Driving & warehouse jobs in Newtownards
Updated 23 October 2026 · kept fresh every few hours
4 driving, delivery and warehouse jobs open in Newtownards today, from 4 employers, including Mash Direct and Royal Mail. Where the advert gives pay (3 of them), most pay between £12.75 an hour and £17.66 an hour. 2 temporary and 1 closes within a week. 2 are through a recruitment agency; the rest are with the employer directly.
Despatch OperativeMash Direct
You'll work as a despatch operative in Newtownards, helping Mash Direct pack and send out fresh food products.
≈ £12.71 – £13.43 an hourNewtownardsCloses 21 Nov
Postal Delivery Driver (Postie)Royal Mail
You'll deliver mail and parcels to customers daily from the Donaghadee Delivery Office, covering an area around Newtownards.
Pay not statedNewtownards
Warehouse Operative - Night ShiftEmployer not named via MPA Recruitment
You'll work on the night shift at a Newtownards warehouse, helping the established team operate the facility.
≈ £17.66 an hourNewtownardsCloses 6 Nov
Bus Drivers - Ards HospitalEmployer not named via First Choice Selection Services
You'll drive buses for the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, picking up and dropping off passengers at Ards Hospital (or Downe hospital). This is a temporary role that may be extended.
≈ £12.75 an hourNewtownardsCloses 24 Oct
Getting into driving, delivery and warehouse work
The work: Van and lorry drivers, bus drivers, taxi, delivery, pickers and packers.
You must have
- Full car licence (Category B) — Your own
- Lorry: Category C or C+E licence plus Driver CPC — Medical, provisional, theory, training and tests together run into the low thousands at a private school; the Belfast Transport Employment Academy covers them for Belfast residents, two to three months · Driver CPC in NI (DVA)
- Bus: PCV licence (Category D) plus Driver CPC — Translink trains new drivers itself, weeks · Translink careers
- Taxi driver licence (DVA) — Practical test £70 (weekday daytime), theory test, AccessNI Enhanced £32, medical if asked, weeks · Apply for a taxi driver licence
What helps
- Forklift (counterbalance or reach) — About £300 to £500 at a private provider; many warehouses train you, one to three days
- Warehouse picking and packing — Free, induction on the job
Who's hiring
- First Choice Selection Services (agency) 1
- Mash Direct 1
- MPA Recruitment (agency) 1
- Royal Mail 1