Truck Driver CDL A Solo

Position Description

Ryder is hiring a Class A CDL Truck Driver in Frederick, Maryland. You’ll receive weekly pay, excellent benefits, and a driving career you can feel good about.

Pay and schedule:

• Driver Positions Pay Weekly
• Hourly base pay: $29.00 per hour plus bonus pay for endorsements
• Overtime paid after 40 hours
• $50 per diem per night
• Annual tenure bonus: $1,000 every year
• Paid Training
• Schedule:
  
  Monday–Friday (flexibility required)

Average weekly earnings: $2,000. Top 10% earn $100,000+ annually.

• Ensuring compliance with applicable federal and/or state laws, regulations, and agency rules, standards and guidelines.
• Detecting and eliminating or minimizing safety hazards and maintaining accurate records and logs.
• Loading/unloading freight or assisting in the loading/unloading of freight if required by customer.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Minimum 21 years of age.
• Pass a Ryder drug test.
• Pass a Ryder background and motor vehicle check, including drug and alcohol verification from previous employers for the last 3 years.
• Pass a DOT physical.
• Pass a Ryder road test.
• Provide appropriate CDL and endorsements for the position.
• Must have Class A verifiable experience in a tractor‑trailer or comparable vehicle:
• 9 months experience within the past 3 years, OR
• 2 years' experience within the last 5 years, OR
• 5 years' experience within the last 10 years.
• Ability to follow written and/or oral instructions.
• Ability to read, interpret and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and/or procedures.

Important Note: Some positions require additional screening that may include employment and education verification, motor vehicle records check, a road test, and/or badging or background requirements of the customer to which you are assigned.

• Deliver SOLO To: VA, MD, DE, PA, NJ, NYC & DC.
• Route:
  Regional.
• Tractor Type:
  Day cab and sleeper; possibility of 26' straight truck.
• Trailer type: 48' – 53' flatbed, dry van, reefer, Conestoga, curtainside and containers.
• 1 year of flatbed experience and safe load securement experience (strapping, tarping, chaining).
• Equipment:
  Manual pallet jack, rollers, lift gate and Moffett.
• Freight:
  Mix of touch/no touch.
• Endorsements:
  Hazmat, tanker & doubles/triples endorsements.

• Medical, dental & vision after 30 days.
• 80 hours PTO your first year, starting Day 1 (use it or get paid for it).
• Uniforms, cell phone & boot allowance provided.
• Drivers are the captain— you make safety decisions, and your job is protected.
• 401(k) rollover available now + company match at 1 year.
• 12 weeks paid maternity leave (subject to specific eligibility criteria, including work tenure).
• Employee discounts on tools, vehicles, travel, tech & more.

Ryder Drivers operate well‑maintained, safe trucks, 36 months or newer with 24/7 roadside maintenance and fueling at over 800 nationwide maintenance locations.

EEO/AA/Female/Minority/Disabled/Veteran

Ryder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug‑free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.