Driver’s Mate

  • Job ref: 075/02415
  • Type: Full Time, Permanent
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Salary: £12.71 per hour
  • Recruiting office: Edinburgh City
  • Date posted: 5 November 2026

Job details

  • Full Time
  • Permanent
  • Edinburgh
  • 12.71 USD / Year
  • Job Ref: 075/02415
  • Salary: £12.71 per hour

📍 Loanhead, Midlothian
💷 £12.71 per hour
📅 Ongoing Work Available
⭐ Potential for Permanent Employment

Driver Hire Edinburgh City are currently recruiting reliable and hardworking Drivers’ Mates to support a busy home delivery operation in Loanhead.

This opportunity is ideal for individuals who enjoy practical, hands-on work and are comfortable with heavy lifting.

💷 Pay Rates

  • £12.71 per hour
  • Overtime paid after 10.5 hours worked per shift.

🚛 The Role – Driver’s Mate

Start time: 07:00
Shift patterns: Sunday to Wednesday or Wednesday to Saturday
Shift length: Approximately 10 hours

Working as part of a two-person delivery team, you will assist the driver with multi-drop deliveries of furniture and household goods directly to customers’ homes.

Duties include:

  • Loading and unloading delivery vehicles.
  • Assisting with multi-drop deliveries.
  • Carrying furniture and household items into customers’ homes.
  • Providing excellent customer service.
  • Ensuring deliveries are completed safely and efficiently.

✅ What We’re Looking For

  • Reliable, punctual and hardworking individuals.
  • Physically fit and comfortable with heavy lifting and manual handling.
  • Ability to work well as part of a team.
  • Good communication skills and a customer-focused approach.
  • Flexibility to work the required shifts.
  • Previous warehouse, delivery or manual handling experience is beneficial but not essential.
  • Must be able to travel to Loanhead for a 07:00 start.

⭐ What’s On Offer?

  • Ongoing work opportunities.
  • Competitive rates of pay.
  • Friendly and supportive working environment.
  • Potential for permanent employment.

📩 Ready to Apply?

If you’re hardworking, reliable and looking for ongoing work in logistics, we’d love to hear from you!

Send your CV to edinburghcity@driverhire.co.uk or contact Driver Hire Edinburgh City for more information.

📞 Call us on 0131 624 7711 to find out more or apply today!

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Our Edinburgh City office is in the west of the city, near the Gyle Shopping Centre. With easy access from the M8 and A71, and the City Bypass from Calder or Hermiston Gait, it is also on main bus, train and tram routes. Just head for the South Gyle Industrial Estate. The city's thriving healthcare, renewable energy, recycling, and food and drink industries rely heavily on the transportation of goods to sustain their operations. We’re part of a nationwide network of over 100 branches, offering recruitment and training services to the transport and logistics sector for over 40 years.

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