Trade Plate Driver

Contract Type:

Contract

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

31/03/2026

Our client is looking for full time experienced trade plate drivers, on a contracted self-employed basis.

Immediate starts available for the right candidate.

As a trade plate/ vehicle movement driver you will collect and deliver new and used vehicles all over the UK in a timely and professional manner. In between these vehicle movements you will be using Public Transport to get to your next vehicle collection for which you receive full re-imbursement for.

When you attend the site where you are collecting your vehicle from, you will use an App on our provided tablet to accurately appraise each vehicle before departing, (noting any existing damage on our customers’ App). Once completed you will get sign off from customer before setting off to deliver the vehicle it to its final destination.

You must be of smart appearance, be disciplined, reliable, organised and possess excellent interpersonal skills for when dealing with customers and throughout your working day with office support staff.

Your strong communication skills will be needed to deal with the variety of customers you encounter and the office team to ensure any queries, problems or delays are reported and resolved in good time.

You also need to be an early riser as our customers vehicles need to be delivered to various locations in mainland UK and these vehicles must be delivered by 9am or earlier if that location allows. If you aren’t keen on early starts this role probably isn’t for you.

Hold a full UK Licence for over 3 years, with no more than 6 active penalty points and does not include the following active penalty codes: DD, DG, IN, MS or TT. You must also not have been disqualified from driving in the past 5 years.

Be eligible to work in the UK. The last vehicle you collect in your working day (carryover) is taken home to deliver early the next working day, so having official off-road parking (Driveway/ official off-road parking area) at your home address is required. Your official parking area also needs to be large enough for a large van as you will sometimes take a van home as your carryover.

Being 'Tech Savvy' and having a knowledge of using mobile Apps is essential to assist in daily success of completing your daily workload accurately and efficiently.

This is a Monday to Friday role with often early starts before 6am and sometimes late finishes if you have encountered delays outside your control.

Equipment is provided Free Of Charge (FOC) for you to complete your daily duties;
Trade Plates, Tablet, Fuel Card, Uniform, Hi-Viz Vest & Dash-Cam.

Full office support is provided during office hours along with Out of Hours Emergency support.

Job Type: Full-time Monday

Expenses:
Public Transport Expenses are reimbursed in full.

Work Location:

On the road Due to the volume of applicants, please note that if you have not been contacted within 7 days of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Please apply including your current up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.