CDL-A Regional Dry Bulk Driver — Home Most Nights, $5,000 Sign-On

Haul dry bulk freight on local and regional runs out of Kansas City, MO. You'll be home most nights, with only about one overnight away per week on average, mixed in with weekend and overnight shifts. No pneumatic trailer experience needed - our company trains you.

Pay

• Drivers average $90,000-$100,000 per year

• Weekly pay is guaranteed

• $5,000 sign-on bonus, plus another $5,000 if you have 5 years of driving experience

• Ask a recruiter about the Weekly Pay Incentive program for extra weekly earnings

Home time and schedule

• Home most nights, running local and regional routes

• Expect weekend and overnight work, averaging one overnight away per week

• When you do stay out overnight, our company covers your hotel and gives you a meal allowance

• Dispatch takes your preferences into account

What you'll haul

• Dry bulk commodities using pneumatic trailers

• About two-thirds of your workday is spent driving; the rest covers loading, unloading, running the pneumatic unloading system, and working with customers

Requirements

• Valid Class A CDL, issued in your state of residence (new residents get 30 days to transfer it)

• At least 1 year of tractor-trailer experience in the last 5 years (within the last 3 years preferred); military driving experience counts

• Minimum age 23

• HazMat endorsement preferred at some terminals, but not required to start - no tanker or hazmat endorsement needed for this role

• Must meet all FMCSA rules and hold a current medical certificate, and not be disqualified from commercial driving

• Clean driving history: no more than 3 moving violations in the past 3 years, no DUI or drug-related violations in the past 10 years, no reckless driving convictions in the past 3 years

• No preventable DOT accidents (head-on, rollover, rear-end, jackknife, side-struck) in the past 3 years, and limited preventable road/off-road incidents per our company's accident standards

• Comfortable handling paperwork and data entry accurately

• Able to lift hoses up to 50 lbs, climb on and off tractors, trailers and railcars, bend, crouch, push, pull, and sit for up to 11 hours a day, often in outdoor conditions

• Once hired, you'll need to keep meeting these safety standards to keep driving privileges, under our company's accident point system

Benefits

• Full benefits package for full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision and life insurance

• Paid vacation and holidays

• 401(k) with employer match

Our company has been a dry bulk trucking and rail logistics company since 1965, family-owned and based in Griffith, Indiana, running over 530 tractors and 1,500 pneumatic trailers nationwide.