IKE Transportation 100% Employee Owned
Home Every Weekend - No True Tarping - Free Retirement
Our Primary freight lanes are TN, MS, GA, AR, AL, and KY
Who are we?
Since 1996 IKE Transportation has provided Regional Flatbed trucking services hauling, primarily, steel. We joined the Big G Express family in 2016 and are now 100% employee owned. This means that every employee shares the responsibilities and rewards of ownership. We succeed when our customers succeed!
What will you be doing?
You will be securing and delivering steel coils, flat steel, and occasionally lumber.
This is a physically demanding position, you are not just driving a truck!
- Climbing in/out of cab, on/off truck bed
- Securing Loads- bending, squatting, throwing chains, lifting wood
- Hook/Unhook trailer
- Push/Pull tarps on/off covered wagon
- Perform safety checks on your truck/trailer
- Ensure truck is kept clean and presentable
- Represent the company in a professional manner
- Complete required logs and scan in tickets
- Follow DOT rules and regulations
*This is not an exhausted list of the Flatbed Drivers’ responsibilities*
What Do We Offer?
- HOME WEEKENDS and not just for your 34!
- NO TRUE TARPING- we utilize Side Kits and Conestoga Kits
- Paid training and orientation
- ½ cent raise
- BCBS low deductible insurance- as low as $28 a week!
- 8 paid HOME holidays (no waiting period)
- FREE Retirement Plan with the ESOP program
- 401k plan- we match 10% of your contributions*
- Company-Paid life insurance and Long-Term Disability
- Paid Time Off*
- Referral Bonus- Up to $2500 PER REFERRAL
- Newer Kenworth T680s- Manual and Automatic
- A good work environment- you’re not just a truck number, you’re a person!
- Short Freight Lanes
Basic Requirements:
- Valid Class A CDL & DOT Medical Card (with at least 3 months before expiration)
- Minimum 1 year Class A commercial driving experience
- A good attitude
- Clean DOT Clearinghouse
- No felony convictions in the past 5 years
- Good MVR and Stable Work History
- No Drug/Alcohol violations in the past 5 years
- No Preventable DOT reportable accidents in the last 2 years
Compensation:
- CPM based on verifiable Class A experience
- Load Pay
- Automatic ½ cent raise every six months
- Optional $69/day per diem
- Detention Pay (after 1st hour)
- Breakdown pay (for the ENTIRE breakdown period)
- Backhaul Pay
- Stop Pay for multiple stop loads
- Performance Pay
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $0.50 - $0.62 per mile
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- AD&D insurance
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee stock ownership plan
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid orientation
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Passenger ride along program
- Prescription drug insurance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Safety equipment provided
- Vision insurance
Supplemental pay types:
- Breakdown pay
- Detention pay
- Extra stop pay
- Loading / unloading pay
Trucking driver type:
- Company driver
- Solo driver
Trucking home time:
Trucking route:
Application Question(s):
- We require 12 months of Class A Driving experience within the last 18 months. Do you have the required experience?
Experience:
- Class A Commercial Driving: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: On the road