MT. STERLING, Ill. (June 20, 2013) – Dot Transportation Inc. (DTI), a subsidiary of Dot Foods, the nation’s largest food redistributor, will open a satellite location in Charles City, Iowa, in the coming weeks. DTI representatives are currently scouting locations and are recruiting 10 experienced truck drivers to help the company get this new location off the ground. Interested drivers are encouraged to apply online for the Customer Delivery Specialist position at www.drivefordot.com.
Charles City will be the seventh satellite location in the DTI system, which creates a new avenue for driver recruitment as well. Charles City is already a significant commercial and transportation center for the area, conveniently located on the Avenue of the Saints. This community of 7,652 people is also on a main travel lane between Dot Foods’ headquarters in Mount Sterling, Ill. and Dot customers. DTI is Dot Foods’ only shipping partner and co-locates in all of Dot Foods’ eight distribution centers.
“Dot Foods and DTI are growing steadily, despite the recession, so expanding the geographic areas we can hire from is a principal strategy to support continued expansion,” said Paul Mugerditchian, President of Dot Transportation. “Charles City is the perfect location because our Mount Sterling drivers will be able to take a shipment of products to the new drop lot and return in one day. Our new Charles City drivers will then pick up those shipments and deliver them to Dot Foods’ customers.
DTI recruiters are looking in Charles City, Cedar Falls and the Mason City area for 10 drivers who are already industry leaders. “Since this is a satellite location, these first 10 drivers will need to be self-sufficient, so we are looking for experience for these positions,” said DTI Recruiter Dana Chapman. “However, we plan to grow the Charles City satellite so I encourage less experienced drivers to apply as well – we could have more positions available soon.”
This DTI satellite location will allow drivers in this area of Iowa to work for DTI for the first time. According to indeed.com, over-the-road truck drivers in this area of Iowa make an average of $47,000 per year. Experienced DTI drivers make an average of $65,000 annually – so for drivers in this area, a job driving for DTI could potentially mean an increase in average pay plus more home time, as DTI drivers average two days per week at home. DTI drivers also earn excellent benefits including pay on actual miles; delivery pay; pick-up and layover pay; fuel incentives; quarterly and annual bonuses; paid personal days, sick days, vacations, holidays; benefits including health, dental, vision and 401(k) with match; short and long-term disability; experience pay and exceptional unload pay.
DTI is currently working with the local Charles City Chamber of Commerce to scout potential locations, with the only requirement being parking space for a minimum of 10 tractor trailers, preferably on a secure lot. Interested parties with space to rent on existing parking lots may contact Sarah Wolfe at DTI at 1-800-366-3687.
I would just like to congratulate our local powers for letting yet another one slip by us. Wow, you guys are on it huh? Charles City continues to grow yet MC continues to wither away. This is something Beermeyer and his cronies can really be proud of. What a group of champions.
Ya, November can’t come soon enough. Of course, I’ll vote but I suspect most of MC residents will just sit home and then cry about the results they don’t like. This city is full of do nothing bitchers and complainers…oh, and free loading wellfare recipients selling drugs and getting our fat white women pregnant.
The surrounding communities of Osage, Charles City, Britt, and others continue to see jobs with decent wages grow while Mason City trumpets (with a certain air of pride) the $9.50 poverty builder positions it attracts.
But, since those who are answerable to the voters refuse any sort of accountability, it leave room for speculation and concern.
November cannot come soon enough.
These are the kinds of jobs and wages Mason City needs. No offense to Mr. Willett, but why do we keep getting edged out by these other area towns? What do they have that we do not? I really think the EDC needs help to succeed. And I do wish Mr. Willett and the EDC success. However, it is becoming clearer everyday that our current formula for economic success is not working. I believe the EDC is rudderless and needs to be placed under the same microscope that our sanitation and human rights departments were placed under. Then we can see what the problem is. The cronyism at City Hall is preventing this from happening. Only through new leadership with the guts to ask tough questions can positive changes be made.
Another example of a complete and utter failure on the part of our esteemed EDC and Brett Willet. Charles City gets new business with what sounds like excellent jobs and benefits. Algona just got a 100,000 square foot warehouse for White transport that will provide at least 25 new well paying jobs…why do we lose these opportunies to these cities…what goes on that the EDC cannot bring them here?
All the talk about the new telemarketing company providing to start 25 poverty level jobs, who in their right mind besides the EDC considers this a achievement….the only person I can think of is ISU football coach who apparently considers being mediocre at best a achievement.
I am starting to believe that Willet much like others in local government has to big of a ego and way to high of a level of self importance to admit that under his reign the EDC has become not only a farce but they now spend their days trying to hide their absolute failure at their jobs.