About our CDL Trucking Company
We have been industry leaders in frozen chicken production and delivery while providing great pay and benefits to our employees. At least one day a week, we encourage our drivers to go home and spend time with their families. We work with our drivers' needs and provide them with excellent benefits and equipment for their rig. Apply online or contact us with questions.
Brakebush is hiring in all Delaware counties including:
New Castle County | Sussex County | Kent County
Pay Rate:
- Base Rate: $.60 per Practical Mile
- Team Base Rate: $.33 per Practical Mile
- Plus Performance Incentive: $.05 per Practical Mile
- Plus Per Diem: $.05 per Practical Mile
- East Coast Premium: $.10 per Practical Mile
- Team East Coast Premium: $.05 per Practical Mile
- Paid Weekly
+ Bonuses:
- $15 per hour detention pay after two hours
- $12.50 per hour layover pay with a 24 - hour maximum of $165
- Quarterly Safety Bonus: up to $.01 per Practical Miles
- Quarterly Fuel Mileage Bonus: top achievers generally earn more than $500.00 per quarter
- PC Miles Bonus: up to $.01 per Practical Mile
- Annual Safety Bonus: After driving 250,000 safely, drivers can receive an additional $.001 per mile for all safe driving miles driven in their career at the company.
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Benefits:
Brakebush received National Health Care Award for 2019 by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
Health Insurance Health Saving plan & FLEX plan available
Life Insurance Basic term - company will provide coverage of $10,000 with option to purchase more
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
DOT Physical Reimbursement
Wellness Center for employees and family on medical plan
Paid Benefit Time (Vacation/Sick Days) 0 - 2 years: 13 days/yr
2 - 10 years: 18 days/yr
10 - 18 years: 23 days/yr
18+ years: 28 days/yr
401k - Company match
Holiday Pay Eight paid holiday per calendar year
Optional add-ons: Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
Short Term Disability & Illness Plan
Long Term Disability & Illness Plan
Delaware Trucking Facts
Now is a great time to be a long-haul truck driver, especially at Brakebush Transportation. Many of our team members make well above the average annual earnings for Delaware truck drivers. And with a growing inventory, we're continuing to hire more qualified drivers from across the state.
- $84,888 average truck driver salary (2022)
- +5% projected job growth of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2018-2028)
- 4,510 estimated heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2020)
Driving Distance to our Nearest HQ for Reefer Trucking Careers in Delaware
| Reefer driving jobs (starting location) | Distance to our closest HQ (North Carolina) | Driving distance in hours |
| Wilmington | 496 miles | 8.4 hours |
| Dover | 457 miles | 7.9 hours |
| Newark | 484 miles | 8.3 hours |
| Middletown | 459 miles | 7.7 hours |
| Bear | 474 miles | 8 hours |
| Glasgow | 470 miles | 8 hours |
| Brookside | 458 miles | 8.3 hours |
| Hockessin | 473 miles | 8.6 hours |
| Smyrna | 458 miles | 7.9 hours |
| Milford | 459 miles | 8 hours |
| Pike Creek Valley | 494 miles | 8.4 hours |
| Claymont | 504 miles | 8.5 hours |
| Wilmington Manor | 467 miles | 8.4 hours |
| Seaford | 444 miles | 7.7 hours |
| Pike Creek | 493 miles | 8.4 hours |
| North Star | 490 miles | 8.5 hours |
| Georgetown | 448 miles | 7.7 hours |
| Edgemoor | 499 miles | 8.4 hours |
| Elsmere | 496 miles | 8.4 hours |
| New Castle | 478 miles | 8.1 hours |