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CDL A Local Container Driver Home Daily

American Driver


Job Location:

Harrisburg, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 25 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 23 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Sleep in take the kids to school handle your errands and then go to work. On this local intermodal job out of Harrisburg PA your shift starts between 4 PM and 11 PM you are home every night drivers average $1712 a week and new hires get a $10000 sign-on bonus.

Why It Fits Your Life

  • $10000 Sign-On Bonus: first payment after your first dispatch (eligibility terms apply)
  • Mornings Free: start times between 4 PM and 11 PM
  • Home Daily: every run stays within 250 miles of Harrisburg
  • Two Schedules: Tuesday to Saturday or Wednesday to Sunday
  • Newer Trucks: day cabs averaging 2 years old maintained on site
  • Less Waiting: priority loading and unloading at the rail yards
  • Hazmat Covered: we reimburse the $60 threat assessment and fingerprinting cost

How the Pay Adds Up

  • Weekly Average: $1712 about $89000 a year over the last 6 to 12 months
  • Live Stops: $88 each
  • Drop and Hook: $57 each
  • Mileage: $0.52 to $0.57 per mile
  • Detention: $23 to $33 per hour after the first hour
  • Extra Work: $45 driver load or unload $25 driver assist $40 hazmat or reefer load $25 crosstown or empty move
  • Hourly Items: $23 per hour for rail delays breakdowns yard checks and safety meetings
  • Holidays: $210 per day
  • Training: $200 per day as a new hire

A Typical Shift

  • Pull containers in and out of the 2 Harrisburg rail yards
  • 2 to 5 loads per shift
  • No New York City
  • Automatic and manual day cabs shared between shifts and parked at the Harrisburg terminal

Good to Know Up Front

  • Your start time is set with your manager on the welcome call and you must be open to any time between 4 PM and 11 PM
  • Better shifts are offered by seniority as they open
  • Christmas is off while Thanksgiving and New Years may be worked

Benefits

  • PTO from your first day
  • Medical dental and vision after 30 days
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Parental leave adoption assistance and family planning benefits
  • Life disability and mental health coverage
  • 6 paid holidays

Requirements

  • Non-smoker position
  • 21 or older with a valid Class A CDL
  • Verifiable tractor-trailer experience: 3 months in the last 6 with one carrier 6 months in the last 12 or 12 months in the last 5 years
  • Comfortable in manual and automatic trucks (unless you have an automatic restriction)
  • Hazmat endorsement within 60 days of hire
  • No careless or reckless driving no more than 2 moving violations and no major preventable accidents in 3 years
  • No DUI/DWI in 5 years plus hair and urine drug testing

If you are at your best in the afternoon and want to be home every night this is worth a call. Apply today and our recruiting team will tell you which start times are open.

Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.