Salary
£13.00 per hour
£16.50 per hour for overtime
Qualified Bus / Coach driver
Stagecoach are looking for bus and coach drivers to join our Inverness team.
1. £29000 typical annual earnings.
2. Get paid the full rate of pay from day 1.
3. Brilliant benefits including free Highlife Highland.
4. Full in-house training provided including CPC renewal / qualification.
5. Opportunities for either local service or long distance work.
6. Great career development opportunities.
7. Modern, state of the art fleet .
You’ll be one of 128 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 Highland team…
8. Great benefits including a generous company pension scheme, 29 days holiday a year rising to 33 after 2 years service, free travel for you and a companion, free financial education and affordable loans, and finally a range of money-saving opportunities including discounts on holidays and retail, cinema outings, dental insurance, vehicle breakdown cover and hotels and attractions
9. Pay Rates £13.00 per hour. Overtime rate for all hours worked over and above rostered duties £16.50 per hour.
10. 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
11. Plenty of job security from being a key worker at the heart of our communities, where we always need great people behind the wheel
12. 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
13. 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
14. Secondment opportunities to work elsewhere in the business, either on big events or into our head office support functions
15. 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, from dealing with stress and anxiety to managing financial, marital or legal issues. Face-to-face counselling sessions are also offered, alongside telephone and online support.
16. 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 with your CV, we’ll have a good read then get you in for an interview and a bus drive, and that’s it!
There are a few of things we need from you:
For the qualified PCV driver role
17. You need to have a PCV licence, and no more than 6 penalty points
18. You need to want to deliver great customer service
19. 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:
Inverness Depot 1 Seafield Road Inverness IV1 1SG