Nussbaum Transportation Now Hiring

Greetings professional drivers.

My name is Tim and I am a Driver & Field Recruiter with Nussbaum Transportation. We are looking to expand our fleet size and we're actively looking for drivers. I'll be posting our hiring areas and general job information below. If you're interested, feel free to contact one of the company recruiters listed below, or if you have any specific questions you may feel free to PM me here on TTR and I can answer them for you or I'll send you my personal cell phone number if you'd like to talk. I am a full time company driver and can answer most questions you may have about the job itself.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be at least 23 years old
- Must have at least 1 year of recent OTR experience (within the past 3 years)
- No DUI's for the previous 5 years
- A decent driving record with no major issues

HIRING AREAS & HOMETIME:
Green areas are typically home weekly, gray areas are typically home every two weeks, however this can vary greatly. Hometime on weekends is not guaranteed - you may be home during the week as well as weekends. Hometime is always at least 34 hours but in most cases is longer. We run irregular routes and obviously that means that hometime is not always guaranteed, but family is extremely important to our company culture, so we make every effort to get drivers home to their loved ones.



JOB DETAILS:
- Irregular routes & unpredictable freight, no dedicated routes
- Driver unload : Happens about 5% of the time, extra pay when required to do so.
- Miles per week: 2100 - 2600, sometimes more, sometimes less.
- Guaranteed minimum pay of $1,050 per week
- Forced dispatch: Drivers are expected to take all loads assigned to them and are expected to adhere to all DOT hours of service regulations.
- Electronic logs
- We pay PC practical miles loaded and empty (gate to gate)
- Stop pay: $17 per stop after first pickup and last drop
- Detention pay: 2 hours free, $20 per hour after, 5 hours max
- Weekly pay with direct deposit
- Performance based bonus program with the ability to earn up to .06 per mile extra pay
- Our typical running areas are shown in the hiring map above, however we do run all 48 states and have at least a few loads in every state.
- NYC loads are possible, but typically we have 5 or less per week. There is a $200 bonus for running a load to a borough in NYC.
- No Canada or Mexico border crossing
- We are seeking a few trained/experienced flatbed drivers for our expanding freight base. Recruiting can provide more details on locations and extra pay.

OUR TRUCKS:
Freightliner Cascadia & Cascadia Evolution condo sleeper double bunk tractors with automatic transmissions. Equipped with refrigerators and ParkSmart APU systems. Most tractors equipped with ECAS adjustable suspension systems, in-cab fifth wheel release, and tire pressure monitoring. Drivers may bring their own power inverters (1000w max) and the shop will install them for a labor charge.

WAGES:
All drivers start with .02 per mile bonus pay and may retain that bonus through performance and may increase it up to an additional .04 per mile. The rates listed below include the starting pay WITH the .02 per mile bonus.

1-299 Miles: .54 per mile
300 - 449 Miles: .48 per mile
450+ Miles: .44 per mile

Fleet average income is $59,000 - $66,000 per year or $1,100 to $1,300 per week with the top 10% reaching $70,000 per year. (I am on course to make about $63,000 for my first year here, and I am typically home two and a half days per week)

BENEFITS:
- 401k: Company matches 50% of your first 6% that you put in - available from check #1
- Health insurance: Starts on the first of the month after two months of employment
- 8 paid holidays @ $180 per day
- Vacation: Paid @ $180 per day, 1 week after 1 year, 2 weeks after 3 years, 3 weeks after 8 years
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Large discounts with Verizon Wireless (I get 19% off of my Verizon bill)

