Class 2 driver recruitment for Kirkby — early starts, multi-drop rounds and weeks of holiday cover.
Class 2 cover starts with the vehicle and the round, then the driver.
Across the North West, rigid rounds start from sites such as the Trafford Park and Salford estates and the Manchester Ship Canal. We ask where the vehicle is based and what the drops look like before anything else.
Seasonal peaks across the North West often add a round the rota cannot staff. A temporary Class 2 driver covers it without a permanent hire.
Rigids across the North West rely on the M6, M62, M56 and M61, Manchester and Liverpool airports and the Port of Liverpool to reach customers inside tight delivery windows.
Rigid work, matched to the driver who knows it.
We look for Category C drivers who have worked similar rounds and want that pattern.
Category C, Driver CPC, tachograph card and right to work are confirmed before we name the driver.
Urgent cover gets a straight answer on what we can confirm.
A rigid parked in the yard is a round that does not happen. Temporary Class 2 cover in Kirkby keeps customers supplied while a regular driver is off.
Store deliveries across the North West follow a tight routine at the back door: booking-in, unloading and returns. A driver who knows the routine keeps the store on schedule.
For a Class 2 request, include:
The drivers' hours rules depend on the work — GB domestic, assimilated or AETR. We brief the driver on the rules your rounds fall under.
Every driver is told the vehicle, the drops, the start time and anything unusual about the sites before they say yes.
One request can cover a single day or several weeks.
Yes. Tell us how many drops, the delivery windows and whether the vehicle has a tail-lift.
Yes. Many rigid rounds start before six. We match drivers who are used to that pattern.
Planned cover is easiest with a few days' notice. Short-notice requests get a straight answer on what we can confirm.
Yes. Tell us how many drivers you need and whether they start on the same day.
Yes. Tell us what the driver collects at each drop (signatures, returns or delivery notes) and we brief them on it.
Other drivers in Kirkby:
Elsewhere in the North West: