Class A&B CDL Tanker Drivers in Baltimore, MD

Great Hourly Pay; Averaging $54K $78K Annually

Carroll Fuel, a highly regarded, 100 year-old distributor of quality petroleum products has several openings for experienced and inexperienced tanker drivers.

Primary duties include local driving in the Baltimore / Washington Metropolitan area, delivering petroleum products and completing required daily paperwork.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rate; $27-28 or more (experience based)
• Quarterly bonus
• Overtime Will guarantee 10 hours per week
• Differential pay for weekend driving
• No overnights
• Comprehensive benefits package Medical / Dental / Vision / Prescription / life insurance / ADD / STD & LTD / FSA
• 401K

Driver Requirements

• Class A or B CDL with Tanker / HAZMAT endorsements
• Current / Valid DOT Medical Certificate
• 3 years tanker experience
• Ability to life 50 lbs and stabilize 100 lbs

Company Drivers

The information below provides insight into how working as a Company Driver may meet your expected lifestyle, work into your long-term career plans, and provide the working environment you seek.

Company Drivers are employed by specific companies that maintain its own fleet of trucks. Company Drivers are can be separated into 2 categories : (1) drivers working for trucking carriers that exist for the sole purpose of transporting freight of others, or (2) drivers working for companies that carry its own freight to support its own companys product or service.

Company drivers are in high demand, particular among large carriers.

Aside from the personal characteristics needed to be a good truck driver, a Company Driver can be representing a company with thousands of workers in the US and internationally.

Therefore, it is helpful for a Company Driver to keep a happy, helpful demeanor both to the general public and customers.

Likewise, reliability, honesty, integrity, and self-motivation is necessary since you wont have anyone looking over your shoulder or directing your every move.

No one will tell you when to get out of bed in the morning or when to take a break or stop driving for the day (except the NMCSA, of course!).

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Different types of materials require different types of trailers, and each type of trailer offers drivers its own challenges.

Therefore, it is important to understand what is required to not only drive your truck and your freight, but the trailer you are pulling as well.

Tanker equipment is designed for hauling various types of liquids and gases ranging from water to gasoline to hydrogen or other chemicals.

Tankers include trailer used exclusively for the purpose of hauling liquids and flatbed trailers with tanks secured to the trailer.

Some chemical hauled in tankers can be environmentally-hazardous if released, and other may be deadly sometime for a considerable distance and requiring evacuations of neighborhoods or business districts.

The liability a driver and employer hold when hauling and offloading hazardous materials requires high levels of insurance as well as high premiums.

Tanker drivers are not going to be hired if inexperienced or with records of questionable driving behavior.

Tanker drivers must also be detailed in record-keeping. Reading gauges as materials is loaded, hauled, and offloading is important to know how much of a tanks capacity is delivered to what locations and if gauges indicate leaks.

Hazardous material transportation laws can be strict.

Tanker drivers are required to hold the (N) Tanker endorsement, and it is advised to obtain the (H) Hazardous Materials endorsement or (X) Hazardous Material-Tanker combination endorsement.

With the endorsement tanker drivers will be limited in the liquids they can haul.

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Endorsements are required permissions for CDL holders driving and hauling various types of equipment and freight. You can earn endorsements at the same time as your CDL, or you can apply for them after you have been driving for a while.

Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Endorsement : the (H) endorsement. This endorsement is required if you are transporting hazardous materials such as flammable liquids, combustible liquids, gases, and other explosive materials.

The (H) endorsement is available and is required of all CDL holders transporting these materials, even at the Class C CDL level.

To earn and maintain the HazMat (H) endorsement, drivers must successful complete the following : (1) written knowledge test, (2) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Threat Assessment application, (3) submit fingerprints along with two forms of ID (Drivers license, DOT medical card, etc.

and (4) periodic written knowledge retest.

Truck driving jobs requiring endorsements may offer opportunities for increased per mile, hourly, or route-specific compensation.

Extra compensation based on endorsements will vary by the carrier. For more information about endorsements and what is required to obtain a Hazardous Materials (HazMat) endorsement, visit .

Endorsements are required permissions for CDL holders driving and hauling various types of equipment and freight. You can earn endorsements at the same time as your CDL, or you can apply for them after you have been driving for a while.

Tanker Endorsement : (N) endorsement. This endorsement allows you to operate a tank vehicle. The endorsement is required for both vehicles designed with both permanently and temporarily attached tanks.

Examples of tank vehicles are those used to transport liquids or liquid gas materials. The requirement to obtain the Tanker (N) endorsement is passing a written knowledge test.

Truck driving jobs requiring endorsements may offer opportunities for increased per mile, hourly, or route-specific compensation.

Extra compensation based on endorsements will vary by the carrier. For more information about endorsements and what is required to obtain a Tanker endorsement, visit .

Truck driving route type vary within the industry and are dependent on several factors including interstate trucking requirements, route planning, type of cargo hauled, frequency, hazardous materials restrictions, driver experience, etc.

Local Routes are shorter and cover a smaller (usually local) geographic area. Local Route drivers are home every night and have a regular daily route including several stops to offload cargo.

Companies servicing restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, and high-volume retail outlets are frequently included in a local route on a daily or semi-regular basis.

Job Overview Company Driver

Tanker

Local

Baltimore, MD

$54-78K annual

Required endorsement :

HazMat, Tanker

Required experience :

3-4 years

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Last updated : 2024-04-23