CDL-A OTR Driver | Home Every 2 Weeks | Trainees Welcome, Paid Training

American Driver • Taylor, MI

1d • $62,400 - $72,800 • Onsite

About The Position

Downriver and Detroit Class A drivers: OTR miles that stay east, two weeks out and home for your reset, with a paid seat if you're new. Fresh out of CDL school? You don't need experience to start here. You'll ride with a seasoned mentor first, paid, and move to full solo pay the day you finish. The freight keeps you east of the plains, so the miles are steady and the routes get familiar. This position offers OTR lanes through the eastern states with drop-and-hook, live loads and live unloads. You will be out about two weeks, then home. Loads are planned for you and dispatch runs day and night.

Requirements

• Class A CDL in your home state.
• Be 21 or older.
• Recent CDL-A grad (120+ hours) or verifiable experience.
• Acceptable driving record, no more than 2 moving violations in 2 years.
• No DUI/DWI in the last 10 years.
• Pass a DOT physical and a hair and urine screen.

Nice To Haves

• New CDL-school grad welcome.

Responsibilities

• Drive OTR miles that stay east of the plains.
• Be out for approximately two weeks at a time, then home for your reset.
• Handle drop-and-hook, live loads, and live unloads.
• Accept planned loads and work with dispatch that runs day and night.
• Participate in paid one-on-one training with an experienced driver if a new CDL-A grad.
• Maintain an acceptable driving record with no more than 2 moving violations in 2 years.
• Pass a DOT physical and a hair and urine screen.

Benefits

• Paid training for new grads.
• Full solo mileage rate once training is finished.
• Assigned and take-home truck.
• Automatic or 10-speed trucks, about 1.5 years old on average.
• 24/7 dispatch support.
• Medical, dental, vision, prescription benefits after 30 days.
• 401(k).
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off.
• Yearly raises.
• Weekly pay via direct deposit.
• Home every two weeks.
• Eastern lanes with predictable miles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED