
Salt City Trucking
CDL-A Dedicated Reefer Driver - Competitive Pay | Home Daily
Salt City Trucking
Job Summary
$1,650 - $1,950 /Weekly (EST)
Danbury, CT
CDL A
Local
0+ Months of CDL Experience
home daily
Job Details
Equipment
Refrigerator Trailer
Handling Type
Touch Freight
Transmission Type
Automatic
Job Requirements
CDL Class
CDL A
CDL Experience
0+ (includes CDL students)
Full Description
CDL-A Local Driver | Grocery Account - Good Pay | Home Daily
Earn $85,000-$100,000 per year delivering fresh and frozen groceries on a dedicated local account. Enjoy daily home time, consistent work, and routes throughout the Hudson Valley, Long Island, and the New York City area after completing the required training.
Pay Details
Earn $85,000-$100,000 per year delivering fresh and frozen groceries on a dedicated local account. Enjoy daily home time, consistent work, and routes throughout the Hudson Valley, Long Island, and the New York City area after completing the required training.
Pay Details
- Average Weekly Pay: Approximately $1,650-$1,950
- Seniority-Based Annual Average: $83,600-$87,600
- Double dock pay available
- Deliver fresh and frozen groceries using 48-, 51-, or 53-foot reefer trailers.
- Serve supermarkets and distribution centers within an approximately 250-mile radius.
- Delivery areas include the Hudson Valley, Long Island, New York City's five boroughs, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania backhaul routes.
- Approximately 20-25% of freight is delivered in New York City.
- Complete multi-stop loads, typically 15 or more stops per week.
- Usually run two loads per day or one longer load.
- Handle return products or backhaul pickups at the final stop.
- Freight is mostly no-touch, though occasional pallet jack unloading may be required when supporting other accounts.
- Support other local distribution accounts approximately 2-3 days per week.
- New drivers must complete NYC training and will not operate NYC routes until they have at least 6 months on the account.
- Tuesday-Saturday
- Start time: Approximately 1:00-5:00 AM
- Sunday and Monday off
- Five-day workweek
- Two mandatory sixth days per month
- Sixth-day work is required around the six major holidays.
- Thanksgiving: Off
- Christmas: Off
- New Year's: Not guaranteed
- Valid Class A CDL
- Minimum 3 months of verifiable Class A CDL experience
- Valid DOT Medical Card
- No SAP drivers
- Reliable personal transportation to and from work
- Ability to complete NYC training before operating NYC routes
- Strong customer service and communication skills
- Ability to assist with pallet jack unloading when assigned
- Ability to operate safely and legally at all times
- Automatic and manual day cabs
- 48-, 51-, and 53-foot reefer trailers
- Slip-seat operation
- Trucks cannot be taken home
- Account-provided and maintained uniforms
- Newer equipment averaging approximately 3 years old
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