Job Description
Immediate Opportunities: Full-time Lead Class A CDL Truck Drivers
• Average $87000 annually
• Home daily with a dedicated local route and consistent schedule
• Lead Driver role supporting daily operations and overnight dispatch coverage
• $1500 weekly guarantee and additional $100 Lead Driver pay
• Hazmat endorsement required (90 days upon hire to obtain)
You will drive:
• Late model, Penske Truck Leasing trucks
• Automatic day-cab straight trucks
• Best-in-class specs designed for comfort
• Equipped with inward and outward facing in-cab cameras helping to ensure safety for all
What you will do:
• Deliver auto parts to retail stores on a dedicated route
• Complete approximately 10 stops per week using EPJ, manual pallet jack, hand carts, and totes
• Perform touch freight deliveries while supporting daily operations
• Provide Lead Driver support, assist with operational needs, and cover overnight dispatch calls as needed
Schedule:
• Monday night through Saturday morning schedule
• Dispatch hours vary based on operational needs
• Home daily with no layovers
• Approximately 60 hours per week
Comprehensive benefits package includes:
• Paid vacation and holidays day one
• Generous retirement benefits
• Excellent health care coverage-medical, dental, and vision
• Short and long-term disability; life and AD&D insurance
• Company-provided uniforms
• Employee discount benefit program
• Driver referral bonus program up to $5000 per referral
• Safety incentive program
• Premier Driver Recognition Program
Our excellent benefits plan keeps associates and their families happy, healthy, and secure. To learn more visit https://penske.jobs/benefits/
Qualifications
Qualifications:
• Valid Class A CDL required. Applicants must be domiciled in the U.S. and licensed in their state of residence
• Currently hold, or ability to obtain, a non-excepted interstate DOT medical card required
• 1 year of documented tractor-trailer experience in the last 3 years required, or 2 years of documented tractor-trailer experience in the last 5 years
• 3 years DMV/MVR record with two or fewer moving violations or accidents
• Follow all federal and/or state laws, regulations, and/or agency rules, standards and guidelines
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• In order to be compliant with federal law (49 C.F.R. 391.11(b)(2)), this role requires English language proficiency.
• Work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required
• This position is regulated by the Department of Transportation or designated as safety sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required. Associates must have the ability to accept responsibility for their own safety, as well as the safety of others.
Physical Requirements:
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The associate must be able to see and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate will be required to move frequently, stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs/23kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100lbs/45kg.
• The associate must be able to legally operate a motor vehicle and safely and frequently enter/exit the vehicle as well as the rear cargo area.
