
Salt City Trucking
CDL-A Semi-Local Driver - Great Pay + BONUS | Home Every Other Day
Salt City Trucking
Job Summary
$1,779 /Weekly (EST)
Columbus, OH
CDL A
Local
0+ Months of CDL Experience
bonus
Job Details
Equipment
Tractor Trailer
Handling Type
Touch Freight
Transmission Type
Automatic
Job Requirements
CDL Class
CDL A
CDL Experience
0+ (includes CDL students)
Full Description
CDL-A Semi-Local Battery Freight Driver - Good Pay + $10K Bonus
Earn $92,500 per year hauling battery freight on a dedicated semi-local route from Columbus, Ohio. Drivers are typically home every other day, with additional pay for driver-assist and customer-unloaded stops.
Pay Details
Earn $92,500 per year hauling battery freight on a dedicated semi-local route from Columbus, Ohio. Drivers are typically home every other day, with additional pay for driver-assist and customer-unloaded stops.
Pay Details
- Average Annual Pay: $92,500
- Average Weekly Pay: Approximately $1,779
- Bonus: $10,000
- Miles/Week: Approximately 2,400
- Driver-assist unload: $60 per stop
- Customer live load/unload: $30 per stop
- PTO accrual begins immediately:
- 1.5 hours per week initially
- 2.3 hours per week after 6 years
- 3 hours per week after 19 years
- Pick up preloaded trailers containing batteries and cells from a distribution center.
- Deliver freight to various distribution centers and reload battery cores for the return trip.
- Routes vary weekly, so flexibility is required.
- Freight is approximately 50% driver-assist and 50% customer live unload.
- Driver-assist stops require tailgating freight with an electric pallet jack.
- Secure loads after each stop and complete delivery and return paperwork.
- Scale loads and follow all customer procedures.
- Assist other dedicated and intermodal accounts when freight volume is low.
- Maintain strong safety, service, and customer-care standards.
- Uniform shirts are provided.
- Steel-toe boots are required and may be provided or reimbursed.
- Sunday-Friday schedule
- Departure times vary between 8:00 PM and 3:00 AM
- Approximately 11-12-hour shifts
- Route runs Sunday night through Friday night/Saturday morning
- Return by approximately 4:00 AM Saturday
- Home every other day for more than a 10-hour break
- Drivers can typically expect home time on Tuesday and Thursday
- Trucks must remain at the account during time off
- Valid Class A CDL
- Minimum 3 months of verifiable Class A CDL experience
- DOT Medical Card
- Clean driving record
- No SAP drivers
- Ability to perform driver-assist unloading with an electric pallet jack
- Ability to scale and secure loads
- Flexibility to work varying routes and support other accounts
- Professional appearance and strong customer service skills
- Steel-toe boots required
- Assigned trucks
- Electric pallet jack operations
- Trucks remain at the account during time off
- On-site management
- Uniform shirts provided
- Steel-toe boot reimbursement or account-provided boots
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