CDL-A Local Steel Coil Driver – Cleveland, OH

Local industrial hauling focused on steel coils and processed steel products. Most pickups involve crane loading at mills, port/warehouse facilities or steel service centers.

• Move steel coils, slit coils and selected flat-steel products on local runs.
• Position the trailer for crane loading and verify coil placement before securement.
• Use coil racks, chains, binders, chocks and steel dunnage according to load requirements.
• Check axle weights, securement and trailer condition before leaving the yard.
• Deliver to processors, fabricators and manufacturing plants across Northeast Ohio.
• Complete BOL/POD, ELD/DVIR and customer-specific steel documentation.
• Return the tractor to Cleveland-area company parking after the shift.

Pay is hourly with overtime after 40 hours. The normal operating model is approximately 45–50 hours per week, with 50 hours producing $1,760 gross before any qualifying detention pay.

Most days involve two major movements or one longer round trip. No planned overnight dispatch; loaded trailers are normally returned to company-controlled parking or an approved drop yard.

Drivers are expected to handle the securement process but do not operate customer cranes. Equipment is assigned when available; temporary tractor changes can occur during maintenance.

Typical dispatches connect Cleveland steel and industrial freight locations with processors and manufacturers throughout Northeast Ohio.

• Cleveland waterfront / port area → Euclid or Lake County industrial customers.
• Cleveland → Twinsburg / Macedonia / Akron-area steel processors.
• Cleveland → Valley View / Independence / southern Cuyahoga industrial facilities.
• Cleveland → Youngstown corridor for longer steel movements.
• Cleveland → Lorain / Elyria for west-side industrial deliveries.
• Primary corridors include I-90, SR-2, I-480, I-271, I-77 and I-80/Ohio Turnpike.

• Valid Class A CDL and current DOT medical card.
• 6+ months CDL-A experience; steel, coil or flatbed experience strongly preferred.
• Acceptable MVR and employment history meeting company insurance standards.
• Pass DOT drug/alcohol testing and Clearinghouse requirements.
• Able to handle chains, binders and securement equipment and work outdoors year-round.
• Comfortable working around cranes, industrial yards and tight delivery areas.
• Recent flatbed experience is preferred; no tanker endorsement required.

• Steel coils may not be released when the truck reaches the shipper.
• Crane availability can create loading or unloading waits.
• Morning congestion affects I-90, I-480, I-77 and Cleveland industrial approaches.
• Winter snow and ice can slow yard access and securement work.
• Production changes can replace an afternoon reload with another local assignment or empty return.

Cleveland has a diversified industrial trucking market built around manufacturing, steel, construction materials, food distribution, LTL, intermodal and regional freight. Steel work is more specialized than standard dry van because drivers must understand concentrated-weight cargo, coil securement, industrial-yard procedures and crane-loading operations. The local market also benefits from Cleveland's Great Lakes freight infrastructure. The Port of Cleveland's general cargo operation handles steel, heavy machinery and other breakbulk cargo, with direct access to SR-2 and I-90 and connections toward I-77 and I-71. For a local steel driver, the work is therefore less about accumulating highway miles and more about reliable short-haul turns between Cleveland-area industrial facilities and manufacturing customers.

Northeast Ohio's steel freight network is tied to Cleveland's waterfront, steel and metal-processing facilities, service centers and manufacturing corridors extending toward Akron, Youngstown, Lorain and Lake County. The Port of Cleveland's general cargo terminal specifically handles steel and provides lay-down and warehouse capacity, while current port records show steel coils/skids moving through the facility. Typical truck movements use I-90, SR-2, I-480, I-271, I-77 and the Ohio Turnpike depending on the origin and destination. Port facilities also connect with CSX and Norfolk Southern, making truck moves part of a broader multimodal supply chain. The daily freight pattern changes with mill production, coil availability, customer appointments and reload opportunities, so dispatches are local but not identical every day.