Hiring Area: San Antonio Metro • Terminal: San Antonio, TX
Steel, lumber, rebar and construction materials move daily across San Antonio and nearby Central Texas corridors on open-deck trailers. Drivers earn $25–$34 per hour with typical weekly gross of $1,800–$2,200 and high-earning weeks reaching $2,600 when overtime and incentives apply. Returns home every night.
A mid-sized regional carrier supports steel yards, lumber suppliers, fabrication facilities and active construction projects with daily open-deck freight throughout the San Antonio area and nearby corridors.
Pay is hourly with overtime after 40 hours. Base range reflects actual hours worked; incentives for tarping, securement and safety sit outside the advertised weekly figures and are not guaranteed every week.
Equipment is assigned when available; units rotate for scheduled maintenance. Drivers receive work gloves and basic safety gear and must report defects through the ELD process.
Most moves stay short-haul. Steel service centers, lumber yards and fabrication shops feed contractor yards and active job sites across the metro and surrounding corridors.
Open-deck freight that keeps construction and industrial sites supplied across Central Texas requires carriers built for short-haul reliability rather than long-haul mileage. Steel distributors, lumber yards, fabrication shops and contractor projects generate daily demand for drivers who can manage securement, job-site access and changing appointment windows. This mid-sized regional operation focuses on that niche from its San Antonio base, running a mixed open-deck fleet that supports the I-35 and I-10 industrial corridors. Daily dispatch adjusts to material readiness and site conditions so that construction and industrial customers receive consistent deliveries without overnight travel for the driver.
San Antonio supports a diverse CDL-A employment market shaped by construction, manufacturing, distribution, foodservice, LTL, intermodal, fuel and specialized industrial delivery. Drivers can shift between dry-van, open-deck, tanker and dedicated accounts without leaving the metro, creating steady competition for experienced operators. The I-35 corridor ties the city to New Braunfels, Austin and North Texas freight, while I-10 opens east-west lanes toward Seguin, Houston and the Hill Country. US-90, Loop 1604 and SH-151 further connect industrial parks and contractor yards across the region. Flatbed drivers hold a clear advantage because securement, tarp handling and job-site navigation skills are not interchangeable with standard dry-van experience. Construction phases, commercial development and infrastructure work generate recurring demand for open-deck capacity throughout the year. Local and short-haul positions remain plentiful, giving qualified drivers multiple options inside the same geographic footprint rather than forcing a move into regional or OTR work.
Construction growth and industrial expansion drive the majority of open-deck volume through San Antonio. Structural steel, rebar, dimensional lumber, fabricated metal and building components leave steel service centers, lumber yards and fabrication shops daily, heading to commercial job sites, contractor yards and infrastructure projects. The city’s dual position on I-35 and I-10 creates natural short-haul lanes into New Braunfels, Seguin, Schertz, Boerne, Converse, Pleasanton and the Austin corridor. Appointment windows at active construction sites often dictate the day’s rhythm more than pure highway miles. Summer heat, high winds and thunderstorms affect tarp management and job-site access roads, while major construction phases temporarily increase material demand. Crane availability, site congestion and changing unloading locations are routine factors that separate this freight from warehouse-to-warehouse dry-van work. The combination of steady industrial activity and continuous building projects keeps open-deck capacity in consistent demand across Central Texas.