Trainee Bus Driver

Stagecoach Group; Skegness; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking trainee bus drivers to join their Skegness team. This role offers a unique opportunity to get paid while training, covering all costs for a recognized national qualification in Passenger Transport and your PCV licence. With typical annual earnings of £31,200, you will enjoy guaranteed minimum hours, job security, and various shifts to fit around your commitments. The company values inclusivity and provides a supportive environment with numerous benefits, including free travel for you and a companion, a generous pension scheme, and career development opportunities. If you are passionate about customer service and driving, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Generous company pension scheme

20 days holiday

Free travel for you and a companion

Affordable loans

Discounts on holidays and retail

Dental insurance

Vehicle breakdown cover

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years old and hold a driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points.
• Desire to deliver great customer service.

Responsibilities

• Transport customers safely and comfortably to various destinations.
• Maintain a patient, safe, and courteous approach to driving.

Skills

Customer Service

Driving Skills

Safety Awareness

Education

Driving Licence

Job description

Salary

£31,200 after initial training period

Trainee Bus Driver

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

• Get paid to train and zero training costs as not only will you be earning from day one, we’ll also pay for all of your training costs to achieve a recognised national qualification in Passenger Transport and your PCV licence, worth around £6,000.

• Typical annualised earnings of £31,200 after initial training period.

• Different shift patterns available so you can fit work around your existing commitments.

You’ll be one of 94 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, 20 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 go shopping without worrying about parking the car, or head 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 (and nicest!) 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.
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 loads of opportunity 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 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 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.

So if that’s you, and you like what we’re offering, then please apply!

Stagecoach is proudly an inclusive employer, striving for a culture where everyone can be themselves and where all the differences people bring are truly appreciated. We welcome applications from all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, beliefs, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, or age.

Location: Stagecoach Skegness Depot Burgh Road Trading Estate, Burgh Road Skegness PE24 4UF