Drive With a Dependable Team
Owner-Operators Move Us Forward
Driving with Daryl Flood offers the perfect combination of freedom and support. You can set goals and create your own path to success, but there’s plenty of teamwork, tools and a steady supply of exciting opportunities to help you grow.
Grow a rewarding career as a van operator for Daryl Flood Moving and Storage and help us in our goal of providing dependable local and long-distance moving services for our customers. Our organization is built on leadership that respects our van operators as professionals who deserve the security of a rewarding career.
Joining Daryl Flood means being a part of a team – and our van operators are supported by the best in the industry. The same friendly faces will greet you each time you pull into our yard or call for assistance, always willing to lend a hand or help solve an issue.
- Lucrative bookings with residential, commercial, national accounts and military hauling available
- Locations throughout Texas and the ability to run local, short-haul or long haul
- Higher payouts for highly rated van operators
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Meet our Drivers
Meet Jeff Brown, Van Operator
Jeff has been an owner-operator with Daryl Flood for over 22 years, over half of the time the company has been in operation. He is a leader within the company, a shining example of the difference our van operators make every day with customers and company culture. Owner-operators like Jeff have gotten us to where we are today and allow us to succeed and grow for the future. Hear directly from him why he works in residential moving, his career growth, and why he’s been driving with Daryl Flood for so long.
Join a Dependable Team
Daryl Flood was founded and built by drivers who, since 1982, have been pivotal in helping us grow into a highly successful organization. Below are some of the key advantages of joining our team.
We care about our drivers
Owner-operators are our most important customers, and we prove that by providing equipment upgrades, driver incentives, personalized dispatch and great earnings opportunities.
Steady annual revenues
With a steady stream of business year-round, Daryl Flood keeps our van operators busy beyond just peak moving season. We pay our owner operators 80% of the revenue on both packing and containers.
We're a top booker
Daryl Flood is a partner of Atlas Van Lines and a leading military household goods booker.
Bonuses increase your bottom line
Opportunities for sign-on bonuses, recruiting bonuses for referring new van operators, safety bonuses and green bonuses for passing inspections.
Vehicle financing program
We have finance programs which can help the right candidate get into a truck with little money down and reduced interest rates – terms you cannot get on your own.
Nationwide locations
We operate across the 48 continental states and are in 14 of the largest cities in the country, which means being able to get you loaded quicker instead of being on a “waiting list.”
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Van Operator Benefits
- Compensation: You can expect a highly competitive wage or one of the best contracts in the system as a contractor, and reliable settlements.
- Career Path: Many of our entry-level employees become CDL drivers (CDL training opportunities available), owner-operators, or leaders in operations, customer support, and other areas.
- Benefits: Our owner-operators have access to tax professionals and healthcare options that meet their business needs. We provide equipment upgrades, personalized dispatch and bonuses to increase your bottom line.
- Active Workplace: You'll be on the move for your whole day in our fast-paced environments.
Driving for Daryl Flood FAQs
Daryl Flood offers you more than a day job. We spend time carefully training our contractors and employee drivers, bringing them into our culture. We want you to stick around for the long haul and contribute to our organization in new ways.
Our van operators can progress within Daryl Flood, and our larger parent company of Suddath. We provide a career within a company, if you prefer that option, or the autonomy of driving for yourself if that interests you as well. We have seen many crew members progress to van operators, who progress to leadership positions as warehouse managers, General Managers and operations leaders. That growth pattern provides a knowledge and understanding of our business and customers that is hard to hire from the outside – that’s why we like to grow our talent from within our company and provide plenty of opportunities for advancement.
Absolutely! We are committed to bringing as many quality van operators to the Daryl Flood team as we can. It is a wonderful career path with opportunities for advancement, to be a business owner, and to make a great living for you and your family. However, we understand the path can be expensive. That is why we have CDL school sponsorships available. All you have to do is talk to our recruiter to find out how to take advantage of our scholarship program.
Daryl Flood is an award-winning company that has been moving Texans for over 40 years. This means that we have the experience, resources and demand to keep our drivers busy and well taken care of.
We also appreciate the role our van operators play in what we do. Every single member of our team recognizes how vital their role is in taking care of our customers. That’s why we take every opportunity we can to celebrate our van operators through programs such as: safety incentives, referral incentives, quality incentives, fuel discounts, Van Operator Appreciation Week, Van Operator of the Month and Year awards. It’s important for us to recognize the valuable work done every day on the front lines, juggling the logistics, crew management and customer service aspects in a household goods move.
Daryl Flood also has tenured and professional support staff. We realize that taking care of the people who take care of our van operators means that you’ll have an overall better experience and be able to deliver for our customers.
Competitive compensation for our van operators is important to us, as we’re sure it is for you. We want to help you meet your financial and career goals, and we work to support those goals financially and through providing the best support staff in the industry.
Driver and van operator pay varies depending on several factors including:
- where you like to run
- how often you want to be home
- what type of equipment you own
- whether you’re an owner-operator, subcontractor, or company driver
- how much experience you have
- your driving rating
With our parent company Suddath, there are many different options for how to excel as one of our van operators – if you’re more interested in our specialized home delivery operations, or being a logistics carrier, we can provide those opportunities as well. Reach out to our recruiter to learn more about those opportunities as well.
Diversity Statement
Daryl Flood is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Click here to view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email humanresources@suddath.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please email humanresources@suddath.com.