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Dedicated Team Driver - Home Weekly

XPO · Bessemer, AL · 5 days ago
Management$35.42/hrFull-time

About the role

Team Drivers at XPO are responsible for running loads between XPO facilities for pickup and drop-off, working with fellow XPO employees, navigating various routes, maintaining CMV safety, and ensuring compliance with transportation regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Run loads between XPO facilities for pickup and drop-off
  • Work with fellow XPO employees
  • Navigate various routes
  • Maintain CMV safety
  • Ensure compliance with transportation regulations
  • Operate various tractor-trailer combinations over long distances in a typical 5-day work week away from home
  • Operate the vehicle safely within DOT regulations
  • Operate all internal freight transportation work tools and required systems

Requirements

  • Be a member of an existing team
  • Able to partner with another driver in a sleeper tractor on extended runs
  • At least 21 years of age
  • Valid Class A commercial driver’s license
  • Working knowledge of vehicle safety and control systems
  • Safe driving record and history
  • Valid DOT Medical Certification Card or pass a company-paid DOT physical
  • Available to work away from home in a five-day work week
  • Possess hazardous materials, tank vehicle and doubles/triples endorsements

Preferred qualifications

  • Team driving or over-the-road experience
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective coordination with dispatchers and team members
  • Able to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment, demonstrating strong teamwork and cooperation

Pay, benefits and more

  • Weekly pay
  • Mileage pay of $0.974 per mile, split between each driver ($0.487 per mile) for all tasks related to the completion of the load
  • Hourly pay of $35.42 for en route waiting times of more than an hour due to traffic, construction or weather-related delays
  • Reimbursement for on-the-road showers
  • Full health insurance benefits available on day one
  • PTO offered
  • 401k with company match
  • No touch and in-house freight
  • Shops and fueling stations across the network to reduce delays
  • 2023 Freightliner and Kenworth automatic trucks

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