Job Description

🚛 CDL Class A Team Driver – Osceola, IA

📍 Home Weekly | Team Driving Required | Live Animal Transport

📢 Important Information Before You Apply

This is a required team driving position due to the transportation of live animals (day-old poults). Drivers must be comfortable working closely with a co-driver to ensure safe, efficient, and timely delivery.

• Team driving is mandatory for this role
• Drivers are home weekly, with schedules designed to balance operational needs and home time
• This location includes a combination of local and long-haul routes
• Drivers may be away from home up to 3 nights per week on long-haul assignments
• Loading and unloading of live animals is required

💡 Team drivers are compensated while in the sleeper.
💡 Single-driver layovers (when applicable) receive designated layover pay.

🌟 About the Role

We are seeking a dependable CDL Class A Team Driver to safely transport day-old poults while maintaining the highest standards of animal welfare, biosecurity, and product integrity

Select Genetics is a leading global supplier of poults and hatching eggs, serving customers across the United States and internationally. With operations in eight U.S. states, we are committed to quality, innovation, and service excellence.

This position reports directly to the On-Site Transportation Manager

💰 Compensation & Benefits

• 💵 Sign-on bonus: $2,500 – $5,000 (based on experience)
• 💰 Competitive pay: $25.65 – $28.80/hour
  • Non-OT eligible under Motor Carrier Exemption
• 🏥 Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• ❤️ Company-paid life insurance + short- and long-term disability
• 💼 401(k) with up to 4% company match
• 💳 HSA with up to $500 company contribution
• 📅 Full-time: 40+ hours per week
• 🏡 Home weekly schedule

🧭 Requirements

• Valid CDL Class A license
• Minimum 1+ year of commercial driving experience
• Must be 21 years or older (interstate driving requirement)
• Team driving is required for this position
• Willing and able to work non-local and overnight routes
• Comfortable starting work in the early morning hours
• Must be available to work weekends as needed
• Ability to safely handle live animal transportation

🚚 Key Responsibilities

• Safely transport day-old poults between production and customer locations
• Follow strict biosecurity, sanitation, and animal welfare protocols
• Perform required loading and unloading of live animals
• Maintain accurate logs and required transportation documentation
• Ensure compliance with all company policies and transportation regulations
• Communicate effectively with team driving partner and operations staff
• Maintain confidentiality of company operations and customer information

🤝 What We’re Looking For

We are looking for drivers who are:

• Safety-focused and dependable
• Comfortable in a team driving environment
• Flexible with scheduling and route assignments
• Professional and committed to high standards of animal care
• Reliable and able to work independently when needed