About this role
Maine Oxy has an immediate opening for a HazMat Class A Driver out of the Houston, TX area !! $28-29 hourly pay (+ jump in with a $3000 sign on bonus!
You run a dedicated territory delivering helium cylinders to established, repeat customers. No cold stops, no chasing new freight, no touch-and-go dispatching. Clean, non-flammable product, a familiar route every week, and you are home every weekend.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Safely deliver helium compressed gas cylinders to scheduled, repeat customers
- Load and unload cylinders and return empties to the fill plant
- Perform daily vehicle safety inspections
- Complete delivery paperwork and maintain DOT compliance
- Build relationships with regular customers and help manage their inventory needs
Benefits and Perks
- Pay: $28-29 hourly plus overtime, with strong overtime opportunity January through June.
- $3,000+ sign-on bonus , paid in structured installments
- Paid holidays (seven) plus two floating/flexible holidays
- Year-round position - no seasonal layoffs
- Up to $2,000 (annual) Safe Driving bonus
- Up to $400 (annual) reimbursements for boots and pants
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance options available
- Company paid short term disability
- Paid Time Off accrual of up to 120 hours per year, with up to 40 hours that carry over
- 401-K with a 50% match up to 6%
- HSA contribution match up to $50/pay period
- Six weeks of paid parental leave
- Driving incentives
Schedule
This is a regional over-the-road route, not a home-daily job. We are upfront about that because the structure is predictable and the weekends are yours.
- Depart Monday morning
- On the road Monday through Thursday/Friday
- Overnights 3 to 4 nights per week, depending on the zone
- Return home on Friday
- Territory is divided into 4 zones, one zone per week, so you cover the same general area all week.
- You stay in a company paid hotel, not a sleeper
Qualifications
What you need
- Houston area commute distance only
- Class A CDL with Hazmat endorsement
- 21 years of age, due to HazMat requirements
- 1 year of driving experience or driving school training within the past 4 years
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Ability to read and speak English sufficiently to converse with the public, read highway signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, and complete reports
The work and the truck
- Brand new trailer and tractor
- Routinely lift 25 to 75 lbs, occasionally 76 to 100+ lbs
- Frequent bending, standing, walking, reaching, and handling
- Outdoor work in temperatures from -10 to over 100 degrees
- Ability to detect leaking gas from cylinders by sound or smell
Ready to apply?
If you hold a Class A CDL with Hazmat and want a steady territory route with weekends at home, apply today. We are hiring immediately.
Maine Oxy is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. A full list of physical requirements and essential functions is available on request.
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