Job Info

• Job Location: Grand Prairie, TX
• Route Type: Local
• Equipment: Dry Van
• Transmission Type: Automatic

Job Requirements

• CDL Class: CDL A
• Experience: 6+ Months

Additional Information

Dedicated truck drivers enjoy the many privileges that come with having consistent customers. Unlike our other dedicated accounts, our dedicated flex position offers a good balance of driving for multiple dedicated customers. As a dedicated flex driver, you'll enjoy a steady schedule with variety in your routes each week, as well as a guaranteed minimum pay of $1,400 per week.

As a Dedicated Flex Truck Driver, you can expect:

• Competitive pay:
  • Average $1,700 per week; $90,000 per year
  • Guaranteed minimum of $1,400 per week ($72,800 per year guaranteed) if available to work the entire week and training is completed
  • Guaranteed minimum of $1,160 for local assignments, drivers must be available to work a minimum of 40 hours or 5 days on daily mileage runs within a 7-day period
  • Starting pay is .64 cpm
• Miles will fluctuate depending on which account you are working on
• Stop and loading/unloading pay (not all accounts)
• Detention, breakdown, and layover pay when applicable
• Company sponsored per diem program
• Home weekly, drivers who wish to accept two-week assignments, with a 34-hour reset on the road, will receive an additional $200 in per diem

Job Requirements:

• Drivers must have Class A CDL
• Being adaptable to change and having the desire to work with a wide variety of freight
• Occasionally support other Averitt operations when needed; to ensure you'll always be rolling
• Serve multiple customers, will only work for 1 account at a time (a minimum of 1 week or until the customer's needs are met) then haul another dedicated customer's product

CDL-A Dedicated Truck Driver Benefits:

• Paid time off including 8 paid holidays
• Excellent insurance coverage that includes medical, prescription, dental, vision and hearing starting as low as $94.55/week for family plans and $36.45/week for individual plans effective after 30 days
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability benefits
• Profit Sharing plan allows you to share in the rewards of our efforts, with a portion of our profits given back to you as monthly direct deposits into your retirement account
• Referral rewards - cash bonuses for referrals
• Averitt's fleet includes local, dedicated, and regional truck driver jobs. Drivers can change their driving preferences as their careers progress, including opportunities in operations and leadership

Ready to make a change? APPLY NOW to be an Averitt CDL-A Dedicated Truck Driver!

Averitt Express is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

• Must live within 80 miles
• Must be 21 years of age
• Minimum of 6 months' verifiable tractor-trailer experience in the past 3 years
• Must have Class A CDL
• Must apply for tanker endorsement within 30 days of hire and must obtain tanker endorsement within 90 days of hire- will be reimbursed upon receipt
• No convictions for reckless driving within the past 5 years
• No convictions for DUI within the past 5 years
• No suspensions or revocations within the last 5 years
• No serious violations within the previous 12 months (15 mph or greater, following too closely, improper passing, traffic offense committed in a CMV in connection with fatality)
• No more than 3 moving violations within the past 3 years
• No preventable DOT recordable accidents within the past 3 years

Essential functions:

• Load freight - lift requirement: 80 lbs
• Unload freight - lift requirement: 80 lbs
• Move freight - force requirement: 54 lbs
• Open/Close Trailer Doors - force requirement: 46 lbs
• Count freight
• Complete fuel tickets
• Obtain sales leads
• Hook/Unhook trailer - force requirement: 90 lbs (Class A Only)
• Perform pre-trip inspections
• Drive
• Regular predictable attendance
• Enter/Exit a Commercial Motor Vehicle
• Enter/Exit the rear of a trailer from ground level

About the Company

Averitt is one of the nation's leading freight transportation and supply chain management providers.