Courier Jobs in Long Beach: Contract Delivery Driving With JWA

JWA contracts independent drivers in and around Long Beach to run delivery jobs in their own vehicles. You work as an independent contractor, and you bring the vehicle: a sedan, a cargo van or a box truck.

Each job has a pickup, a drop-off, a vehicle type and a ready time, which is how soon your vehicle has to be at pickup. The rate follows from those. A job scheduled a day or two ahead pays differently from one that has to move within the hour.

If you searched for delivery jobs in Long Beach, this is that kind of work: contract delivery driving, paid by the mile.

Long Beach is about 20 miles from JWA's LAX office, so it sits at the edge of the first work band and inside the second. JWA works out of 440 Hindry Ave, Suite D, Inglewood, CA 90301, and its work runs in bands out from LAX:

• Within 20 miles of LAX: most of the work.
• 20 to 50 miles out: a second band.
• 50 to 100 miles out: a third band.
• Long haul: some runs go further.

Where a job starts and ends depends on the job. Ask for the pickup and drop-off before you say yes, and check how far each is from where you are. If you live in Signal Hill, Lakewood, Carson or elsewhere in the South Bay, the same call and the same application apply. If you would rather work further south east, see the Orange County page.

JWA works with sedans, cargo vans and box trucks, and none of these driving jobs in Long Beach needs a CDL.

• Sedan: your own car, no limit on its age.
• Vans: compact cargo vans, cargo vans and Sprinter-type vans. See cargo van driver jobs.
• Box trucks: 16, 20 and 26 ft. A liftgate and a pallet jack are strongly preferred, not required. See box truck driver jobs.

A standard California Class C license covers a single vehicle up to 26,000 lbs GVWR, which is why a 26 ft box truck is non-CDL work. JWA has no CDL-B routes. The non-CDL driver page has the details. If you searched for truck driver jobs in Long Beach, this is box truck work in 16 to 26 ft trucks.

JWA pays $1.20 to $3.00 a mile, depending on the job, and pays contractors weekly. Vehicle type moves the rate most. Ready time comes next: jobs that need a vehicle fast pay toward the top of the range.

Examples from JWA:

• A sedan job scheduled a day or two ahead pays near $1.20 a mile.
• A cargo van that must be ready for pickup in 4 hours pays about $2 a mile.
• A box truck needed at a location within the hour pays toward $3.00 a mile.

These are examples, not promises. What a job pays depends on the job, so ask for the rate before you accept. From Long Beach, keep the distance in mind: a pickup near LAX is about 20 miles away, so a short ready time only works if you tell JWA where you are when you call. Before you take any job, work out your own cost per mile for fuel, upkeep and wear, and check that the rate clears it.

You need to be 18 or older, hold a valid driver's license and carry standard vehicle insurance.

• 18 or older
• A valid driver's license
• Standard vehicle insurance
• Your own sedan, van or box truck, any age
• For box truck loads, your own USDOT number

JWA does not run a driving-record check, a background check or a drug test. It works with independent contractors only, so the vehicle is yours and you work as a contractor.

Call or text 805-336-7112, or fill in the driver application. Either way you reach JWA directly.

Have these ready:

• Your vehicle: sedan, cargo van or box truck, and the length if it is a box truck (16, 20 or 26 ft).
• For a box truck, whether it has a liftgate and a pallet jack.
• That you are in Long Beach or nearby, and when you can start.

Ask what is open near you, what the rate is and what the ready time is. New to delivery work? Read about delivery work with no experience.