Class 1 driver recruitment for Skegness — single nights, weeks of cover and ongoing trunk assignments.
Experienced C+E drivers, briefed on the job before they arrive.
Across the East Midlands the road network is built for artics: the M1, A14, A42 and A50, East Midlands Airport's major air-freight hub and DIRFT's rail terminal. Temporary Class 1 cover keeps those units earning when a regular driver is off.
Hauliers and 3PLs across the East Midlands book Class 1 cover for holiday gaps, sickness and new contracts. Tell us the pattern and the length of the booking.
Operators with units based across DIRFT (Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal), Magna Park and the big-shed parks on the M1 and A14 often need cover at short notice when a trunk driver is off.
Typical runs a temporary Class 1 driver covers.
We look for C+E drivers who have run similar work and want that shift pattern.
Holidays and known peaks can be booked weeks ahead so the rota is settled early.
Short-notice requests get a straight answer on what we can confirm.
Planned Class 1 cover for holidays, training and known peaks can be booked weeks ahead, so your planners are not searching on the day.
Operators near Skegness run a mix of their own units and subcontracted work. Temporary Class 1 drivers slot into your operation under your planning and your procedures.
For a Class 1 request, include:
We check C+E entitlement on the licence itself, review endorsements, confirm Driver CPC currency and the card expiry and check the tachograph card before the first run.
C+E drivers tell us which routes and trailers they know best. We match on that experience, not on the entitlement alone.
Tell us about the Class 1 work in Skegness and we will come back with the drivers we can confirm.
Category C+E entitlement, a current Driver CPC — 35 hours of periodic training every five years — and a digital tachograph card, plus ADR for dangerous goods work.
Yes. Tell us the start time and the legs. We match drivers who want night work and have run trunks before.
Yes, where the driver wants nights out. Tell us how many nights and what the parking and facilities are like.
Yes. Weekend trunks and bank holiday shifts can be booked like any other. Tell us the dates as early as you can.
Yes. Tell us it is reefer work so we match a Class 1 driver who has monitored a fridge unit and handled temperature paperwork.
Other drivers in Skegness:
Elsewhere in the East Midlands: