As a Dedicated Flex Truck Driver, you'll enjoy the benefits of consistent customers with the added variety of working with multiple dedicated accounts. This role allows you to drive for different customers while ensuring steady, reliable work each week. You'll also receive a guaranteed minimum pay of $1,300 per week, with opportunities to earn more based on your routes and performance.
Why Choose This Dedicated Driver Position?
Competitive Pay:
- Average $1,500 per week / $78,000 per year
- Guaranteed minimum: $1,300 per week if you're available to work the full week
- Starting pay: $30 per hour for local assignments; $0.60 cpm for over-the-road assignments
- Average 40-50 hours per week
Additional Earnings:
- Stop pay: $25 per stop (number of stops varies based on assignment)
- Pay for stops and loading/unloading (not all accounts)
- Detention, breakdown, and layover pay when applicable
- Company sponsored per diem program
Work Schedule:
- Steady weekly schedule with a variety of routes depending on the account you're working on
- Miles will fluctuate depending on which account you are working on
- Shifts and hours vary depending on assignment. Some assignments may be hourly, home-daily work, while others may be OTR positions that pay by miles and stops
- Driver will be assigned to various dedicated accounts in Northeast TN
- Driver may also be assigned to yard switcher assignments
- There may be times when driver is assigned to the local service center
Job Requirements:
- Class A CDL required
- Must apply for Hazmat endorsement within 30 days of hire and must obtain Hazmat endorsement within 90 days of hire- will be reimbursed upon receipt
- Must be willing to perform yard switching duties in a yard tractor
- Must complete forklift training
- Adaptability: Must be comfortable working with different types of freight and customers
- Flexibility: Occasionally assist with other Averitt operations to keep you on the road and working
CDL-A Dedicated Truck Driver Benefits:
- Paid time off including 8 paid holidays
- Health Insurance: Medical, dental, vision and hearing coverage starting as low as $40.20/week (individual) and $105.90/week (family) after 30 days
- Rider policy for legally married spouses
- Profit Sharing: Monthly direct deposits into your retirement account
- Referral rewards: Cash bonuses for referrals
- Career Growth: Opportunities for local, regional, and leadership roles within Averitt
Ready to make a change? APPLY NOW to be an Averitt CDL-A Dedicated Flex Truck Driver!
Averitt Express is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Must live within a 75-mile radius
- Must have 1 year of verifiable tractor-trailer experience within the past 3 years
- Must be 21 years of age or older
- Drivers must have Class A CDL
- Must apply for Hazmat endorsement within 30 days of hire and must obtain Hazmat endorsement within 90 days of hire - will be reimbursed upon receipt
- No convictions for reckless driving within the past 5 years
- No convictions for DUI within the past 5 years
- No suspensions or revocations within the last 5 years
- No serious violations within the previous 12 months (15 mph or greater, following too closely, improper passing, traffic offense committed in a CMV in connection with fatality)
- No more than 3 moving violations within the past 3 years
- No preventable DOT recordable accidents within the past 3 years
Essential functions:
- Open/Close Trailer Doors - force requirement: 46 lbs
- Count freight
- Complete fuel tickets
- Obtain sales leads
- Hook/Unhook trailer - force requirement: 90 lbs (Class A Only)
- Perform pre-trip inspections
- Drive
- Regular predictable attendance
- Enter/Exit a Commercial Motor Vehicle
- Enter/Exit the rear of a trailer from ground level
LeadFlex Job ID: 1372065
External ID: 369292
Worklist ID: Supply Chain Driver
Post Date: 03/01/2026