Trainee Bus Driver

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

Job summary

Join a leading public transport company as a trainee bus driver in Scunthorpe! This role offers a chance to be a key worker in your community, providing essential transport services to customers. With a focus on safety and customer satisfaction, you'll enjoy comprehensive training and support to develop your driving skills. The position guarantees a minimum of 40 hours per week, with opportunities for overtime and career advancement. Enjoy fantastic perks like free travel for you and a companion, a generous pension scheme, and a supportive work environment where diversity is celebrated. If you have a passion for driving and helping others, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Generous Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday

Free Travel for You and a Companion

Affordable Loans

Discounts on Holidays and Retail

Dental Insurance

Vehicle Breakdown Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Career Development Opportunities

Supportive Training Environment

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points.
• Desire to deliver excellent customer service is essential.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Customer Service

Driving Skills

Patience

Safety Awareness

Education

Full UK Car Driving Licence

Job description

Salary
Typical annualised earnings of £24,700 rising to £28,000 in Year 2.

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

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’s loads of reasons for you to join the Stagecoach East Midlands 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 be off shopping without worrying about parking the car, or heading off for a day in the city or by the seaside without worrying about the cost of fuel.
3. Guaranteed 40 minimum hours with overtime for those who want to increase their earnings.
4. Plenty of job security from being a key worker at the heart of our communities, where we always need great people behind the wheel.
5. 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.
6. Supportive and high-quality training from some of the best driving instructors and training managers in the industry.
7. 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.
8. Secondment opportunities to work elsewhere in the business, either on big events or into our head office support functions.
9. An employee assistance programme to support health and wellbeing through a confidential service available 24 hours a day.
10. A great working environment with opportunities to make new friends from a bunch of great workmates and managers who work hard to create great places to work.

The recruitment process is simple – you apply online, we’ll get you in for an interview and to see the depot, and that’s it!

It doesn’t matter if you’re working in customer service, retail, hospitality or in a warehouse or factory, the only things we need are:

1. You need to have held a full UK car driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points for 12 months.
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.

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.