CDLA Semi Local Driver

About the job

Semi-Local Truck Driver – (Lansing, MI)

Pay:

• Average $90,000 per year

• 2,500–2,700 miles per week

Mileage Pay:

• Regional runs (75% of loads, 200+ miles):

• Starts at $0.63 per mile

• Raises to $0.645 after 1 year

• Raises to $0.66 after 3 years

• $20 per stop

• Local runs (25% of loads, under 200 miles):

• Starts at $0.725 per mile

• Raises to $0.735 after 1 year

• Raises to $0.745 after 3 years

• $30 per stop

Extra Pay:

• $100 per week attendance pay

• $30 for backhaul pickups

• $25/hour for breakdowns (after 2 hours, up to $300/day)

• $20/hour safety pay

• Hazmat endorsement required within 90 days (company pays for it)

📍 Where You’ll Drive

• Illinois (no downtown Chicago)

• Indiana

• Michigan (including Upper Peninsula)

• Ohio

• Wisconsin

• Mostly Chicago suburb routes

• Deliver to stores and shuttle between Lansing, MI & Pleasant Prairie, WI

🕒 Schedule

• Sunday–Thursday (Friday & Saturday off)

• Start at 6:00 AM

• Out 2–3 nights per week

• 7 PTO days first year, 10 PTO days after 1 year

• May work some holidays

📦 Job Details

• No touch freight

• Mostly drop & hook (85%)

• Average 4 stops per load

• Single bunk sleeper trucks

• Trucks stay at the account during home time

• Slip seating only during truck service

✅ Requirements

• At least 3 months trucking experience

• Must get Hazmat within 90 days

👍 Perks

• Paid orientation (3 days)

• Lunch provided at orientation

• On-site snack bar

• Quarterly cookouts

• Supportive driver-focused team