Initial Information: As an independent owner-driver you are not bound to work for Royal Mail Sameday on an exclusive basis, and our work should supplement your existing business.
As an existing sameday courier, you will appreciate that no courier company can guarantee a set level of work.
As a new, self-employed owner driver, you need to appreciate that in the courier industry, we are not able to make a commitment to find you all your work.
To start the application process to become a Royal Mail Sameday Licensed driver, we ask you to read and make sure you have understood all the information on this page. You will find all the details you need to know about the opportunity to join our fleet of owner drivers throughout the country.
Wanted Owner-driver couriers to service sameday courier work generated by our Royal Mail National Sales Team.
Royal Mail Sameday are seeking a special type of person, who can recognise the importance of good customer service and has a smart and presentable appearance. Our licensed courier owner-drivers are our business partners; we want you to be the best in the industry.
We provide a high quality technology based service to our customers. If you understand the importance of working with us to achieve this, then you are the type of courier we want in our team.
Vans
All of our drivers are required to have a modern, clean van, which must have barn-opening doors at the rear. Lift up tailgates are not acceptable on vans as forklifts cannot load them. Vans must have the capacity to carry a minimum of one standard 1200mm x 1000mm / 40” x 48” pallet (Blue CHEP type pallet)
How we work
Drivers rent our ‘Supa–Trak’ system hosted onto a PDA handset. You are required to log onto our system daily so that our servers are able to track and identify your exact location; any available jobs will be offered to the nearest driver. Job details are automatically sent from our servers, directly to the PDA handset.
The driver confirms the job, and the acceptance is sent back to the customer via the handset systems within seconds. The PDA is also used for Proof of Delivery (POD) signature, which is then automatically sent to the booking client via email.
The Driver Packages
We offer the following three packages:
Package 1 - If you require us to provide a PDA handset, then we will supply you with a suitable handset pre installed with our application. The cost of this package is £25+vat per month, plus a refundable £250 deposit for the PDA. Any calls made on the PDA are extra and charged at cost.
Through the application drivers receive all job notifications and obtain proof of delivery signatures. All this comes to you via our ‘Supa-trak’ software.
The deposit and monthly rentals are deducted directly from earnings.
Package 2 - If you have a PDA (which should also have a built in GPS application) that is running Windows Mobile 5.0 or higher you can install our ‘Supa-trak’ application on your own handset. We will provide you with the application and installation instructions. The installation process is straight forward and should only take a few minutes. The cost of this package is £12.50+vat per month.
A refundable deposit of £100 is required against the ‘Supa-trak’ application
Package 3 – This package is primarily designed for new drivers and for areas of the UK where the volume of work might not justify the monthly cost associated with either of the other two packages. Drivers are fully vetted and are issued with a RMCS identification badge. Drivers on Package 3 will use our texting database to let us know their location at all times, this means an increased percentage of backloads and faster & easier job allocation for RMCS.
On this package you will be offered work only if drivers on packages 1 and 2 are unable to fulfill the requirements.
We would expect drivers on this package to migrate to packages 1 or 2 once the level of work undertaken warrants it.
Licence Fee - A licence fee of £25 + VAT is payable by all drivers, this covers the issue of your Royal Mail Sameday Identification badge and is renewable every two years.
Payment and Out Of Hours Rates Payment is made from the point of collection to the point of delivery. Out of hours rates apply where the job requires collection or delivery outside of our normal hours of 7am– 7pm.
Weekend and Bank Holidays Weekend rates are paid from 7pm Friday to 7am Monday. An increased rate is paid for work done on any Bank Holiday.
Waiting Time A 15 minute period is allowed and built into every job for loading, unloading or waiting. If the waiting time is expected to exceed 15 minutes, drivers must contact our control room and advise that they will be exceeding the allotted 15 minutes. The Operations staff will then authorise any extra waiting time with the customer.
Wait & Return Loads These are paid at the following rates - outbound from collection to delivery will get the full vehicle rate; return from delivery back to the original collection point is paid at 50% of the outgoing rate.
How We Pay You We Self Bill - which means that we send you a statement detailing all work undertaken during the month; payment is then made by BACS and is paid into your bank account on the 20th of the following month.
Insurance Minimum Standards – for all vehicles You must have courier insurance which includes ‘the carriage of goods for hire and reward’, Goods in Transit cover to a minimum of £20,000, and £2,000,000 Public Liability Cover. If you already have insurance at a lower rate you will need to increase this to our minimum standards.
How to Apply Click below on the ‘continue to registration form’ button below, and complete the initial registration and create your profile in full. Your details will automatically be submitted to our database and one of our recruitment consultants will contact you at the earliest opportunity to discuss your application.