CDL Driver

About the role

As a Driver with BWI, you will transport and deliver goods while playing a critical role in meeting customer needs and maintaining strong customer relationships. This position involves more than just driving—it’s an essential part of our team and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Drive tractor-trailer combinations and straight trucks to transport and deliver products.
• Frequently interact with customers.
• Follow safety and placarding procedures.
• Perform trip, vehicle, and equipment inspections.
• Maintain logs of working hours and vehicle service and repair.
• Obtain delivery receipts/signatures and collect payment when required.
• Check load documentation for completeness and accuracy.
• Correctly maneuver trucks into loading/unloading positions.
• Properly secure cargo for transport.
• Read invoices to determine assignment details.
• Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, and damage to vehicles or property.
• Read and interpret maps.
• Couple and uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air and electrical lines, and manipulating fifth-wheel locks.
• Collect delivery instructions, verifying instructions and routes.
• Operate onboard computers, CB radios, and telephones.
• Load and unload trucks and assist others with loading and unloading, including operating loading-related equipment (some manual unloading may be required).
• Collaborate with other BWI employees (e.g., employee training and sharing information) to ensure customer satisfaction and teamwork.
• Call the office twice daily, preferably at or about 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., and at the conclusion of the route.
• Turn in travel expenses with receipts at the conclusion of each trip.
• Complete trip and returns reports.
• Maintain tractor/truck cleanliness.

Requirements

• At least 21 years old.
• High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) ‘A’ & ‘B’, with Haz-Mat and Tanker Endorsement.
• At least one year of CDL driving experience.
• Clean MVR with less than 3 moving violations over a three-year period.
• Ability to pass DOT physical & DOT drug screen.
• No DWI/DUI convictions within the past 5 years.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan with generous company match.
• Excellent health, dental, and vision care plan options.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account options.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Paid vacation and 8 paid company holidays.
• Meal per diem and reimbursement for hotel stays.
• Opportunity to earn an annual tenure and safety bonus.

Pay

Wages are activity-based and highly competitive.

Schedule

While you will be home most nights, you may have 2 overnight trips weekly.