Job Openings CDL A Regional Intermodal Driver - Home Weekly

About the job CDL A Regional Intermodal Driver - Home Weekly

Take your truck home on the weekend, get a $10,000 sign-on bonus, and never touch the freight. This regional intermodal job runs out of the Kansas City area, and drivers average $1,500 a week.

Why Drivers Choose This Job

  • $10,000 Sign-On Bonus: first payment after your first dispatch (eligibility terms apply)
  • $1,500 Weekly Average: about $78,000 a year
  • Truck Goes Home With You: keep your tractor at home or a secure spot on your days off, or park at one of our terminals in Edgerton, Kansas City, St. Louis, Lowell or Cedar Rapids
  • All No Touch: 75% drop and hook, 25% live load or unload by the customer
  • Pick Your Start Time: several shifts available, you choose
  • Your Own Manager: an on-site transportation manager handles your dispatch, payroll and questions, with the operation staffed 24/7

Pay Breakdown

  • Mileage: $0.56 per mile to start, plus 1 cent every year up to $0.61, on about 2,000 miles per week
  • Drop and Hook: $25
  • Live Load or Unload: $40
  • Extra Stops: $15
  • Crosstown and Shuttle Moves: $15
  • Hazmat Loads: $30 each
  • Detention: $20 per hour after 1.5 hours on live loads, after 1 hour on drop and hook
  • Training: $225 per day for 3 to 5 days in Kansas City
  • Extra Days: a 6th day is available when freight allows

Schedule and Home Time

  • Tuesday to Saturday: out 5 days, home 2
  • Region: containers to and from rail yards in Kansas City and St. Louis and customers within 300 miles, including Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois

Equipment

  • 100% automatic sleepers, mostly Freightliner
  • 1500 watt inverter in every truck
  • Company owned tractors, containers and chassis
  • 3 uniform shirts at orientation plus $150 a year for uniforms

Benefits

  • PTO starts accruing on day one
  • Medical, dental and vision after 30 days
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Parental leave, adoption assistance and family planning benefits
  • Life insurance, disability and mental health coverage
  • 6 paid holidays at $200 per day after your first year
  • Paid online orientation

Requirements

  • At least 21 years old with a valid Class A CDL
  • 3 months verifiable tractor-trailer experience in the last 6 months with one carrier, 6 months in the last 12 months, or 12 months in the last 5 years
  • Hazmat endorsement within 90 days of hire (cost reimbursed)
  • Able to keep the tractor at home or at a safe, secure location on days off
  • No more than 2 moving violations and no careless or reckless driving in the last 3 years
  • No DUI/DWI in the last 5 years and no major preventable accidents in the last 3 years
  • Must pass hair and urine drug testing, with no failed drug or alcohol test in the last 5 years

No riders or pets are allowed on this account. If that works for you, apply today and our recruiting team will help you pick a start time that fits your life.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.