CDL A Local Port Driver Night Shift

Local driving jobs usually make you choose between steady hours and real money. Drivers on this account average $1500 a week and sleep at home every night. We are hiring one local CDL A driver based out of Commerce CA.

Why Drivers Choose This Job

• Home Every Day: Monday to Friday schedule with no nights away from home
• Pay That Adds Up: drivers on this account have averaged $78000 a year over the last 6 to 12 months
• $5000 Sign-On Bonus: first payment after your first dispatch (eligibility terms apply)
• Paid Online Orientation: complete it before your first day at the yard
• Onsite Management: a team at the yard not just a voice on the phone

Pay and Schedule Breakdown

• Base Pay: $18 per hour for all hours worked. When your activity pay adds up to more you get the difference as a weekly bonus
• Activity Pay: $0.52 per mile $55 per live load or unload $41 per drop and hook $40 per LTL stop $25 per hazmat load
• Detention: $20 to $24 per hour
• Minimum Full Day Pay: $250 per day
• Holiday Pay: 6 paid holidays at $230 per day
• Tenure Pay: after your first year an extra $3 per day growing $3 each year up to $36 per day
• Schedule: Monday to Friday 5 PM start 10 to 12 hour shifts

The Work

• Port and Rail Freight: pull 20 40 45 and 53 foot containers from the LA/Long Beach ports and rail yards to customers across Southern California
• Freight Mix: drop and hook and live unload plus LTL and intermodal loads when port work is slow
• Mostly No Touch: occasional loads need a pallet jack
• Equipment: automatic International and Freightliner day cabs shared trucks that stay at the yard

Benefits

• Paid time off that starts accruing on day one
• Medical dental and vision after 30 days
• 401(k) with company match
• Life insurance disability coverage and mental health support
• 2 weeks of paid parental leave

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
• TWIC card required before scheduling
• Hazmat endorsement within 60 days of hire
• 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

Port work is not for everyone and we would rather you know that before you apply. If a 5 PM start and daily port runs fit your life apply today and our recruiting team will walk you through the pay line by line.

Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.