Entry-Level CDL-A Truck Driver — $0.50/Mile, Paid Weekly

Our company is looking for new CDL-A holders for an entry-level solo driving role based out of Kenner, LA. You'll go through a structured onboarding and mentorship program before taking out your own truck on dry van freight.

Pay

• Starts at $0.50 per mile once you reach 2,000 safe miles, the same rate given to experienced drivers

• Typical weekly earnings run about $1,300 to $1,400, paid every Friday

• During the mentor phase you earn $75 per day on the road

• Top drivers can pick up an extra 8 to 10 cents per mile

• Extra stops pay $15 each, and detention pays $15 per hour after the first two hours

• Raises happen annually

Training path

• Week one covers orientation, a skills check, and more practice if needed; the company pays for your hotel and gives you $100 for food

• You then spend 10 or more days riding with a mentor, driving at least 5 hours daily and working through a training checklist; female drivers are matched with female mentors

• Before going solo you'll complete a backing evaluation along with a pre-trip and road test

• After that, you get your own truck

What you'll haul

• Freight is 100 percent no-touch dry van, with about 70 percent drop and hook

• Loads come straight from direct customers and are usually planned 1 to 3 days out

Home time

• Expect to be out 1 to 2 weeks, working Monday through Saturday with Sunday off for reset

• You keep the truck at home with you

Requirements

• Must be 21 or older with a valid Class A CDL

• Need at least 120 hours of training from a verifiable CDL school, completed in the last 12 months

• Can't have worked for another trucking company since finishing school

• No more than 4 moving violations in the past 3 years and no DUI/DWI in the past 5 years

• Must pass a urine drug screen and DOT physical

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage kicks in after 60 days

• 401k with up to 3 percent company match

• Reimbursement for your CDL school tuition

• You'll drive an automatic sleeper truck with APU, around 1.5 years old

• Paid vacation, holidays and tolls

• $200 orientation pay plus up to $800 in travel reimbursement