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CDL-A Truck Driver - Home Weekly

CDL-A Truck Driver - Home Weekly

Crete Carrier Corporation

Louisville, CO

$112K/yr

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Posted 22 days ago

Crete Carrier rating

7.4

Company rating: 7.4 out of 10

Based on 23 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

139th of 337 rated logistics

Job description

Crete Carrier is Now Hiring Dedicated CDL-A Drivers for a Walmart Route!Top 50% of Drivers Average $112,055 per Year Annual Profit Sharing - Safe Driver Productivity Bonus


Great Pay and Benefits:
  • Starting Pay: 70 - 76 CPM, depending on experience
  • Health from BCBS, dental, vision, life, & 401(k)
  • No-cost rider policy
  • Safe driver productivity bonus


Fleet Information:
  • Annual pay: the top 50% of Crete drivers earn over $112,055 per year
  • Weekly pay: the top 50% of Crete drivers average $2,154 per week
  • Fleet type: dry van
  • Job type: company, dedicated
  • Home time: weekly


Additional Benefits:
  • Leading pay plus carrier
  • Industry-leading benefits
  • 401(k): $103 million to employee retirement accounts since 2018
  • Annual profit sharing: $11.5 million in profit sharing in 2025
  • Guaranteed detention pay
  • Pet policy: 2 dogs or cats
  • Increased cruise speed
  • Paid orientation: $120 per day
  • Industry-leading CSA scores
  • Average equipment age of 2 years
  • Dedicated dispatch 24/7


About Crete:

For over 50 years, Crete Carrier has grown to one of the nation’s largest, privately held trucking companies. Along with sister company, Shaffer Trucking, and wholly-owned subsidiary, Hunt Transportation, Crete Carrier Corporation operates as a truckload and flatbed carrier for virtually any commodity. At Crete Carrier, we are dedicated to our drivers. As a result, we have one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry, with drivers staying with us three times longer than they do with our competition. We take pride in our relationship with our drivers. Our professional drivers are among the best on the highways, meeting standards far exceeding those required by the U.S. Department of Transportation.


Qualifications:
  • Must have a valid CDL-A commercial driver’s license
  • 1 year of experience
  • No DOT preventable in the last year or less than 3 preventable accidents in the last 5 years
  • No CDL violations in the last year
  • Less than 5 citations in the last 5 years


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