🗺 Location & Routes
- Base city: Portland, OR
- Route type: Local home-daily construction hauling
- Freight: rock, gravel, sand, asphalt, dirt
- Schedule: early start, 8–12 hour shifts, repeat cycles between sites
📋 Job Description
- Hauling aggregates between quarries and job sites across metro Portland
- Running repeat dump cycles: load, haul, unload, return
- Supporting active road construction and infrastructure crews daily
- Operating dump and transfer trucks in tight job site environments
- Coordinating with plant loaders and site supervisors for dispatch flow
- Handling multiple short-haul loads throughout the shift
✅ Requirements
CDL Class A
Valid CDL-A license required
Experience
6–12 months dump/construction hauling preferred
Age
Minimum 21 years old
MVR
Clean driving record, no major violations
Physical
securing freight at pickup, occasional site-level assistance
Endorsements
None required
🚛 Equipment & Fleet
- Truck assignment: mixed yard rotation, some steady assigned units
- Fleet average age: older but regularly serviced vocational + highway mix
- Features: Freightliner Cascadia, Volvo VNL presence, maintenance rotation, partial APU-equipped units
🏠 Home Time
- Home daily after shift completion
- Occasional early returns depending on job site completion flow
📍 Real Routes Our Drivers Take
- I-5: Portland → Oregon City → Salem quarry loops with repeat material runs
- I-84: Portland → Gresham → Troutdale construction corridors and aggregate pickups
- I-205: Clackamas → Vancouver, WA → industrial dump site rotations and return cycles
🎁 Benefits & Bonus Structure
💰 Bonus Structure
📝 Hiring Process
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How consistent are the daily dump runs?
Most weeks you’re running repeat cycles between quarries and job sites, so the pattern stays familiar once you’re on the lane.
Do I stay local every day or ever go out of Portland?
It’s strictly metro-based. You might cross into nearby WA sites, but you’re back in Portland area rotation daily.
What’s the wait time like at plants or job sites?
It varies. Some days you roll steady, other days you’ll sit a bit depending on load staging and crew timing.
Do I keep the same truck?
Usually yes, but dump fleet rotation means occasional swaps if a unit goes into shop.
What kind of freight am I dealing with all week?
Mostly rock, gravel, sand, dirt, and asphalt depending on active construction zones.
How heavy is the work pace?
It’s repetitive short-haul work. Load, haul, dump, repeat — rhythm builds after first couple of shifts.
📊 Local Market Insights
Most of the movement in Portland dump operations runs through the I-5 corridor, tying quarry loads south toward Salem and north toward Vancouver, WA job zones. I-84 feeds steady material flow into Gresham and East Portland construction sites, where cycle frequency stays high during active roadwork phases. I-205 connects Clackamas industrial pickups with cross-city dump runs, especially when multiple job sites are stacked in rotation. Freight timing usually depends more on plant loading speed and site readiness than distance between points.
🔗 CDL-A Construction Dump / Transfer Driver – Portland, OR
Portland CDL-A dump and transfer work runs steady through year-round infrastructure projects, with most drivers staying inside tight metro loops instead of long highway hauls. The daily pattern usually follows repeat cycles between quarries, asphalt plants, and active road construction zones across the city and nearby counties. Most freight movement ties into I-5 and I-84 corridors, where material flow stays consistent during peak construction seasons. This local setup keeps work structured around short-haul repetition, with multiple loads per shift and predictable return-to-site rotation. Drivers typically see steady weekly earnings in the $1300–$1700 range depending on load volume and wait time at job sites.
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