Not a swift driver but living about 9 miles from the terminal west off of I-10 i've seen my fair share of daycabs when at home. I also noticed they haul alot of containers between the ports and Phoenix when coming off hometime and headed to the LA area to get a load. Its at least worth looking in to. The other option if you have more than 5 years driving experience is their driving academy. I've seen a few times positions listed there for that. Just another option to consider...
SAIA has had driving and dock positions listed for quite a while now. My wife put in for both but was never contacted, but its worth a shot. Doubles/triples and hazmat required. Another that I would be interested in is Heritage trucking... heavy haul and flatbed stuff. Not sure if their hiring or your experience but they want 3+ years of experience... nothing listed for flatbed experience though.
CTI Inc. is there... flatbed, dry bulk, tankers, etc. I found them one day looking. I've never contacted them about positions but I look at them once in a while. Only place i've seen on the website listed having an opening is Victorville, CA but thats been up there about 6 months now.
Shamrock foods has postings for Tank drivers pretty frequently. Their farm is like 58 miles or something SW of Phoenix. They've also had local delivery drivers listed.
Fedex has had posting there for linehaul drivers. Most recently I saw it was just after Christmas.
Frito Lay in Casa Grande (30 miles south I believe) has a plant there. No positions open as of now but a good one to keep in mind.
Autozone had a posting for a Hostler driver on their site at the warehouse about a month ago. Another worth checking into.
A few others that are there that I haven't looked into in quite a while include Petsmart, some paper company that escapes me, Con-way Freight (I know their not hiring right now per the shop guys when I was there for a PM at the first of the year), ABF, UPS, a few other milk carriers in Buckeye, United Petroleum (I see alot of their daycab trucks there), Duncan & Son lines (not hiring now).
I'm not in the market for a new job now but I always keep my options open and look around about twice a month to see whats there. Feel free to message me if you wanna know anything else. There are a few of us Phoenix guys lingering around here who i'm sure would answer questions too.
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