About this role
CDL-A Local Intermodal Driver – $10,000 Bonus + Home Daily | Mount Pleasant, WI
Hiring CDL-A drivers in Mount Pleasant, WI! This dedicated local intermodal position offers $75,000 average annual pay , a $10,000 bonus , 100% no-touch freight, and daily home time. Drivers run to Chicago rail yards each day.
Main Yard / Starting Location
Mount Pleasant, WI
Drivers start and leave their assigned tractor at the Mount Pleasant yard when off duty.
Pay Details
- Average Yearly Gross: $75,000
- Approximately $1,450 average weekly
- $10,000 bonus
- Starting pay: $0.48 CPM
- $0.01 CPM annual increase up to $0.55 CPM
- All hub miles paid equally, loaded or empty
- $65 live load by customer
- $40 customer drop & hook
- $25 per Hazmat load
- $30 per refrigerated load
- $15 empty move
- $23–$55 crosstown drop pay
- Rail delay pay after applicable waiting period
- $250/day ramp-specific training pay for at least 5 full days
Job Details
- Dedicated local intermodal operation
- 100% no-touch freight
- Daily runs to Chicago rail yards
- Approximately 1,500 miles per week
- Approximately 20% live loads and 80% drop & hook
- Hazmat endorsement required within 90 days of hire
- Hazmat reimbursement available after hire with required paperwork
- Potential shift transfer after 6 months
- Slip-seat operation
Shift Details
- Home daily
- Monday–Friday
- 2:00 PM start
- Thanksgiving and Christmas time off is not guaranteed
- Holiday pay available after 90 days on the account
Job Requirements
- Valid Class A CDL
- Minimum 3 months of verifiable Class A CDL experience
- Hazmat endorsement required within 90 days of hire
- Clean driving record
- DOT Medical Card
- No SAP drivers
- Must be comfortable with daily Chicago rail-yard operations
- Must follow no-smoking policy inside the truck
Equipment & Benefits
- Intermodal equipment
- Assigned tractors
- Slip-seat operation
- Trucks remain at the Mount Pleasant yard during time off
- PTO accrual begins on the first day of employment
- 18 paid days off initially: 12 PTO + 6 holidays
- PTO increases with tenure
- Holiday pay eligibility after 90 days