Driver (1st shift 4AM-12PM)

** Driver (1st shift 4AM-12PM) - IMMEDIATE OPENINGS!****Job Category****:** Ind Contributor-NonExempt **Requisition Number****:** DRIVE11246 Showing 1 location **Job Details****Description**Founded in 1922, **Essendant** is a pure wholesale distributor of business products. Our success over the last 90 years comes from offering logistical excellence and broad market reach with honesty and integrity. Currently we are seeking a CDL-A Company Driver to join our team out of the Houston, Texas area. We believe in treating our hardworking employees with respect and dignity. Along with a diverse, inclusive work environment, we offer competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package and valuable home time.**Overview:**Likely start time will be between 4AM-12PM. Drivers haul office, janitorial and break room supplies for dedicated customers via dry van. Dedicated, local routes available immediately after training. Drivers average 6-8 stops per load, typically 1 load per shift. Drivers unload using pallet jack. Schedule is a 5-day workweek. Drivers have weekends off except 4x per year for quarterly safety meetings. OT paid after 8 hours. Paid training. Newer equipment.* Home Daily* Drive new Volvo tractors**Compensation:*** $21.38 per hour, to start* Quarterly safety bonuses* Referral bonuses* Direct deposit* Paid weekly**Requirements:*** CDL-A* Prefer 2 years tractor-trailer experience**Benefits:*** Medical* Dental* Vision* 401-k w/company match* Associate stock purchase program* Paid life insurance w/ option to purchase additional coverage* Paid short-term disability insurance* Paid long-term disability insurance w/ option to purchase additional coverage* Paid travel & accident insurance* PTO for vacation & sick days* Paid holidays* Flexible spending account* Health savings account* Employee assistance plan* Tuition reimbursement* Associate merchandise purchase program**Essendant** is a pure wholesale distributor of a broad range of business products including office, janitorial, break room and industrial supplies. We "win from the middle of the supply chain" by enabling the success of our suppliers, our reseller customers, our associates, and the communities we serve. By stocking a broad range of products across key market channels, and by offering sophisticated logistical capabilities and innovative value-added services, we enable our resellers to respond efficiently to the demand for business products from millions of consumers. By giving our suppliers logistical excellence and broad market reach, we enable their success.**Essendant is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.****Qualifications****Skills****Behaviors****:****Motivations****:****Education****Experience****Licenses & Certifications**Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)