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CDL-A Local Intermodal Driver – Fort Wayne, IN Earn an average of $80,000–$88,000 per year hauling intermodal containers in the Fort Wayne area, with daily runs to Chicago and local customer routes.
Earn an average of $80,000–$88,000 per year hauling intermodal containers in the Fort Wayne area, with daily runs to Chicago and local customer routes. This dedicated opportunity offers a $5,000 bonus, additional pay for live loads, drop-and-hook moves, delays, and hazmat loads, plus paid time off.
Fort Wayne, IN — drivers report to the Fort Wayne yard daily for dispatch and truck assignment. Routes include daily trips to Chicago and local work within the surrounding area.
- Average Annual Pay: $80,000–$88,000
- Average Weekly Pay: $1,550–$1,700
- Mileage Pay: $0.52–$0.62 CPM
- Bonus: $5,000
- Live Load/Unload Pay: $56 per customer
- Drop-and-Hook Pay: $28 per customer pickup or delivery
- Out-of-Route Empty Move/Crosstown Drop: $15
- Rail Delay Pay: $15 per hour after the first hour
- Detention Pay: $15 per hour after 1.5 hours
- Hazmat Load Pay: $25 per load
- Transport intermodal containers between customers and rail yards.
- Run to Chicago and back daily, with additional local routes within approximately 100 miles of Fort Wayne.
- Operate within an approximately 175-mile radius of Fort Wayne.
- Day-shift freight is approximately 60% drop-and-hook and 40% live load/unload.
- Automatic trucks only — no manual transmissions.
- Drivers slip-seat and must leave trucks at the account during time off.
- Riders are not permitted.
- Tuesday–Saturday
- Start time: 9:00 AM
- Approximately 11-hour shifts
- Home daily
- Paid Time Off:
- First year: 18 paid days off, including 12 PTO days and 6 holidays.
- After the first year: 22 paid days off, including 16 PTO days and 6 holidays.
Requirements
~1 min read- Valid Class A CDL
- Minimum 3 months of verifiable Class A CDL experience
- Clean driving record
- Valid DOT Medical Card
- No SAP drivers
- Hazmat endorsement required within 60 days of hire
- Hazmat endorsement cost reimbursed after it is added to the driver's license.
What We Offer
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Listing Details
- First seen
- October 13, 2026
- Last seen
- October 13, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 1
- Trust Level
- 52%
- Scored at
- October 13, 2026
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