Salary
£13.00 per hour - Overtime rate £16.50 per hour (Guaranteed 39 minimum hours with overtime for those who want to increase their earnings.)
*£2000 JOINING BONUS & FOR PCV LICENCE HOLDERS*
* Be a vital part of the Orkney community with OTE of £29000
Qualified Bus Driver
Stagecoach is looking for qualified bus and coach drivers to join our Orkney team.
* Get paid the full rate of pay from day 1.
* Brilliant benefits.
* Full in-house training provided including CPC renewal / qualifications.
* Great career development opportunities.
Bonus paid as follows:
* £500 after completion of 1 month's service.
* £500 after completion of 3 months service.
* £500 after completion of 6 months service.
* £500 after completion of 9 months service.
You’ll be one of 50 staff 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 Orkney team:
* Great benefits including a generous company pension scheme, 29 days holiday rising to 33 days after 2 years, 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.
* 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.
* Guaranteed 39 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.
* Pay Rates £13 per hour from the first day of employment! Overtime rate for all hours worked above rostered duties £16.50 per hour.
* 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 (and nicest!) driving instructors and training managers in the industry.
* 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.
* 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 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:
* You need to be 18 years old and hold a UK driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points.
* You need to want to deliver great customer service.
* 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!
Location:
Stagecoach in Orkney
Scotts Road
Hatston Industrial Estate
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1GR
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