Trainee Bus Driver - Catford

Salary about £36,070 with overtime available. Come and join our front line heroes working for a sustainable, diverse and community focused employer who puts its people at the heart of its business. Our vision is to help people lead more sustainable lives, harnessing new and greener technology, whilst protecting our people and customers. The health and wellbeing of our diverse people is a priority as we support people to be themselves at work and support our local communities with our charitable partnerships.

Get paid to train as not only will you be earning from day one, we’ll also pay for all of your training costs, worth around £4,000. Typical annualised earnings of about £36,070 with overtime available (calculated on an average 41.9 hours per week). Working different shifts with different days off each week.

You’ll be one of our great team of bus 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 are loads of reasons for you to join the Stagecoach London team:

• Great benefits including a generous company pension scheme, 20 days holiday, 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 household member on TfL bus and rail services (this is a non-contractual benefit) and outside London there is free travel for you and a companion on Stagecoach buses.
• Guaranteed 38 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.
• 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!) driver trainers in the industry – we’ll teach you everything you need to know about our routes, our vehicles, how to offer the best customer service and more.
• Career development including our Trade Up scheme for drivers who want to move into engineering, promotion opportunities to Driver Mentor, Regulator/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 like Silverstone and Cheltenham Festival, or into our Stagecoach wide 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.
• 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 that’s it! It doesn’t matter if you’re working in customer service, the care industry, 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 (unless you have held the licence for under two years).
• 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 apply above! 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 Catford Garage, 180 Bromley Rd, Catford, London SE6 2XA.