Careers
If you've spent your life around animals, you have a clean driving record, and the idea of running pets door-to-door across the country sounds like a real job worth doing — we want to talk.
PAX drivers come from a few different backgrounds — long-haul professional drivers who wanted out of cargo and into something more personal, veterinary technicians who wanted to be on the road, animal-shelter staff who wanted year-round work, and people who'd been doing pet transport informally for years and wanted a real company behind them. The common thread is genuine care for animals and the patience to do this job well over multiple days at a time.
This isn't a gig. It's a paid, vetted, trained role with a single accountable company behind every trip. Drivers represent PAX with every pickup and delivery. We hire deliberately and slowly, and we keep drivers long-term.
Compensation is competitive within ground pet transport — discussed during the interview based on experience, route preferences, and full-vs-part-time commitment. We pay per trip rather than per hour, with all road expenses (fuel, lodging, meals on the road) covered by PAX. Drivers earn the full agreed amount regardless of any customer discounts (military, rescue, etc.) — those discounts come out of the PAX admin share, never out of driver pay.
Health benefits available for full-time drivers after a probationary period. PTO accrues from day one. We don't have a 'best month ever' compensation model — we have a steady-pay-for-steady-work model. The job is the job.
Every new driver goes through ride-along training with an existing PAX driver before running a trip solo. The training period covers safety protocols, customer-communication standards, brachycephalic handling, medication administration, climate management, rest-stop logistics, and overnight lodging procedures. Ride-along length depends on prior experience — usually 2–4 trips for experienced professional drivers, longer for newer hires.
Red Cross animal first-aid certification is mandatory and PAX covers the cost. Ongoing training continues throughout the year — quarterly safety reviews, seasonal protocol updates (summer brachy, winter mountain corridors), and one-on-one debriefs after every trip with feedback.
We don't run a public job board. The most reliable way to apply is email — send your résumé and a few sentences about why pet transport, not just driving, is what you want to do. We read every application.
Bilingual (English + Spanish) drivers especially welcome — a meaningful percentage of our customer base prefers Spanish-language service.
Apply by EmailIf you love animals, drive well, and want a real job in pet transport — not a gig — get in touch.
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