Truck Driver - Apprentice - Penske Logistics
Penske Truck Leasing
2024-11-15 00:54:53
Princeton, Indiana, United States
Job type: fulltime
Job industry: Transport & Logistics
Job description
Must be a graduate of a Penske-approved CDL School (CDL 160, Ivy Tech, Truck Drivers Institute, New England Tractor Trailer Training School), or a current or former member of the US Armed Forces
Immediate Opportunities: Full-time Apprentice Class A CDL Truck Drivers
• $23.40 per hour to start and an increase within the first year
• No touch freight, drop and hook
• Local, Home Daily!
You will drive:
• Late model, Penske Truck Leasing trucks
• Best-in-class specs designed for comfort
What you will do:
• Drivers will deliver freight to assigned locations
• Drop and hook
• Provide high-level customer service while making deliveries
Schedule:
• 5-day work week, with two consecutive days off.
• Monday through Friday with an occasional Saturday, about 1 per month.
Comprehensive benefits package includes:
• Paid vacation, and holidays day 1
• Generous retirement benefits
• Excellent health care coverage-medical, dental, and vision
• Short and long-term disability; life and AD&D insurance
• Company-provided uniforms and safety footwear
• Employee discount benefit program
• Driver referral bonus program up to $5000 per referral
• Safety incentive program
• Premier Driver Recognition Program
Why Penske
Ready for a new mission with the same values? If you're a veteran with a CDL or a recent CDL school grad from a Penske-approved school, and have less than 12 months of commercial driving experience, put your new truck-driving skills to work as an Apprentice Truck Driver for Penske. As a driver apprentice, you'll learn critical skills to build your career while you work and receive all the great pay and benefits of a full-time job. Penske offers on-the-job training to hone your existing skills as a Class A licensed driver. Join a team of proud, professional truck drivers committed to delivering products safely and on time for some of the world's biggest brands. (Yes, we're more than just the yellow trucks.)
You'll work for a stable, nationwide company that is known for having the best equipment an outstanding safety record and thrives with structure and a strong work ethic based on professionalism, respect, and teamwork. We pay every Friday, and for this driving position, you're home daily. Yes, daily.
Your next mission starts here. Come drive for Penske!
Qualifications:
• Must be a graduate of a Penske-approved CDL School (CDL 160, Ivy Tech, Truck Drivers Institute, New England Tractor Trailer Training School), or a current or former member of the US Armed Forces
• CDL Class A required
• Currently hold, or ability to obtain, a non-excepted interstate DOT medical card required
• 3 years DMV/MVR record with two or fewer moving violations or accidents
• Follow all federal and/or state laws, regulations, and/or agency rules, standards and guidelines
• Work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, and submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required.
• This position is regulated by the Department of Transportation or designated as safety-sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required. Associates must have the ability to accept responsibility for their own safety, as well as the safety of others.
Physical Requirements:
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• The associate must be able to see and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate will be required to move frequently, stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs/23kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100lbs/45kg.
• The associate must be able to legally operate a motor vehicle and safely and frequently enter/exit the vehicle as well as the rear cargo area.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions
Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions is a premier global transportation provider that delivers essential and innovative transportation, logistics and technology services to help companies and people move forward. With headquarters in Reading, PA, Penske and its associates are driven by a dedication to excellence and a commitment to customer success. Visit Go Penske to learn more.
Job Category: Driver
Job Family: Drivers
Address: 532 E COUNTY RD 550 S
Primary Location: US-IN-Princeton
Employer: Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.
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