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Dedicated drivers enjoy the many privileges that come with having consistent customers. Unlike some driver positions, this one gives you a better idea of the number of miles and hours each week holds, which means you'll have a better idea of what to expect in every paycheck. And because you know your customers and their typical freight load, you'll never be surprised or slowed down by unusual shipments.

• Competitive pay:
  • Average $1,550 per week/$74,000 annually
  • Starting pay: 62 cpm
  • Average of 2,500 miles weekly
  • Average 40 hours per week
  • Detention, breakdown and layover pay when applicable
  • Company sponsored per diem program
• Monday - Friday; home on the weekends
• All drop and hook
• Will make one run to Ontario, Canada each week
• Will also then do a run to either Michigan, Kentucky, or South Carolina each week
• Deliver through Customs port of entry in Detroit, MI and Windsor Canada
• Delivery location is three hours into Canada after border crossing
• Passport is required
• 0600 pickup from Birmingham, AL, layover in Ohio that night and cross border next morning
• Drop/hook at the supplier, when leaving you will use their fax/scan to send shipping documents to Averitt dispatcher who will work with brokers to clear you at customs
• Once clear, dispatch will send you an entry bar code you will use from your phone to cross the border
• Layover again in Michigan or Ohio
• Return next night to layover again in Birmingham for your next run

• Paid time off including 8 paid holidays
• Excellent insurance coverage that includes medical, prescription, dental, vision and hearing starting as low as $105.90/week for family plans and $40.20/week for individual plans effective after 30 days
• Rider policy available for legally married spouses
• Profit Sharing plan allows you to share in the rewards of our efforts, with a portion of our profits given back to you as monthly direct deposits into your retirement account
• Referral rewards - cash bonuses for referrals
• Averitt's fleet includes local, dedicated, and regional truck driver jobs. Drivers can change their driving preferences as their careers progress, including opportunities in operations and leadership

• Must live within a 100-mile radius
• Must have 1 year of verifiable tractor-trailer experience within the past 3 years
• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Drivers must have Class A CDL
• Passport is required
• No convictions for reckless driving within the past 5 years
• No convictions for DUI within the past 5 years
• No suspensions or revocations within the last 5 years
• No serious violations within the previous 12 months (15 mph or greater, following too closely, improper passing, traffic offense committed in a CMV in connection with fatality)
• No more than 3 moving violations within the past 3 years
• No preventable DOT recordable accidents within the past 3 years

• Open/Close Trailer Doors - force requirement: 46 lbs
• Count freight
• Complete fuel tickets
• Obtain sales leads
• Hook/Unhook trailer - force requirement: 90 lbs (Class A Only)
• Perform pre-trip inspections
• Drive
• Regular predictable attendance
• Enter/Exit a Commercial Motor Vehicle
• Enter/Exit the rear of a trailer from ground level

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