TMC
Cdl-A Truck Driver - Recent Grads Welcome
Lake Zurich, Illinois, US
Role snapshot
TMC is hiring a Cdl-A Truck Driver - Recent Grads Welcome on a full-time basis. This is a role based in Lake Zurich, Illinois, US.
- Company
- TMC
- Location
- Lake Zurich, Illinois, US
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posted
- Nov 1, 2026
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About the role
Job DescriptionTMC is Now Hiring CDL-A Recent GraduatesEarn $650/Wk While Training - First-Year Drivers Can Make Up to $100K/YrYou've Got Your Class A? Start Driving in 2 Weeks - No Experience Required\ N
Training Schedule:
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- Four days of classroom instruction \ N
- Three days of hands-on load securement training \ N
- Five days of equipment familiarization, driving and backing instruction, and training in how to complete a thorough DOT pre-trip inspection \ N
- Four weeks of OTR training with one of our experienced driver trainers, who will help you master the hands-on skills you need to succeed as a flatbed driver for TMC \ N
- Start your career as a TMC flatbed driver! \ N
- TMC pairs you with a trainer who lives within 150 miles of home, helping you get home most weekends during training \ N
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- First-year drivers earn up to $100,000 annually \ N
- Home weekends \n
- Paid training - $650 a week during orientation and your final week on the road \ N
- $125 holiday pay for New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas \ N
- Increased tarp pay: $40 for smoke & steel tarping and $50 for lumber tarping \ N
- Continuous Run Program: Earn an additional 1% of load pay after one weekend out, 2% after two weekends, and up to 3% after three or more weekends on the road \ N
- $600 in-truck bonus when you receive your own truck, plus $1,000/week guaranteed pay during your first two weeks in your assigned truck \ N
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage;
401(k) with company match \ N - A stake in TMC through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan \ N
- Paid vacation & holidays \ N
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- Valid CDL-A \n
- Little or no driving experience \ N
- No recent DOT-reportable accidents or DUIs \ N
- Last five years of workhistory for your application \ N