If you want to spend most nights and every weekend at home, drive newer equipment, and earn competitive wages, we may have the career opportunity you are looking for!

As a Driver with BWI, you make the difference. Certainly, in this role, you will have typical duties you would expect as a Driver—you will transport and deliver goods.  However, being a Driver for BWI is much more than driving a truck. As a Driver your role is critical in meeting our customers’ needs and is an essential piece in our customers’ relationship with BWI.

In this role, you will:

• Drive tractor-trailer combinations and straight trucks to transport and deliver products.
• Frequently interact with customers.
• Follow safety and placarding procedures.
• Perform trip, vehicle, and equipment inspections.
• Maintain logs of working hours and vehicle service and repair.
• Obtain delivery receipts/signatures and collect payment when required.
• Check load documentation for completeness and accuracy.
• Correctly maneuver trucks into loading/unloading positions.
• Properly secure cargo for transport.
• Read invoices to determine assignment details.
• Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, and damage to vehicles or property.
• Read and interpret maps.
• Couple and uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air and electrical lines, and manipulating fifth-wheel locks.
• Collect delivery instructions, verifying instructions and routes.
• Operate onboard computers, CB radios, and telephones.
• Load and unload trucks and help others with loading and unloading. Operating loading-related equipment. (Some manual unloading may be required.)
• Collaborate with other BWI employees (e.g., employee training and sharing information) to ensure customer satisfaction and teamwork.
• Call office twice daily, preferably at or about 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and at the conclusion of route.
• Turn in travel expenses with receipts at the conclusion of each trip.
• Complete trip rand returns reports.
• Maintain tractor/truck cleanliness.

To apply, you must:

• Be at least 21 years old,
• Have a High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED),
• Have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) ‘A’ & ‘B’, with Haz-Mat and Tanker Endorsement,
• Have at least one-year CDL driving experience,
• Have a clean MVR with less than 3 moving violations over three-year period,
• Be able to pass DOT physical & DOT drug screen, and
• Have no DWI / DUI convictions within the past 5 years.

Key benefits for all full-time employees include 401(k) retirement plan with generous company match, excellent health, dental & vision care plan options, flexible spending account and health savings account options, life & disability insurance, paid vacation and 8 paid company holidays. In addition, our drivers receive meal per diem and reimbursement for hotel stays and can earn an annual tenure and safety bonus.

Wages are activity-based and highly competitive!  While you will be home most nights, you may have 2 overnight trips weekly.