PCV Bus Driver

Arriva Midlands North Limited; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free bus travel for you and family

Arriva Workplace Pension

Career progression

Staff bus service to starting points

Job summary

Arriva Midlands North Limited in Shrewsbury is seeking a PCV Bus Driver to serve local communities on a rotating 5/6 day schedule, helping people get to work, school and appointments. You will meet familiar faces on your routes, build rapport with customers and uphold Arriva's commitment to safe, reliable travel.

Hours start early, with shifts from around 05:30 to 21:00, and overtime options available. The role offers on-the-job CPC training, career progression, and benefits including staff bus

Qualifications

• Must be over 18 years of age.
• Hold your PCV licence.
• No more than 6 points on your licence.
• Can pass a drug and alcohol test.
• Great people and customer service skills.
• Flexibility to work shifts.

Responsibilities

• Drive a PCV bus to transport passengers safely and on time.
• Provide excellent customer service and assist passengers as needed.
• Work a 5-out-of-6 day rotating shift pattern with early starts (approx. 05:30) and late finishes (approx. 21:00).

Skills

PCV licence

Customer service

Flexibility

Over 18

Job description

PCV Bus Driver

£14.45 per hour

Job Overview

Progress your bus driving career with Arriva at our Shrewsbury depot, where you will be at the heart of your community! Whether it is getting commuters to work, helping customers with popping to the shops or getting children to school - we provide an important service in connecting our customers to what matters to them. As a Bus Driver, you will get to know the familiar faces on your routes, build relationships and even be the highlight of someone’s day. We are proud of our customer service and how we support our community - and we would love to have like-minded individuals as part of our team.

Pay

£14.45 per hour (Monday to Saturday). No Sunday working. Pay rates reviewed via frequent pay negotiations. Overtime opportunities - extra shifts, bank holidays, all paid at a premium rate. Ongoing CPC training. Development and great career opportunities - whether that's into management, support training, or as an expert driver. Working for an inclusive and diverse company that put’s our customers at the heart of what we do, and what a responsibility for you to be transporting our precious cargo ensuring they get to their destinations. Access to the Mydrive app where you can win a £50 voucher monthly for the top Bus Drivers in the area.

Hours of Work

5 out of 6 day rotating shift patterns, (Monday to Saturday) planned up to 6-8 weeks in advance so you can plan around shifts. Mornings can start from 05:30, and evenings end at around 21:00. Our rotas are constructed with our driving team in mind. These are split into main types of work (local, interurban and Park & Ride), though there can be a mix of each type. Full and part-time options are available, and the full-time rotas consist of mixed 4 and 5-day weeks, with 1 in 4 weekends off – with every other of these consisting of 5 days (perfect for getting away). A mix of early finishes, later starts, short days and long days exist, and every effort is made to finish for a weekend on an early and start back on a later start to maximise rest periods. We cannot offer fixed early, afternoon or evenings separately. Overtime available at request / availability.

Requirements

• Must be over 18 years of age
• Hold your PCV licence
• No more than 6 points on your licence
• Can pass a drug and alcohol test
• Great people and customer service skills
• Flexibility to work shifts

Benefits

• Fantastic career progression and training opportunities
• Free to use staff bus operates a route around Leicester in the mornings and evenings to get drivers to and from work at those early start times and late finishes
• Shuttle service from the depot to town to get you to your starting point.
• Access to the 'Arriva Village', where you can take advantage of store discounts and offers
• Free bus travel for you and your family (within the same household) if you do not need to use it then you can nominate someone else
• Arriva Workplace Pension
• Enhanced rates of pay
• Long service awards
• Access to the Mydrive app and road safety scheme where you can get rewarded a £50 voucher monthly for being the top Arriva driver

About Arriva

At Arriva we strive for inclusion and diversity, we are a community that brings everyone together, not just our passengers. Arriva is a leading provider of passenger transport across Europe, employing around 34,400 people and delivering around 1.6 billion passenger journeys. With buses, trains, coaches, trams, waterbuses, bike-sharing systems, on-demand transport solutions and a rolling stock leasing company, Arriva proudly connects people and communities safely, reliably and sustainably across 11 countries, delivering these services in a better way, every day. The activities of Arriva are divided into four business units: UK Bus, UK Trains, The Netherlands and Mainland Europe. Arriva has passenger transport operations in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom, and also operates a rolling stock leasing company in Romania.