HGV Driver & Warehouse Staff Agency in Houghton-le-Spring
Vetted temporary drivers and warehouse staff supplied to operators in Houghton-le-Spring and the North East, with digital timesheets and one consolidated weekly invoice.
What Houghton-le-Spring sites get from us
Houghton-le-Spring sits in a region where a handful of very large employers set the pace and when one of them changes its production schedule the effect runs through every haulier and warehouse that supplies it.
Transport around Houghton-le-Spring works off the A1(M), A19, A69 and A66, Newcastle Airport and the ports at Tyne, Sunderland, Blyth and Teesport, with volume concentrated in Follingsby Park and the A194(M) approaches to the Tyne tunnel. The operators booking temporary cover here are mostly regional grocery, retail and builders' merchant distribution.
Port calls for bulk and project cargo need tipping, yard and haulage capacity on the day the vessel works and no operator carries that capacity permanently.
Continuous shift patterns inside the automotive supply chain, running days and nights to match the assembly line.
Most cover requests arrive for the wrong reason. A driver rings in sick at 04:30 and the load is booked for 06:00 — at that point the agency is choosing between the wrong person and nobody. Standing patterns booked a week ahead fill; emergencies at dawn frequently do not and an agency that pretends otherwise is one that sends the wrong person.
Transport Temps covers Houghton-le-Spring as a national agency. Drivers and warehouse staff are sourced against your specific booking, checked before they are confirmed and travel to your site for the shift. You get the person who fits the seat rather than whoever happened to be nearest.
The checks we run
Checked before the shift, not after the incident. Each item below is verified at registration and the licence checks repeat on a 90-day cycle.
Twelve weeks in the same role with the same hirer triggers equal treatment on pay and basic conditions under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. Most agencies notice this after the fact. We count it from shift one and flag it in advance.
All of it is completed before the assignment is confirmed. A worker who fails any part of it does not get offered the shift, which occasionally means we hand a booking back.
Rates and payment
Everything runs through the timesheet. Hours logged, sent to you, approved or rejected with a reason, then billed once a week in a single consolidated invoice.
The honest answer is that speed depends on how specific the seat is. General warehouse cover moves fastest. A specific licence category, a site passport or an unusual start time all narrow the pool and lengthen the lead time.
Roles we fill
Class 1 Driver Agency in Houghton-le-Spring
Class 1 drivers on C+E, for trunking, tramping, store deliveries and container work.
Class 2 Driver Agency in Houghton-le-Spring
Class 2 rigid drivers on Cat C, for multi-drop, trade counter, tipper and municipal work.
7.5 Tonne Driver Agency in Houghton-le-Spring
7.5 tonne drivers on Category C1, for multi-drop, home delivery and event logistics.
Van Driver Agency in Houghton-le-Spring
Van and multi-drop drivers on a standard Category B licence, for parcel, courier and last-mile work.
Forklift Driver Agency in Houghton-le-Spring
Counterbalance, reach and VNA forklift drivers, with the accreditation checked before the shift.
Warehouse Staff Agency in Houghton-le-Spring
Warehouse operatives, pickers, packers and goods-in staff, in the volume a site actually needs.
HGV Driver Recruitment in Houghton-le-Spring
HGV driver recruitment across Class 1, Class 2 and 7.5 tonne, on permanent, temporary and temp-to-perm terms.
Van Driver Recruitment in Houghton-le-Spring
Van and delivery driver recruitment for multi-drop, courier, collection and same-day operations.
Warehouse Staff Recruitment in Houghton-le-Spring
Warehouse recruitment for operatives, pickers, packers, goods-in, dispatch, forklift and stock control roles.
Open shifts
We publish shifts here as they are booked. Nothing is listed that is not a real, live assignment — register your details and we will contact you when work matches your licence and your availability.
Questions, answered
What temporary staff can you supply in Houghton-le-Spring?
HGV Class 1 and Class 2 drivers, 7.5 tonne and van drivers, forklift drivers and warehouse operatives. Specialist work such as ADR, HIAB, tanker and PSV is handled by our national desks rather than locally.
What checks do you run before a worker starts in Houghton-le-Spring?
The gate is the same for every booking: DVLA licence verification, Driver CPC currency, digital tachograph card validity, right to work and two work references. It is completed before a name reaches you and repeated on a 90-day cycle.
How does booking temporary staff in Houghton-le-Spring work?
It starts with the seat and the shift pattern. What happens next is the part most agencies skip: the qualification check runs before confirmation, not after the worker is already at the gate.
Tell us who you need
Give us the class, the count, the dates and the shift. We confirm what we can cover and say plainly when we cannot.