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Entry Level CDL-A Driver - Paid Training - East Coast Dry Van

NIS EXPRESS
Anderson, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 10/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/24/2027

You passed the CDL test, and now every ad seems to want experience you don't have yet. Here you train on the road with a real trainer, get a paycheck every week while you learn, and then run dry van freight up and down the East Coast.

Getting Started

  • 4 to 6 weeks on the road with an experienced driver trainer
  • $850 per week while you train
  • Your own truck as soon as your trainer signs off
  • $1,000 per week guaranteed for your first 3 months of solo driving

Your Routes

  • Dry van freight along the eastern seaboard
  • Loads stay East, so you don't get sent cross country
  • Home every two weeks
  • About 2,500 miles a week, mostly drop and hook

The Money

  • $1,200 to $1,500 average weekly gross
  • $0.55 per mile to start, plus 1 cent for every year of experience, up to $0.65
  • $15 stop pay
  • Performance bonus plan

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision after 30 days
  • 401k with company match and paid time off
  • $300 orientation pay, travel to orientation covered
  • Rider and pet allowed once training is done

Requirements

  • Valid Class A CDL, 21 or older
  • New drivers: 120 hours from an accredited CDL school
  • Experienced drivers: 6 months OTR in the last 12 months, or 12 months in the past 5 years
  • No more than 2 moving violations in 2 years, no major preventable accidents in 5 years
  • Pass hair and urine drug testing and a DOT physical

Your first truck is waiting. Apply on Indeed and a recruiter will call you the same business day.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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