- Salary
- $2k+
- Location
- Kansas City
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Transportation
- Experience
- 21+ years
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- CareersPage
Description
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.