CDL-A Local Cross-Dock Freight Driver – Houston, TX

This is a local trailer-transfer position built around Houston's warehouse network. The driver moves sealed 53' dry vans between scheduled facilities, with most freight already loaded and ready for pickup.

• Pick up loaded trailers from assigned warehouse or cross-dock.
• Verify trailer number, seal, BOL and destination before departure.
• Drop loaded trailers and hook the next outbound unit.
• Complete pre-trip, post-trip and DVIR inspections.
• Update dispatch after each trailer exchange.
• Return tractor to the Houston terminal at the end of the shift.

The position is hourly because traffic, dock queues and trailer exchanges can make local mileage unreliable. Overtime starts after 40 hours.

Local equipment is serviced through the Houston terminal and approved repair vendors. Drivers report mechanical issues through dispatch rather than arranging outside repairs independently.

Freight is primarily palletized dry goods: packaged food, paper products, household merchandise, retail replenishment and general industrial supplies.

• Houston → Katy / Brookshire → Houston
• Houston → North Houston / FM 1960 area → Houston
• Houston → Channelview / East Houston → Houston
• Houston → Pasadena / La Porte → Houston
• Houston → Baytown → Houston
• Common corridors: I-10, I-45, I-69/US-59, I-610 and Beltway 8
• Most turns involve one loaded trailer followed by an empty or outbound trailer exchange

• Valid Class A CDL with a current medical certification.
• At least 6 months of recent CDL-A tractor-trailer experience preferred.
• Recent CDL school graduates may be considered with acceptable training history.
• Acceptable MVR, PSP and employment verification under company standards.
• Pass DOT drug screen and Clearinghouse requirements.
• Comfortable backing 53' trailers in tight warehouse yards.
• Able to climb in and out of a day cab repeatedly during the shift.
• No HazMat, tanker or doubles endorsement required.

• Morning congestion entering I-10, I-45 and Beltway 8.
• Warehouse queues when several inbound trailers arrive together.
• Trailer not released on the scheduled appointment time.
• Limited empty equipment during high-volume shipping periods.
• Rain and flooding risk can slow local turns during severe weather.
• End-of-week retail volume can add an extra local movement.

Houston's CDL market includes a wide mix of local day-cab, dry-van, LTL, foodservice, tanker, port-related and regional positions. Local hourly work is especially common where drivers support warehouse, distribution and dedicated customer networks. Cross-dock jobs occupy a narrower segment: the driver spends less time accumulating highway miles and more time making scheduled trailer exchanges. Houston's large industrial footprint creates demand for this type of short-haul capacity, particularly around the Northwest, South and Southeast logistics corridors. The job also attracts drivers who want home-daily work without moving into tanker, hazmat or heavy-touch delivery operations.

Houston's local freight network is spread across several distinct warehouse corridors. Northwest and North Houston support large regional distribution operations, while Katy and West Houston handle substantial consumer and retail distribution. East Houston, Channelview, Pasadena and La Porte sit closer to Port Houston and the Ship Channel industrial base. Baytown adds another major warehouse and manufacturing corridor. For a cross-dock driver, this creates short turns rather than one fixed lane: a morning Houston-to-Katy move can be followed by an East Houston trailer exchange later the same day. The main operating constraint is not distance but timing—warehouse appointment windows, highway congestion, trailer availability and dock queues determine how many turns can be completed before the driver returns to the terminal.