Cat D/Cat D1 / PSV Driver
| Posting date: | 08 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £14.75 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 November 2025 |
| Location: | E10 7AS |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Talent Finder |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CCMFM1-013-22254 |
Summary
Cat D/Cat D1 / PSV Driver | London, E10 | This post is for casual hours per week, not a standard full-time post | Weekend cover on a Rota system | £14.75 per hour
Our client is a busy transport charity providing passenger transport support to a wide variety of organisations across East London, as well as delivering transport services on behalf of public bodies.
The service has nearly 50,000 members who make 1.3 million journeys a year.
Can you make a valuable contribution to delivering variable Services like school Runs, daycare centres, Excursions, and Dial A Ride? Due to the wide variety of services they provide, no day is the same.
Shift times:
Variable working hours start from 0600 to Midnight. Sunday to Saturday.
Drivers are on a Rota with shift adjustments every 3 weeks
What can you expect in return?
• Full training will be provided
• Week and weekend shifts
• On-site support from the team
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Uniform
• DBS paid for
• Free Parking
• Pension
Are you the right person for the job?
• D1/PSV license is essential, with no more than 3 points
• Passenger transport experience is desirable
• A knowledge of East London is desirable
• Proficient in spoken and written English
• Be self-motivated and have patience, tact and flexibility
• Excellent time-keeping skills
• Be able to demonstrate flexibility to be able to do various work shifts and areas, including at short notice
What will your role look like?
• Drive to safe and professional standards (D1/PCV standards)
• Ensure the schedule and time of journeys are followed; maintain accurate journey records for the purposes of monitoring and improving scheduling, including comments and complaints from passengers
• Using accessible vehicles equipped with a ramp or tail lift, pick up passengers to/from designated collection points in accordance with the shift schedule in a courteous and safe manner
• Ensure passengers are correctly secured on the vehicle with a seatbelt or with the use of various specialist wheelchair-securing mechanisms
• At the start and finish of duty, undertake vehicle checks in accordance with legal and company requirements, report/deal with defects according to company procedures
• Ensure that all necessary equipment for a day’s duty is present on the vehicle
• Immediately liaise with the Depot and/or Management Control Centre (MCC) for Dial A Ride in the event of an accident/incident
• Assist passengers on a door-to-door basis
• To push and pull passengers in wheelchairs of various sizes (average weight 123 kilos)
• Carry out Dynamic risk assessments, including passengers, location and adverse weather conditions
• Comply with company policies and procedures, including commitment to and application of the Company’s Equal Opportunities Policy, Health and Safety policies and procedures
• All other duties commensurate with Dial-a-Ride Driver
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