
Utah Express Trucking
CDL-A Semi-Local Driver - $10K BONUS + $84K-$90K Pay
Utah Express Trucking
Job Summary
$20 Per Hour, $1,615 - $1,731 /Weekly (EST)
Lansing, MI
CDL A
Regional
0+ Months of CDL Experience
bonus
Job Details
Equipment
Tractor Trailer
Handling Type
No Touch Freight (Drop and hook)
Transmission Type
Automatic
Job Requirements
CDL Class
CDL A
CDL Experience
0+ (includes CDL students)
Full Description
CDL-A Semi-Local Driver - Lansing, MI
Earn an average of $84,000-$90,000 annually hauling dedicated retail freight from Lansing, MI. This semi-local position combines local and regional routes, offers home time most days, and includes a $10,000 bonus. Drivers average approximately 2,500-2,700 miles per week on regional runs.
Pay Details
Earn an average of $84,000-$90,000 annually hauling dedicated retail freight from Lansing, MI. This semi-local position combines local and regional routes, offers home time most days, and includes a $10,000 bonus. Drivers average approximately 2,500-2,700 miles per week on regional runs.
Pay Details
- Average Annual Pay: $84,000-$90,000
- Average Weekly Equivalent: Approximately $1,615-$1,731
- Regional runs (200+ miles): Start at $0.63 CPM, increasing to $0.645 at 1 year and $0.66 at 3 years
- Local runs (under 200 miles): Start at $0.725 CPM, increasing to $0.735 at 1 year and $0.745 at 3 years
- Stop pay: $20 per stop on regional runs; $30 per stop on local runs
- Backhaul pickup pay: $30 per vendor pickup
- Breakdown pay: $25 per hour after the first 2 hours, up to $300 per day depending on breakdown type
- Hourly/safety pay: $20 per hour
- Additional weekly compensation: $100 for eligible days worked, subject to on-time attendance, availability for legal and safe loads, and required check-in procedures
- Bonus: $10,000
- Dedicated retail freight account
- Starting location: Lansing, MI
- Delivery territory includes Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin
- Daily store deliveries and shuttles between distribution facilities in Lansing and Pleasant Prairie
- Chicago suburbs are a major part of the operation; no deliveries in downtown Chicago
- Backhauls returning to Lansing are expected
- Approximately 85%-90% drop-and-hook freight
- No-touch freight
- Slip seating required only during mandatory truck services
- Trucks remain at the account during drivers' time off
- Lunch provided during orientation
- Home most days, with an average of 2-3 nights away per week
- Tuesday-Saturday schedule
- Sunday and Monday off
- 6:00 AM start time
- Some holidays must be worked when they fall on scheduled workdays
- Other routes or schedules may become available after drivers gain experience on the account
- Valid Class A CDL
- Minimum 3 months of truck-driving experience
- Clean driving record
- Valid DOT Medical Card
- No SAP drivers
- Hazmat endorsement required within 90 days; the account will reimburse the cost of obtaining it
- Must be punctual and available for legally permitted, safe loads
- Must complete required check-in procedures to qualify for additional weekly compensation
- 7 paid days off during the first year
- 10 paid days off after the first year
- On-site snack bar
- Quarterly cookouts
- Quarterly manager ride-alongs and driver feedback opportunities
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