Settled, permanent driving roles for career drivers and reliable permanent hires for Peterlee transport managers.
Drivers change jobs for a better rota, a closer depot or a newer fleet. We recruit with that in mind.
Sites across the A19 corridor, Teesport and the Tyne and Wear distribution parks run day, night and weekend patterns. We match a permanent driver to the pattern they will actually keep.
Retention is where permanent driver recruitment pays for itself. A driver who leaves after three months means another search, another induction and another gap on the rota.
Permanent demand across the North East follows automotive and process-industry supply chains, port and container logistics and retail DCs.
Permanent roles across every licence category.
We ask drivers what would make them stay before we ask whether they can start, so the people we shortlist want this job, not just a job.
Nights, earlies, weekends or tramping: the shift pattern decides whether a driver stays, so it comes first in the match.
We keep in touch through the notice period and the first weeks in the job, so small problems are raised before they become resignations.
Indicative permanent salaries in Peterlee run from around £30k for 7.5t up to £45k+ for Class 1 nights and trunking.
Class 1 roles usually pay more than Class 2 and nights more than days, but local competition for drivers can move either figure. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.
Licence, endorsements, Driver CPC, tachograph card and right to work checked, then a conversation about the job itself.
We arrange the interviews and any assessment drive, then brief each driver beforehand.
We help agree pay, start date and notice period so the offer is accepted first time.
A driver who feels settled looks after the vehicle, the load and the customer. Settled starts with the right job.
We ask candidates why they left their last role. The answer tells us whether your job will keep them.
A strong permanent driver brief covers:
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Yes. We recruit permanent Class 1, Class 2 and 7.5 tonne drivers for operators across the North East, placed directly onto your payroll.
Category C+E (Class 1), Category C (Class 2) and C1 (7.5 tonne), plus drivers with ADR or HIAB tickets.
Yes. Tell us the legs, the start time and whether nights out are involved, so we approach drivers who want that pattern.
Yes. We benchmark basic pay, shift premiums and overtime for the role so your offer is competitive before the vacancy goes out.
Yes. We recruit permanent drivers across the North East. Tell us where the depot is and we will search within a realistic commute.
Permanent driver recruitment elsewhere in the North East:
Temporary driver cover in Peterlee:
Other specialisms in Peterlee:
See our national HGV & LGV Driver Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Peterlee.
Send the depot, the licence, the shift and the pay. We will come back with a view on the Peterlee market and a plan for the search.