Salary £13.00 per hour. Overtime rate £16.50 Trainee Bus Driver Stagecoach are looking for trainee bus drivers to join our Inverness team. £29000 typical annual earnings. Get paid the full rate of pay from day 1. Brilliant benefits including free Highlife Highland. Full in-house training provided. Great career development opportunities. 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… 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 finally a range of money-saving opportunities including discounts on holidays and retail, cinema outings, dental insurance, vehicle breakdown cover and hotels and attractions Modern, state of the art fleet. We've upgraded and renewed our entire fleet in Inverness over the last year or so. You'll be driving latest generation electric buses, single and double deckers and the most modern of coaches. Stagecoach Highlands has made a massive investment in the vehicles that you will be driving and you will feel the benefit every working day. 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 £13.00 per hour from 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 – 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 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, 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. 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 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 ap 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