About our CDL Trucking Company
Brakebush Transportation is a reefer trucking business transporting fresh Brakebush poultry across the United States. We offer drivers excellent benefits and 13 days of paid vacation in your first year. Apply now or contact us with any questions—we'd love to hear from you.
Additional Reasons to Drive for Brakebush
- Private fleet with newer trucks
- Driver-friendly amenities including sleeper cabs, scale & toll bypass, and more
- Top-rated logistics support
- Offered regular time home of at least 36 hours
- Rider and pet policies
- & more!
Brakebush is hiring in all Maine counties including:
Cumberland County | York County | Penobscot County | Kennebec County | Androscoggin County | Aroostook County | Oxford County | Hancock 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
Maine 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 Maine truck drivers. And with a growing inventory, we're continuing to hire more qualified drivers from across the state.
- $79,539 average truck driver salary (2022)
- -3% projected job growth of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2018-2028)
- 9,320 estimated heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2020)
Driving Distance to our Nearest HQ for Reefer Trucking Careers in Maine
| Reefer driving jobs (starting location) | Distance to our closest HQ (North Carolina) | Driving distance in hours |
| Portland | 899 miles | 14.3 hours |
| Lewiston | 931 miles | 14.7 hours |
| Bangor | 1,027 miles | 15.9 hours |
| South Portland | 900 miles | 14.3 hours |
| Auburn | 928 miles | 14.6 hours |
| Biddeford | 883 miles | 14.1 hours |
| Sanford | 880 miles | 14.1 hours |
| Brunswick | 924 miles | 14.6 hours |
| Scarborough | 894 miles | 14.2 hours |
| Saco | 887 miles | 14.1 hours |
| Westbrook | 899 miles | 14.3 hours |
| Augusta | 954 miles | 14.7 hours |
| Windham | 905 miles | 14.4 hours |
| Gorham | 900 miles | 14.3 hours |
| Waterville | 974 miles | 15.1 hours |
| York | 857 miles | 13.7 hours |
| Falmouth | 906 miles | 14.4 hours |
| Kennebunk | 876 miles | 14 hours |
| Orono | 1035 miles | 15.9 hours |
| Wells | 870 miles | 13.9 hours |