Dedicated Team Driver - Home Weekly
XPO, La Salle, IL, United States
What you’ll need to succeed as a Team Driver at XPO
Minimum qualifications:
- Be a member of an existing team. We are only recruiting existing teams, and both team members must apply to this position
- Able to partner with another driver in a sleeper tractor on extended runs
- Be at least 21 years of age
- Have a valid Class A commercial driver’s license
- Have a working knowledge of vehicle safety and control systems
- Safe driving record and history
- Hold a 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
About the Team Driver job
Pay, benefits and more:
- Weekly pay
- Mileage pay will be paid at the designated rate of $0.91 per mile, split between each driver ($0.455 per mile) for all tasks related to the completion of the load
- Hourly pay of $33.07 will be provided for en route waiting times of more than an hour due to traffic, construction or weather-related delays
- Reimbursement for on-the-road showers
- Typical schedule is 5 days on, 2 days off
- Full health insurance benefits available on day one
- Hourly pay for 6 holidays
- 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
- Microwaves and refrigerators in sleeper cabs
- Tool and repair kit in tractors
What you’ll do on a typical day:
- Run loads between XPO facilities for pickup and drop off and work with fellow XPO employees
- Navigate various routes, maintain CMV safety, and 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
Team Drivers are required to:
- Lift objects of various shapes, sizes, and weights (frequently up to 50 lbs. and occasionally greater than 75 lbs.)
- Safely climb in/out of tractor cab/trailer
- Sit for extended periods in a truck tractor
- Reach (including above your head), bend, climb, push, pull, twist, squat and kneel
- Operate a tractor-trailer combination for up to 11 consecutive hours; in all types of weather, while safely transporting all freight types
- Properly operate a handheld device
XPO is a leading provider of world-class solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make XPO a great place to work.
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