Indian River Transport is seeking Class A CDL Company Drivers with Tanker Endorsement for our OTR division! No Tanker Experience Required – We haul products such as juice, milk, cream, and everything in between. We are a privately-owned liquid food grade carrier, providing transportation services throughout the United States, while also offering import/export services between the US, Canada, and Mexico (border crossing optional, not required).
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Services between the US, Canada, and Mexico
We haul products such as juice, milk, cream, and everything in between.
Pet & Rider Policies (some restrictions and exclusions apply)
Semi-Local
CPM and Hour rates can change depending on the market and fuel prices! For more information, you can Apply, and the company will contact you to discuss details! Thank you for understanding!
Home weekly
CPM and Hour rates can change depending on the market and fuel prices! For more information, you can Apply, and the company will contact you to discuss details! Thank you for understanding!
Home every 2 weeks *depending on domicile location.
CPM and Hour rates can change depending on the market and fuel prices! For more information, you can Apply, and the company will contact you to discuss details! Thank you for understanding!
Home every 3 to 4 weeks (depending on domicile location.)
CPM and Hour rates can change depending on the market and fuel prices! For more information, you can Apply, and the company will contact you to discuss details! Thank you for understanding!
5,000 minimum miles per week
Home time every 2 to 4 weeks
We have 400 Power units
Late Model Peterbilt 579
Elite Pass, Pre-Pass & EZ Pass available
Will consider drivers with at least 6 months recent OTR Class A CDL Experience but might have to go out with a Trainer for 60 hours behind the wheel.
We are a private company that transports food-grade liquids across the United States and offer import and export transportation services with Canada and Mexico. We have over 600 trucks and 1,200 trailers. Our drivers are 100% dedicated to customer satisfaction, building strong relationships, growing the company, and maintaining a culture of integrity and respect.
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If you run your loads, get them delivered on time and don’t refuse any/all loads you will make money. They are a very good company to work for as long as you stay on their good side. They are truly a family oriented company. If you are the type of driver that likes to sit constantly, and not make money, this company is not for you. If you are the type of driver that loves your money and loves to run, this company would be perfect for you.
Indian River Transport as the best Recruiters. That I've ever deal with. They are fast and professional. Them lady's will help anyway they can. They will treat you like family.
Nice place to spend the night, always plenty of parking.
I've worked with worse companies, but I seemed to do a lot of 34-hr resets with more than half my clock left. They are somewhere in the middle on the pay scale. You have multiple regional dispatchers, which can get confusing for them as well as the driver. Communication between offices are poor, breakdown prefers you to be completely broke down before they authorize services. I didn't have any issues with paychecks other than not getting paid for down times/layovers that I was supposed to be paid for (a lot of them) I wouldn't discourage anyone from applying due to some actually having better experiences.
Thank you Sincerely...I was sharing the road with one of their drivers on SR 60 when their driver was so focused on safety that he saw what was coming for me and gave me the space and time that I needed to avoid a high speed traffic crash, thank you Driver! and especially since CDLAs now days don't even signal.
I’ve done food grade tankers for quite a while, and these people have some awesome trucks and trailers and awesome drivers💯💯🤘
I went to work for their company in October of 2023 and quit in December of 2023. Here's what happened. I was a team driver with indian River Transport and was told I'd be making a 80 cent split, so 40 cents on the mile. What they didn't tell me was that the 80 cent split was contingent on making 23,000 miles a month, which is doable, but then, when October was at an end, they told me that I wouldn't get that bonus check till the end of December. That was the final nail in the coffin I quit, but it didn't stop there. My former co-driver calls me up and tells me I have to watch a video of something or another, most likely a safety thing. I was never told this, and neither was he, so I called up the company to make an inquiry and see about them sending me the video. Instead, what I was told was that because I quit before watching this video, they would not be paying me the bonus even though I did the work. i drove the 23,000 miles in October that I was not going to get paid the 80 cent split per mile. My suggestion to anyone looking to come be employed by this company as a team or looking to be a team driver is don't. Anyone who goes there after reading this at least you'll know what kind of company you're about to get in bed with.
Facility seemed nice and well kept. But the tank wash for a outside carrier absolute joke. Five hours to wash prior was white wine vinegar. Type 5 kosher and dry. Dry lmfao they pulled it out the bay and plugged up a fan and lowered it in my trailer a garage type floor fan. Hopefully never get sent back here to wash Florida Food Tanker is a lot better facility.
They're a good place to transport your indian rivers. 5 starz
Do BETTER!!! Teach your drivers to NOT BLOCK FUEL PUMPS!!! Your driver parked here and went inside for 17min THEN comes out.
I currently work here best trucking company I've worked for. Been here seen 2020. My advice to new drivers work with them they work with you. Stay out 3 months then take off 10 to 12 days. That makes them happy and you will be as well. Have to be willing to make sacrifices. They are a very good company to work for, just got to show them you are willing to run the tires off the truck. Its not forced dispatch, but don't put limits on them, so you don't limit on yourself. I look at it like the job got to get done ✔️ We got to keep accounts, keeping accounts, mean we keep the revenue coming, you and everyone in office happy. They hustle the loads we put in the miles and get the job done. Company is very easy to work with. They don't have you as a number. Its a job and it's got to get done. Don't make things difficult for them and they won't make it difficult for you. Let's get it clear to who ever reads this, company did not pay me or ask for a review from me. Its straight from my personal experience here at IRT.
