CDL-A Dedicated Truck Driver -- Dollar Tree

Job Description

Job Description

CDL-A Dedicated Truck Driver — Dollar Tree Account
Location: Savannah, GA
Average Weekly Pay: $1,300–$1,600
Estimated Annual Pay: $67,000–$83,000
Sign-On Bonus: $2,000
Home Time: Weekly for a 34-hour reset

Position Overview

We are seeking dedicated CDL-A drivers to deliver freight to Dollar Tree stores, with occasional Family Dollar deliveries, throughout Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama. This physically demanding position involves unloading freight box by box using rollers. Successful drivers bring patience, strong customer service skills, and a commitment to safe, dependable deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate Freightliner or Kenworth equipment on dedicated delivery routes.
• Complete store deliveries and physically unload 100% touch freight using rollers.
• Meet early-morning delivery appointments, arriving the night before or early morning as needed.
• Communicate professionally with store personnel, dispatch, and support teams.
• Complete assigned backhauls and maintain accurate delivery documentation.
• Follow company safety procedures and applicable transportation requirements.

Requirements

• Hold a valid Class A commercial driver’s license.
• Be able to perform repeated physical unloading of freight.
• Demonstrate patience, dependability, and strong customer service skills.
• Be available to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Have a secure parking location for both the truck and trailer.
• Bring two weeks’ worth of supplies to orientation and be prepared to travel directly to Savannah, GA, for training upon hire.

Schedule and Equipment

• Home weekly for a 34-hour reset; weekend home time is not guaranteed.
• Additional resets may occur during the delivery schedule.
• Most deliveries take place early in the morning, requiring overnight or early-morning driving.
• Average weekly mileage: 1,100–1,300 miles.
• Equipment: Freightliner and Kenworth tractors.

Compensation

• Base mileage rate: $0.63 per mile, regardless of experience.
• Unloading pay: $240 per fully unloaded trailer.
• Backhaul pay: $50 per backhaul.
• Reported combined mileage and accessorial pay: approximately $1.20 per mile.
• Average earnings: $1,300–$1,600 weekly, or approximately $67,000–$83,000 annually.

Actual earnings vary based on mileage, completed deliveries, unloading, and backhauls.

Training

One week of ride-along training with an experienced Dollar Tree account driver, paid at $150 per day.

$2,000 Sign-On Bonus

• $500 after the first load.
• $500 after 30 days.
• $1,000 after 60 days.

Drivers must be active company drivers on each payout date. U.S. Xpress reserves the right to modify or cancel the bonus with appropriate notice under applicable law. The bonus does not change the at-will nature of employment.

Support and Paid Vacation

• On-site support staff available 24/7.
• One week of paid vacation after one year of service.
• Two weeks after two years.
• Three weeks after seven years.
• Four weeks after ten years.