CDL Driver - Hourly + Bonus & Benefits, Home Daily, Weekends Off

Job Opportunity at Vintners Logistics

Vintners Logistics located in Kennewick, Washington provides warehousing, transportation, distribution, and special project services to an array of industries, with a specialization in wine, food processing, confection, and pharmaceutical industries. We are seeking to add a full-time CDL A driver to our Kennewick, WA location to better serve our customers. We are seeking more than a truck driver; we are seeking a professional employee dedicated to safety, service, and sanitation.

Driving a truck is an important part of the job, but not the only one.

Having just celebrated 19 years in business, we continue to seek qualified long-term employees who are passionate about providing excellent service for our customers. We are committed to providing a great and positive place to work, wonderful customers, safe equipment, training, and a competitive compensation package. As an almost unheard of bonus, our drivers are home most nights and off weekends outside of harvest season!

• FMSCA compliant
• Pre/post trip equipment inspection
• HOS compliant
• Provide exceptional customer service
• TL and LTL routes, lift-gate
• Hand truck, pallet jack, some routes require pallet breakdown
• Other duties as assigned

• Class A CDL
• Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screen and random as required
• Ability to work independently
• Can lift and bend to handle heavy items such as barrel, approx. 120 lbs.
• Climb in and out of trailers, push pull pallet jack approximately 100-200 lbs. force
• Strong willingness to work, self-motivated.
• Must possess basic math skills
• Must possess basic writing skills
• Must be able to read, write, and communicate in English. Proficiency testing required in interview.
• If bilingual in Spanish, that would be very beneficial!

We pay our drivers by the hour, overtime over 40 hours worked per week.

Pay range depends on experience, $26.20 - $29.59 per hour base wage, plus overtime, bonus, and monthly cell phone stipend (see below).

Current stipend & bonus structure:

• Cell phone stipend $35 per month.
• Bonus $50 per LTL daily route worked
• $40 per overnight

Rate range advertised reflected of rates inclusive of bonus and stipend

Benefits package offered includes:

• Employer-sponsored health, vision, and life insurance plans
• Dental insurance
• Supplemental insurance packages
• 401K plan with employer contributions ($1 per straight hour worked, no employee contribution required)
• PTO plan
• Paid holidays (8)
• Bi-weekly bonus (see above)
• Cell phone reimbursement stipend (see above)
• Performance reviews and cost of living increases
• Loyalty increases at 3, 5, 7, 10 years
• Home most nights
• Weekends off (outside of fall harvest season, late September - early November, months vary depending on weather)
• Cross training opportunities

** Benefit package, including bonus and cell phone stipend, subject to change; 401K and health plan subject to waiting period; bonus potential not a guarantee, and will vary based on available applicable work, and employee route schedule; current offerings do not constitute an employment contract or employer agreement of any kind**