In my humble 24 years driving in the trucking industry, I must let anybody who is interested in IRT my short experience with the company due to personal circumstances. They're absolutely the easiest people to deal with!, I mean by far they took the flag for me. Without counting the first week due to orientation, etc., I made 6 paychecks total in which, I was able to make not 1 but 2 paychecks with well over 3500 miles a week, one of then close to 4000 miles! (Yes, in my first month and including a reset also). If you are an individual who likes to avoid the noise from others that surround you, keeps your head down, and likes to work then you absolutely must consider this guys, good people, great equipment and lots of common sense!, thank you and good luck.
The reality is that every company has it's ups and downs. And in a imperfect world it really bottoms down to the dispatchers working with your needs. Let's face it,sometimes we want to roll n put in miles and sometimes we have appointments and personal obligations to meet and need to be home. In my 2.5 years experience working for IRT I have to say that roughly 90 % of the time they (dispatch) work with me on trying to get me back home when I need to. And no we don't get paid for live load/unload but the ppm is respectable and for me that's good enough. I won't get mad if they give me a raise tho.lol. But really, I'm glad to be here bcuz this company has turned out to be a blessing to my family and I. Hope this was helpingful.
Good place to work they take care of their drivers nice equipment been around for a while
Family run. Staff knows you by name and not a number. Love working here!!! Best 9 years at a job i have ever spent!!
You’re not just a number you’re part of the family! They have great equipment and take care of it and all problems right away!! They keep you busy and get you home when you need to be.
Indian River was a great place to work. 75 miles an hour trucks. They gave you a load, you picked it up. And they left you alone I never heard from anybody know. Microbanaging always had plenty of miles if you get in mind staying up
Very easy to get along with Dispatch. Job was not hard at all. Equipment issues were fixed on demand. The Owners really made the environment conducive to productivity.
What is the best part of working at the company? Very few disagreeable people working on management side. What is the most stressful part about working at the company? Not much stress, really. Easy going atmosphere. What is the work environment and culture like at the company? Low stress environment. Dispatchers aren't harassing you or micromanaging. What is a typical day like for you at the company? I could look forward to just being given a task and working towards its completion without interference.
What is the best part of working at the company? I'm not just a number. I'm an integral member of a professional team, both on the road and in the office. What is the most stressful part about working at the company? Customer service is tough no matter where one works, but knowing how to de-escalate and notify dispatch as soon as there is a challenge is key. What is the work environment and culture like at the company? Drivers are allowed autonomy. There is a significant value placed on work-life balance for drivers. Driver health is of utmost importance from the team in the terminals. What is a typical day like for you at the company? I make my own schedule. As long as I am where I need to be, and on time, dispatch trusts me to complete my assignments without micromanagement.
Just like most company driving positions, it is what you make of it. The miles are there if you want them. Getting home on schedule is hard sometimes.
What is the best part of working at the company? No pressure easy to interact family own What is the most stressful part about working at the company? When ur during tankers you must drive extra careful What is the work environment and culture like at the company? Calm they are efficient on maintaining their trucks and equipment bonus What is a typical day like for you at the company? Hook and drive I 5 corridor mainly apple juice
What is the best part of working at the company? Leaving , not the worse but close What is the most stressful part about working at the company? Sitting 3 days at a reciever and not getting paid. What is the work environment and culture like at the company? The truck I was given was filthy. What is a typical day like for you at the company? Working for charity.
Way too much sitting around for no money. They don't pay detention pay, if they do, it'll be a month or so before you see it. Also you need to be broke down for 48 hours, before they start taking care of you. You're dispatched by whomever's area your in, so it's never consistent. Cedar Rapids is incompetent when it comes to load planning and actually sticking to a plan.
Always moving was paid for empty and loaded and setting waiting to be loaded or unloaded everyone was awesome to work under and never goofed you around they always kept equipment maintained and in good condition
Been at the river 12 years don’t know what gets be enjoy my job dispatch works with me most time for time when I need it has some of the best trucks on the road has its problems like all have but nothing you can’t work with a company I can say I take pride in working for
From working over the road to local routes, I have enjoyed working at the River. The dispatcher’s are very easy to work with and understanding to your needs for home time and road life. Trucks are well maintained. There could be some changes for the better like health insurance and better driver promotion. But then Rome was not built in a day.
They pay you well to use your passport and run loads to Canada. The milk and cream loads seem to have you sitting at shippers and receivers more than running juices. The sitting wouldn’t be bad if they had a true defined detention pay, but it’s kind of up to their discretion and if you get it, it’s not on that weeks check and normally not what you would have expected?
OK to work for, but you can make better money at other tanker companies. I had more freedom to contact the driver managers and arrange a load to where I wanted to go to from the loads that were available.
Any job that you can make $1000 or more per week, I'd consider decent pay. With this company, you will earn every penny that you get. There were times that I was burnt out, and was still pressured to run. The company is family owned, so everyone knows everyone else's name. That's a plus. Home time can be hit or miss, depending on where you are in the country. In order to get top pay, I would suggest going in with your TWIC card, a passport (because they do have "extra paid [$250+mileage]" runs to Canada), and it doesn't hurt to have your HAZMAT endorsement. I'd say I averaged between $1200-$1400 per week. Keep in mind that this is a tanker company, so have the endorsement to get in the door.
Three weeks out on the road but they’ll force four or five weeks out if you allow them with no regard to a drivers hometime.Hometime can be a problem with Indian River transport
Great place to work. Everyone is very nice office, dispatcher, mantanance and washout employees. If it was not for personal health issues I would still be working there.
All in all this is a good friendly place to work. The dispatchers seem to want to work with the drivers. If miles is what you want you can get them here, as long as you let it be known.
i love working here co workers equiptment is great every body seem to be team players pay is fair home time is decent training is on going people stff cares
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