Intercity Bus and Coach Driver (Full Time)

Ember; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£15.00 per hour starting rate

Overtime rates starting at 1.2x pay

Free CPC renewal

28 days paid annual holiday

Flexible annual leave

Up to 10 days unpaid annual leave

20 days paid leave for sickness

Established progression paths

Referral scheme

Friendly culture

Job summary

Join a pioneering electric coach company that is transforming public transport in Scotland! As a driver, you'll be the face of the company, providing excellent customer service while operating state-of-the-art electric coaches. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a positive environmental impact, with flexible working hours and a supportive team culture. With various benefits including competitive pay, paid holidays, and career progression, this is an exciting time to be part of a fast-growing company dedicated to doing things differently. If you're passionate about driving and making a difference, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Must have a full PCV licence and up-to-date CPC.
• Demonstrate high-quality driving and commitment to safety.

Responsibilities

• Drive the coach and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Resolve day-to-day challenges and maintain a clean coach.

Skills

High-quality driving

Customer service

Flexibility

Resourcefulness

Education

Full PCV licence: Category D

Up to date CPC

Tools

Digital tachograph card

Job description

Various start dates available from April 2025.

Ember is the UK's first fully-electric, zero-emission coach company. We launched in October 2020 and are now running multiple routes from Aberdeen to Edinburgh and Dundee to Glasgow. We’ll soon be adding new routes across Scotland, with new hubs opening across the west and north of Scotland and we are delighted to be recruiting for our first drivers to be based in Glasgow.

We're looking for the very best and most professional drivers across Scotland to join the Ember team. Whether you have a passion for electric vehicles or simply for great customer service, we'd love to hear from you. We'll be growing a pioneering team in Inverness and it's really important to us that we find people who are truly motivated to be a key part of a company that is proving that things can be done differently.

We're a fast growing company with a track record of success, so this is an exciting time to join the future of public transport!

Responsibilities

As a driver, you're on the front-line. Not only will you be responsible for keeping the coach moving, you'll be the main point of contact for customers if they have any issues or need help.

Our Glasgow team will be a tight-knit group and will be based a little further from central functions like Engineering. For that reason, we're looking for resourceful and motivated individuals who will be solution-focused and highly motivated to get any day-to-day challenges resolved.

You should enjoy working with people and take pride in doing what it takes to deliver a great experience (as well as driving of course). That might mean helping someone with their bags, keeping the coach spick and span or making an effort to say a cheery 'hello' when people board.

We've built lots of new technology to help ensure customers get the best experience possible. That means you'll need to be open to learning new systems and using them in the correct way.

As a small business, we put a lot of trust into our drivers. We expect you to take pride in the work that you do and this will involve light cleaning duties throughout the day to keep our coaches in top condition. We are also evolving fast, so we love people that want to give input into how we can do things better and who do this in a thoughtful, constructive way.

Benefits

• From May 2025, £15.00 per hour starting rate with up to 40 hours of work per week (overtime likely to be available). Salary will increase in line with your time at Ember to reward those who want to make a long-term career.
• Overtime rates starting at 1.2x pay
• Free CPC renewal for full-time and part-time drivers
• 28 days paid annual holiday
• Flexible annual leave - request your own holiday dates rather than being assigned them
• Up to 10 days unpaid annual leave
• 20 days paid leave for sickness, jury duty, parental or other unplanned leave
• Established progression paths at a fast-growing company
• Referral scheme - get paid for referring other top drivers to us
• Friendly culture
• You'll be driving a state-of-the-art electric coach
• You’ll contribute to a hugely positive environmental impact, with every journey reducing emissions and traffic

Hours

Ember runs a 24/7 service across Scotland, seven days per week, and you'll need to be able to rotate between a wide variety of shifts. We'll try to make these as sociable as possible and we'll give you five weeks’ notice of what the rota looks like so you have plenty of time to plan. We also frequently have overtime opportunities available at shorter notice.

Next Steps

Get in touch if you think you might be the right fit or learn more about Ember at www.ember.to.

Requirements

You will need to meet these basic requirements:

• Full PCV licence: Category D as a minimum
• Up to date CPC and a digital tachograph card (or able to get both quickly)
• Able to demonstrate high-quality driving, including smooth braking and a commitment to safety
• Flexibility to work early, late or night shifts on any day of the week. In return, we'll try to make these as sociable as possible and agree them well in advance