CDL-A Dedicated Local Truck Driver - DTY Birmingham, AL

Job Description

Are you a CDL-A truck driver looking for a steady, reliable job with consistent routes and home time every day? Join our dedicated local driving team and enjoy the benefits of knowing your customers, their freight, and your schedule. No surprises here - just predictable routes that help you plan your week, get paid consistently, and enjoy a fulfilling career.

Competitive Pay:

• Average $1,646 per week / $85,581 per year
• Starting pay: $0.62 cpm
• Top pay: $0.66 cpm
• Average 50-60 hours per week
• Average miles per week: 1,800
• Stop pay: $25 per stop (average 20 stops per week)
• Additional pay: Detention & breakdown pay available if necessary

Work Schedule:

• Monday to Friday with some weekend work
• Home daily with evening and overnight routes
• Schedule depends on route and location, dispatches range between 6 p.m. until 1 a.m.

Local Deliveries & Pickups:

• Coverage area: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina
• Deliver automotive service parts to dealerships
• Unload rolling cages and loose freight at customer locations during deliveries
• Scan cages and parts as they unload with a tablet for delivery confirmation and tracking
• Pick up return parts, claims, and damages as needed from the dealerships and return them back to the Parts Distribution Center
• Make unattended deliveries during overnight hours with liftgate trailer
• Loading and unloading are required

Equipment & Special Requirements:

• Drive a daycab truck
• Must have or be willing to obtain Doubles/Triples endorsement within 60 days of hire

CDL-A Dedicated Local Truck Driver 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

Ready to make a change? APPLY NOW to be an Averitt CDL-A Dedicated Local Truck Driver!

Averitt Express is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Requirements

• Must live within a 75-mile radius
• Must have 1-year verifiable tractor-trailer experience within the past 3 years
• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Drivers must have Class A CDL
• Must have or be willing to obtain Doubles/Triples endorsement within 60 days of hire
• 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 closely, 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

Essential functions:

• Load freight - lift requirement: 80 lbs
• Unload freight - lift requirement: 80 lbs
• Move freight - force requirement: 54 lbs
• Open/Close Trailer Doors - force requirement: 46 lbs
• Count freight Complete fuel tickets
• Obtain sales leads
• Hook/Unhook trailer - force requirement: 90 lbs (Class A Only)
• Perform pre-trip inspections
• Drive
• Regular predictable attendance
• Enter/Exit a Commercial Motor Vehicle
• Enter/Exit the rear of a trailer from ground level