Intercity Bus and Coach Driver - Livingston - Night Shift

AENU; Livingston; Presencial; GBP 28.000 - 34.000; Jornada completa

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Starting rate £15/h

40 hours/week

Overtime pay

Free CPC renewal

28 days annual leave

Flexible annual leave

Unpaid leave up to 10 days

Sick leave 20 days

Career progression

Referral scheme

Friendly culture

Electric coaches

Descripción de la vacante

Ember, the UK's first fully-electric, zero-emission coach service, is seeking professional drivers for Livingston. Join a fast-growing team delivering a great passenger experience across Scotland.

As a driver you’ll be on the front line, handling customer needs, keeping coaches clean, and contributing to a positive environmental impact while embracing new technology and flexible shifts. Starting February 2026 with multiple start dates and competitive progression opportunities.

Formación

• Full PCV licence: Category D minimum.
• Up to date CPC and a digital tachograph card.
• Ability to demonstrate high-quality driving, including smooth braking and safety.
• Flexibility to work early, late or night shifts on any day of the week.

Responsabilidades

• Drive the coach and keep it moving, while being the main contact for customers with issues.
• Assist passengers (bags, boarding) and maintain a clean, well-presented vehicle.
• Learn and use new systems and technologies introduced by Ember.
• Contribute ideas to improve processes and passenger experience.

Conocimientos

Customer service

Safety

Flexibility

People skills

Herramientas

Digital tachograph

Descripción del empleo

Job description

Various start dates available from February 2026.

Ember is the UK's first fully-electric, zero-emission coach company. We launched in October 2020 and are now running multiple routes across Scotland. We’ll soon be adding more, and we're delighted to confirm that Livingston will be our next location.

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 Livingston 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. We're looking for resourceful and motivated individuals who will be solution-focussed 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 love people that want to give input into how we can do things better and who do this in a thoughtful, constructive way.

Benefits

• £15.00 per hour starting rate with a guaranteed 40 hours of work per week (£31,200 pa), overtime is likely on top of this.

• £15.80 per hour after one year (£32,864 pa). We reward those who want to make a long term career.

• £16.40 per hour if you become an Ember Ambassador (£34,112 pa) - those who really live our values and give the best passenger experience.

• Relief contracts are also available - £16.81 per hour (£15.00 base rate plus additional pay in lieu of holiday)

• Overtime rates starting at £18.00 per hour and rising to 2x base pay rate for short notice shifts

• 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 run 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.

Job requirements

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