Company Driver Flatbed Dedicated, Over the Road, Regional

Chief Carriers Enjoy the Perks of a Private Fleet! Chief Carriers has transformed into a company with an innovative people-first culture centered on integrity, trust, and transparency so that our team has the freedom to act with courage and challenge the industry status quo to deliver a better transportation experience for our drivers and lease operators. There is no other driver-centered culture like it in the industry. **Class A CDL Company Drivers in Dothan, AL**

**Flatbed Haulers, Enjoy the Perks of a Private Fleet!**

**Come work for one of America's Best Small Fleets**

Chief Carriers has transformed into a company with an innovative people-first culture centered on integrity, trust, and transparency so that our team has the freedom to act with courage and challenge the industry status quo to deliver a better transportation experience for our drivers and lease operators. There is no other driver-centered culture like it in the industry.

We operate primarily as a private fleet for Chief Industries, which means the miles and paychecks are steady and predictable. With only 65 trucks in our division, you get the small company family-feel with the strengths and competitive benefits only larger companies can typically offer. We are the best of both worlds!

****Pay & Benefits****

* Top Company Drivers earn over $90,000/year

* Quarterly Bonuses

* Guaranteed minimum weekly pay program

* Generous accessorial pay program

* $1,000 paid training/orientation

* Paid on practical miles

* Blue Cross Blue Shield 75% paid

* Dental, vision wellness & short term disability available

* 401K with company match

* Two weeks vacation the very first year

* 8 paid holidays per year Christmas guaranteed off

* Flexible Scheduling

* Manual and automatic transmissions available

* Lease-Purchase/Operator programs available $0 down/walk-away lease options

* Pet and Riders welcome

****Requirements****

* 1 year of recent OTR experience

* 23 years old minimum

* Flatbed experience preferred but not required We will train

* Good driving record No DUI/DWI convictions past 5 years

**Company Drivers**

The information below provides insight into how working as a Company Driver may meet your expected lifestyle, work into your long-term career plans, and provide the working environment you seek.

Company Drivers are employed by specific companies that maintain its own fleet of trucks. Company Drivers are can be separated into 2 categories: (1) drivers working for trucking carriers that exist for the sole purpose of transporting freight of others, or (2) drivers working for companies that carry its own freight to support its own companys product or service. Company drivers are in high demand, particular among large carriers.

Aside from the personal characteristics needed to be a good truck driver, a Company Driver can be representing a company with thousands of workers in the US and internationally. Therefore, it is helpful for a Company Driver to keep a happy, helpful demeanor both to the general public and customers. Likewise, reliability, honesty, integrity, and self-motivation is necessary since you wont have anyone looking over your shoulder or directing your every move. No one will tell you when to get out of bed in the morning or when to take a break or stop driving for the day (except the NMCSA, of course!).

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Different types of materials require different types of trailers, and each type of trailer offers drivers its own challenges. Therefore, it is important to understand what is required to not only drive your truck and your freight, but the trailer you are pulling as well.

Flatbed trailers are essentially exactly what the name implies a base of steel or similar material mounted on a frame with axles and wheels. Flat beds often haul oversized load that cannot fit in an enclosed trailer.

Aside from the appropriate CDL, drivers of flatbed equipment need to be adept at securing cargo with tarps, come-a-longs, chains, strapping, or other types of devices. Before leaving the location of loading, drivers must make sure the cargo is securely held on the trailer and unable to move in any direction during events up to and including collisions, jackknifing, or to the extent possible, rollovers. Securing cargo on flatbed trailers is not a one-time check-and-go responsibility and must be rechecked and adjusted as needed.

Another important point of flatbed hauling concerns oversized loads. If cargo is wider or taller than a trailer would otherwise carry, the trailer must include large notations indicating Oversized Load. In some cases, oversized loads will be accompanied by pilot vehicles who alert the truck drivers of potentially dangerous barriers ahead and often pull into the left lane to prevent other vehicles from passing until safe.

Endorsements for flatbed hauling depend on the type of cargo secured to the trailer. In cases where hazardous materials are being hauled, an (H) or (X) endorsement is needed. Also, if a tank of liquid, hazardous or not, is placed on a flatbed, for hauling purposes the trailer becomes a tanker. In such cases, it is best to hold endorsements for (N) Tankers, (H) Hazardous Materials, and/or (X) Hazardous Materials/Tanker combinations.

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Truck driving route type vary within the industry and are dependent on several factors including interstate trucking requirements, route planning, type of cargo hauled, frequency, hazardous materials restrictions, driver experience, etc.

**Dedicated Routes** are most often assigned to specific drivers who drive the specifically assigned routes and no others. Dedicated route drivers are often regional or local and have more opportunities for home time. They are also frequently reserved for drivers who may find OTR routes more difficult.

Truck driving route type vary within the industry and are dependent on several factors including interstate trucking requirements, route planning, type of cargo hauled, frequency, hazardous materials restrictions, driver experience, etc.

**Over the Road (OTR) Routes** are likely those that most people with minimal knowledge of the trucking industry envision drivers working. OTR routes can be regional with occasional outside of region assignments or they may be cross-country to make one delivery or several along the way. OTR drivers are generally paid by the mile and are on the road for much of the year with limited home time.

Truck driving route type vary within the industry and are dependent on several factors including interstate trucking requirements, route planning, type of cargo hauled, frequency, hazardous materials restrictions, driver experience, etc.

**Regional Routes** are routes within a specified geographic region. The region may be as small as a few counties in a state, a state itself, or a number of states. Regions are often divided geographically in typical ways including the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest Northwest, etc.

Job Overview Company Driver

Flatbed

Dedicated, Over the Road, Regional

Dothan, AL

$90,000+

Required endorsement:

None

Required experience:

1-2 years

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