Nissan Dedicated

I think you contact the person listed next to the opening, but I imagine your dbl can point you in the right direction.

 

I would be very careful about this. Typically SNI wants you to stick with your current job 6-12 months before transferring, lthough better tranfer than waste the money they already have invested in you. When I switched jobs within SNI, I went to my current DBL and explained why I wanted to leave and could benefit thwm by doing so. I spent about a month finsihing my route so they could find a replacement and they kept the new job open for me. The key will be having a logical reason for leaving (such as more miles, closer to home, more pAY, more home time, etc) and having him agree to release you. If he does, then he can put you on the right path and in touch with the right people. Hope that helps. Good luck.

Raid3r

 

I started new as a regional driver and shifted to Nissan dedicated out of TN within two and a half months. I did the following:

First contacted the DBL on the account to find out about the expectations.

This one is a team account so I had to wait on an available co-driver so it took a little time for me to go over to the account.

After the DBL was willing to accept me, I then talked to my DBL where I was running regional. He was willing to let me go over.

Much will depend on your current DBL if they will let you go, it isn't about Ping-OFF someone. Some DBL's will work with the driver, some won't, but that is the order I went in when I changed accounts.

 

We pick up at the warehouse, main plant, engine and machining plant, and some suppliers and deliver to Laredo, TX. We also transport between Laredo and Canton, MS.

For this account, you have to live within 50 miles of Smyrna, TN or Laredo, TX. We get good miles of average 6400 per 6 days. We do three turns to Laredo and back here or Canton - then two days home. I wish it was solo, but due to the expediting nature and just in time inventory for Nissan, it has to be team. I understand that, however I am not crazy about teaming.
Our DBL is actually at the Nissan warehouse - not in an OC.

I worked at the Nissan plant here in Smyrna for 18 years with part of those years on the loading dock. I already understood much of the freight before coming onto the account.

I thought they had shut down the dedicated out of California when Nissan moved the headquarters from Cali to Tennessee. I am glad to see they are opening up some more business from that area. I still have a vested interest in seeing them do well.

 

I don't think there was a Nissan plant in California. I think it was a distribution center and the headquarters (read admin jobs) only. But it does sound like a good gig. Utility could also mean yard jockey, but I don't know that.