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Truck Driver - CDL Class A OTR - Penske Logistics
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What they do
An Over-the-Road (OTR) Truck Driver specializes in long distance routes, often away for days or even weeks at a time. Sometimes also referred to as Long Haul drivers. Commonly paid in cents per mile driven.
$66,988 / year median in Mississippi
-7% projected decline
Job Description
Immediate Opportunities:
Full-time Class A CDL Truck Drivers- Average $88000 annually
- $63 per layover
- Additional $1200 bonus earning potential
- No touch freight
- 2 consecutive days off
- Requires commuting to Olive Branch, MS to pick up and park truck You will drive:
- Late model, Penske Truck Leasing trucks
- Best-in-class specs designed for comfort and safety
- Equipped with inward and outward facing in-cab cameras helping to ensure safety for all What you will do:
- Driver is responsible for delivering commercial electrical products to customers
- Requires OTR travel
- Home weekly
Schedule:
- Five-day work week with two consecutive days off
- Requires commute to Olive Branch, MS to pick up and park truck
- Potential to dispatch Sunday and return home Saturday Comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Paid vacation and holidays day one
- Generous retirement benefits
- Excellent health care coverage-medical, dental, and vision
- Short and long-term disability; life and AD&D insurance
- Company-provided uniforms
- Employee discount benefit program
- Driver referral bonus program up to $5000 per referral
- Safety incentive program
- Premier Driver Recognition Program Our excellent benefits plan keeps associates and their families happy, healthy, and secure.
Qualifications:
- Valid Class A CDL required. Applicants must be domiciled in the U.S. and licensed in their state of residence
- Currently hold, or ability to obtain, a non-excepted interstate DOT medical card required
- 1 year of documented tractor-trailer experience in the last 3 years required, or 2 years of documented tractor-trailer experience in the last 5 years
- 3 years DMV/MVR record with two or fewer moving violations or accidents
- Follow all federal and/or state laws, regulations, and/or agency rules, standards and guidelines
- Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
- In order to be compliant with federal law (49 C.F.R. 391.11(b)(2)), this role requires English language proficiency
- Work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required.
- This position is regulated by the Department of Transportation or designated as safety sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required.
Physical Requirements:
- The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The associate must be able to see and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate will be required to move frequently, stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs/23kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100lbs/45kg.
- The associate must be able to legally operate a motor vehicle and safely and frequently enter/exit the vehicle as well as the rear cargo area.