About This Role
Looking for a stable trucking job with regular routes and pay, this role as a Dedicated Local Truck Driver offers consistent customers and predictable miles. It is easier to plan your week and know exactly what to expect on your paycheck, with steady work and a better work-life balance.
Responsibilities
- Deliver preloaded trailer of pet supplies within a 250-400-mile radius of Ennis, TX, including Oklahoma and Central/South Texas
- Secure loaded trailers and empty pallet trailers with straps provided
- Pick up third party backhauls after deliveries as required
- Assist with other Averitt accounts as needed
- Open/Close Trailer Doors
- Count freight
- Complete fuel tickets
- Obtain sales leads
- Hook/Unhook trailer
- Perform pre-trip inspections
- Drive
- Enter/Exit a Commercial Motor Vehicle
- Enter/Exit the rear of a trailer from ground level
Requirements
- Live within a 75-mile radius
- Minimum of 1-year verifiable tractor-trailer experience in the past 3 years
- Class A CDL
- 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 close, 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
- Force requirement for Open/Close Trailer Doors: 46 lbs
- Force requirement for Hook/Unhook trailer: 90 lbs
- Regular predictable attendance
Benefits
- Paid time off including 8 paid holidays
- Health Insurance: Medical, dental, vision and hearing coverage starting as low as $40.20/week (individual) and $105.90/week (family) after 30 days
- Rider policy for legally married spouses
- Profit Sharing: Monthly direct deposits into your retirement account
- Referral rewards: Cash bonuses for referrals
- Career Growth: Opportunities for local, regional, and leadership roles within Averitt
Important Details
- Schedule: Start between 12:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m., and end between 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Work days: Monday - Friday with some weekends required
- Holidays: Required to work all holidays except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day