PERKS:
- Excellent bonus program that measures factors on each individual truck to ensure all drivers are on a level playing field
- Pay is typically higher than other companies (especially for drivers with only 1 year of experience)
- Our trucks are very well equipped and very well maintained
- 3 day orientation, paid at $200 per day, and new drivers are provided with either a rental car or plane ticket to orientation, no Greyhound here
- Incredibly low turnover average
- Named one of the 2015 20 Best Fleets to Drive For
- Our customers tend to be much faster at loading & unloading (I have only had to put in for detention pay three times in the last 8 months)
- Minimum waiting time between loads, about 90% of the time your next load is already preplanned
- Unpaid days off can be requested at any time with 7 - 10 days notice
- Company employees use your name - you're not a number here
- Company does not "harass" its drivers - as long as you're on time for your appointments, they don't dictate how you do your job.
- Gift cards and other perks awarded for going "above and beyond"
- Extra pay provided when driver finds an issue with a trailer, reports it, and gets it fixed
- Rider program: $30 fee per quarter, riders must be at least 7 years old

CONTACT INFO:
If you're interested in a position with Nussbaum, feel free to contact our recruiter via phone. Please be sure to mention my name, Tim Graham, since I am a field recruiter and it is part of my job description to refer potential drivers. You may also PM me here on TTR with questions or you can request my cell phone number (or send me yours) via PM and I will be happy to speak with you. If you PM me, remember that I'm a full time driver and it may take me a bit to get back to you.

Josh Carr - Nussbaum Recruiter
Phone: 309-319-9270

 

We don't mess with hazmat at all. We do have a small number of loads in which we carry large containers full of liquids in the trailer which require a tanker endorsement, so that'll snag you some extra loads if you happen to have it.

Company pays all tolls. They'll equip your truck with all of the toll passes for areas you'll be running. I have EZPass/I-Pass, Pikepass, K-Tag, and another one for TX. Not tolltag but some other one LOL.

The company pays actual miles (gate to gate) instead of the standard zip code to zip code. Because of that, they want drivers to have an out of route percentage of 2% or less. If there's a reason that you need or want to change the route given, you can call in and ask for them to add a "track point" into the computer in order to keep your OOR down. Most of the time they'll make the change for you as long as it doesn't add a huge amount of miles onto the trip.

We have an EFS card and have the ability to fuel anywhere that takes it, but they do use a fuel optimizer system which gives you a list of authorized stops along your route. Fueling up at as many of these as possible nets you quite a few points on your scorecard, which can lead to pretty decent mileage bonuses.

 

They are in the process of installing cameras on the trucks that face both inward and outward.

The cameras record in timed loops (I believe it's 2 minutes but I'm not positive) and the footage is only saved and sent to the company if an event (like an impact) is recorded. The system has a keypad installed on the dash where the driver can enter a code and disable the inward facing camera when the truck is stopped.

 

Yes, there's no specific policy against making calls with a bluetooth headset while driving... just don't hit anything LOL.

They're good people here. It took me years to find the "diamond in the rough" company, and this is most definitely one of them. Just today, I received a card in the mail that said Happy Anniversary (Been here a year now) and the card was signed by all of the company staff, up to and including the CEO and owner himself. Also included was a $100 gift card.

 

I would say that I drive daytime at least 80% of the time, and a majority of the time that I drive nights, it's my choice. Although several of our customers are open 24 hours a day, a majority are only open during the day and and closed on weekends. I'm sure the occasional night drive is required, but it's definitely not the norm.

Yeah, we use the same old ParkSmart APUs that most Freightliners have. I will say that our shop at the HQ in Illinois is actually partnered with Truck Centers Inc. and we have actual Freightliner certified mechanics (which can perform ALL warranty work) on site that work on the trucks. So they're very good about getting things repaired correctly, and they're fast too.

I've never once been told not to idle if I wasn't comfortable, and although it can have a negative impact on your scorecard, it's not really enough to affect much. If you're getting 8.0 mpg or more from your truck, they won't say a word about idling here and there when you need to. My idle time is at 28% (double the 10% goal) but I take some restarts away from home and idle during the daytime. The only time I ever got a call about my idling is when I had an idle percentage of 86% one week, and they just forgot about the fact that I had just taken several days off that week and stayed out over the weekend, and it was too hot not to idle.