About this role

Regional Driver Assessor

South Region |

Based from Slough, Dartford, Haverhill or Bedford

💰 £31-33K Basic Salary 🚗 £5,800 Car Allowance or Company Car 📈 Excellent Development Opportunities 🏠 Flexible Home-Based & Field-Based Working 🕒 37.5 Hours | Monday to Friday 🏖️ 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Ready to Step Off the Road and Into a Rewarding Driver Development Career?

Are you a Class 1, Class 2 or experienced commercial driver looking for your next challenge?

Perhaps you're approaching a stage in your career where you'd like less time behind the wheel and more opportunity to use your knowledge, experience and coaching skills to improve driver safety and standards.

We are recruiting a Regional Driver Assessor to join an exciting newly established assessment team supporting drivers across the South Region.

This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a national transport operation while enjoying greater work-life balance, autonomy, flexibility and genuine career development.

About The Role

As a Regional Driver Assessor, you'll play a key role in ensuring the safety, competence and professionalism of our commercial drivers.

You'll conduct practical driving assessments for

✅ New Driver Recruitment

✅ Post-Accident Reviews

✅ Ongoing Driver Competency Assessments

✅ Refresher and Development Assessments

Working across our Southern depot network, you'll assess drivers operating a diverse fleet including

450 Vans
80 Rigid Vehicles
120 Articulated Vehicles

Assessments may involve practical manoeuvring exercises in depot yards, on-road driving assessments and driver coaching sessions.

Your Region

You can be based at any of the following depots

📍 Haverhill (CB9 7FD)

📍 Slough (SL1 4RY)

📍 Dartford (DA1 5XS)

📍 Bedford (MK43 9SS)

Travel across these locations will be a regular part of the role, although you'll have complete ownership of your diary and schedule.

When not conducting assessments, you can work from home, a depot office, or any suitable remote working location.

What We're Looking For

We're interested in speaking with candidates from a variety of backgrounds, including

Current or former HGV Drivers
Driver Trainers
Driver Assessors
Transport Supervisors
Traffic Office Professionals
Fleet Compliance Personnel
Driver Mentors and Coaches

Ideally You'll Have

✔ C+E (Class 1) Licence (preferred)

✔ Experience within commercial driving operations

✔ Strong communication and coaching skills

✔ Good organisational ability

✔ Confidence using Microsoft Office and Outlook

✔ A commitment to improving driver safety and performance

Don't Worry If You're Not The Finished Product

We are investing heavily in this team and will provide

✅ Professional Driver Assessor Qualifications

✅ Remedial Driver Training Qualifications

✅ Ongoing Learning & Development Support

✅ Microsoft Systems Training

✅ Future Cross-Skilling Opportunities Across Transport and L&D Functions

This role is very much focused on potential and development as much as previous assessment experience.

Why Join?

This is a newly created team, giving you a genuine opportunity to influence how driver assessments are delivered across the business.

You'll work alongside

Driver Assessor Team Leader
Regional Driver Assessors
Transport Trainers
Warehouse & MHE Trainers
Learning & Development Specialists

With excellent opportunities to develop your career into wider training, transport, compliance or leadership positions.

Package & Benefits

Salary & Vehicle

💰 £31,000 - Basic Salary

➕ Additional £2,000 Location Allowance (if based from Dartford or Slough)

🚗 £5,800 Car Allowance OR Company Car

⛽ Business Mileage Paid at 25p Per Mile

Additional Benefits

✅ 25 Days Annual Leave

✅ Monday-Friday Working

✅ No Bank Holiday Working

✅ Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme

✅ Wagestream

✅ High Street Discounts

✅ Health Assurance Scheme

✅ Online GP Service

✅ Cycle to Work Scheme

✅ PureGym Discount

✅ Life Assurance

✅ Excellent Training & Development

✅ Flexible and Autonomous Working Environment

If interested Call the office on 0121 227 8001 (opt3)