Bus Driver

Stagecoach Group; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading public transport company as a qualified bus driver in Scunthorpe! This role offers guaranteed hours and overtime opportunities, allowing you to balance work with your personal commitments. You'll be part of a dedicated team, ensuring safe and comfortable transport for our community. Enjoy fantastic benefits, including free travel for you and a companion, a generous pension scheme, and career development opportunities. Embrace a supportive workplace culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. If you're passionate about driving and customer service, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a difference in your community.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

28 days holiday

Free travel for you and a companion

Financial education

Affordable loans

Discounts on holidays and retail

Dental insurance

Vehicle breakdown cover

Employee assistance programme

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid PCV licence with no more than 6 penalty points.
• Strong customer service skills and a courteous approach to driving.

Responsibilities

• Transport customers safely and comfortably to various destinations.
• Ensure great customer service while driving.

Skills

PCV licence

Customer service

Safe driving

Patience

Job description

Salary: Typical annualised earnings of £28,000, overtime available.

Qualified bus driver required in Scunthorpe:

1. Guaranteed 40 minimum hours with overtime for those who want to increase their earnings.
2. Different shift patterns available so you can fit work around your existing commitments.
3. You’ll be one of 56 drivers who transport our fantastic customers safely and comfortably every day to healthcare and employment, to shopping and leisure, and to friends and family.

Aside from the satisfaction of being a key worker in your community, there are many reasons for you to join the Stagecoach East Midland team:

1. Great benefits including a generous company pension scheme, 28 days holiday, free travel for you and a companion, free financial education and affordable loans, and a range of money-saving opportunities including discounts on holidays and retail, cinema outings, dental insurance, vehicle breakdown cover, and hotels and attractions.
2. Free travel for you and a companion on our buses – so on your days off you can shop without worrying about parking or head off for a day in the city or by the seaside without worrying about the cost of fuel.
3. Plenty of job security from being a key worker at the heart of our communities, where we always need great people behind the wheel.
4. UK-wide opportunities whereby if you’re moving out of choice or circumstance, you can transfer to a new location as we run bus companies across the UK.
5. Career development including our Trade Up scheme for drivers who want to move into engineering, promotion opportunities to Lead Driver, Inspector, Controller, and Driving Instructor, and routes into management and leadership for those who want that.
6. Secondment opportunities to work elsewhere in the business, either on big events or into our head office support functions.
7. An employee assistance programme to support health and wellbeing through a confidential service available 24 hours a day, providing specialist guidance and assistance on a range of personal and work-related issues, from stress and anxiety to managing financial, marital or legal issues. Face-to-face counselling sessions are also offered, alongside telephone and online support.
8. A great working environment with opportunities to make new friends from a bunch of great workmates, managers who work hard to create great places to work, and employee networks building inclusive environments for women, veterans, carers, multicultural and LGBTQ+ colleagues.

The recruitment process is simple: you apply with your CV, we’ll have a good read, then get you in for an interview and a bus drive, and that’s it!

There are a few things we need from you:

1. You need to have a PCV licence, and no more than 6 penalty points.
2. You need to want to deliver great customer service.
3. You need to have a patient, safe and courteous approach to driving.

So if that’s you, and you like what we’re offering, then please apply!

Stagecoach workplace culture is one where everyone can be themselves and where all the differences our people bring to the business are celebrated. We welcome applications from all, irrespective of background, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, beliefs, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, or age.

Location: Stagecoach Scunthorpe Depot, High Street East, Scunthorpe, DN15 6UH.

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Overview: Stagecoach Group is a leading multi-modal UK public transport company, with operations in England, Scotland, and Wales. The Group operates bus, coach, and tram services in regulated and deregulated markets. Stagecoach is the UK’s biggest bus and coach operator, with major city bus operations in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Hull, Sheffield, Oxford, and Cambridge, as well as inter-urban services linking smaller locations. We also run the low-cost coach service megabus.com in the UK and operate Scotland’s biggest coach operator, Scottish Citylink, as a joint venture.