Trainee Bus Driver

Stagecoach Group; Gainsborough CP; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading public transport company as a trainee bus driver in Gainsborough! This exciting opportunity offers guaranteed hours, competitive pay, and comprehensive training to help you succeed. You'll be part of a dedicated team that connects communities and ensures safe transportation for passengers. With potential career development and a supportive work environment, this role not only provides job security but also the chance to make a real difference in people's lives. If you have a passion for driving and delivering great customer service, this is the perfect opportunity for you to grow and thrive in a rewarding career.

Benefits

Generous company pension scheme

28 days holiday

Free travel for you and a companion

Free financial education

Discounts on holidays and retail

Dental insurance

Vehicle breakdown cover

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years old with a valid driving license.
• Strong customer service skills and a patient driving approach.

Responsibilities

• Transport customers safely to various destinations.
• Provide excellent customer service as a key worker.

Skills

Customer Service

Safe Driving

Patience

Education

Driving Licence

Job description

Salary: Typical annualised earnings of £24,700 rising to £28,000 after 6 months.

Stagecoach are looking for trainee bus drivers to join our Gainsborough depot team.

You’ll be one of 56 drivers who transport our fantastic customers safely and comfortably every day to healthcare, employment, shopping, leisure, and to friends and family. Aside from the satisfaction of being a key worker in your community, there are numerous reasons to join the Stagecoach East Midlands team.

Benefits:

1. Great benefits including a generous company pension scheme.
2. 28 days holiday.
3. Free travel for you and a companion.
4. Free financial education and affordable loans.
5. A range of money-saving opportunities including discounts on holidays, retail, cinema outings, dental insurance, vehicle breakdown cover, and hotels and attractions.

Guaranteed 40 minimum hours with overtime for those who want to increase their earnings.

Plenty of job security from being a key worker at the heart of our communities, where we always need great people behind the wheel.

UK-wide opportunities whereby if you’re moving out of choice or circumstance, as we run bus companies across the UK, you can transfer to a new location.

Supportive and high-quality training from some of the best driving instructors and training managers in the industry – we’ll teach you everything you need to know about our routes, our vehicles, our tickets, and more.

Career development including our Trade Up scheme for drivers who want to move into engineering, promotion opportunities to Lead Driver, Inspector, Controller, Driving Instructor, and routes into management and leadership for those who want that.

Secondment opportunities to work elsewhere in the business, either on big events or into our head office support functions.

An employee assistance programme to support health and wellbeing through a confidential service available 24 hours a day which provides specialist guidance and assistance on a range of personal and work-related issues.

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: Apply online, we’ll get you in for an interview and to see the depot, and that’s it!

Minimum Requirements:

1. You need to be 18 years old and hold a driving licence with 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.

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 Gainsborough Depot, Unit 10, Lusher Way, Corringham Road Industrial Estate, Gainsborough DN21 1QB.

Who We Are

Every day we help millions of passengers get to the people and places that matter to them, connecting the communities we are proud to serve.

About Us

We operate some of the most recognised and successful public transport brands, driving growth through innovation, investment, and high-quality service to our customers.

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 run Scotland’s biggest coach operator, Scottish Citylink, as a joint venture.