastle, New Castle and Fort Wayne, IN; Fort Recovery, Mansfield, Troy and Cleveland, OH; Charlotte and Kinston, NC; Bloomsburg and DuBois, PA; Wheeling, WV; Atlanta, GA; and Greer, SC

Equipment

  • Newer International and Freightliner trucks with automatic transmission
  • Governed at 70 mph
  • Samsara ELDs, APUs, inverters and an outward-facing camera
  • No slip seating

Requirements

  • At least 21 years old with a CDL-A
  • 6 months of recent driving experience
  • Hazmat and tanker endorsements, or willing to get them within 60 days of starting
  • No felony conviction in the past 7 years
  • No alcohol-related offense in the past 5 years
  • Able to meet DOT physical and testing rules and pass a pre-employment drug screen

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision coverage, plus company-paid life insurance and short-term disability, starting the 1st of the month after 60 days
  • Optional long-term disability, voluntary life, AD&D, accident and critical illness coverage
  • 401k with company match after 60 days on the job
  • Paid holidays and 5 days of PTO
  • PrePass, WEX card and uniforms provided

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