Trainee Mainline Driver

4 months ago

Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom Greater Anglia Full time

£31,941

**Are you ready for the career change you’ve always dreamed of?**

Greater Anglia operates a busy railway network from London Liverpool Street to destinations across the east of England. We have a high standard of service for our customers throughout their journey experience so they can sit back relax and travel with confidence. Not to mention a whole new set of modernised greener trains, it’s never been a more exciting time to start a career with us. Do you want to be part of the journey? Come along and join Greater Anglia

Train drivers are at the heart of our business, they are integral to the smooth running of our trains and we currently have some exciting opportunities for enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to join our incredible team as Trainee Mainline Drivers at Bishops Stortford.

**The Role**

You will be responsible for driving our state-of-the-art trains in a safe, punctual, and economical manner in accordance with the Rules & Regulations to meet the needs of our customers. You will be required to communicate effectively, and collaborate with other Greater Anglia colleagues, and other railway interfaces to ensure the smooth running of the train service.

This position will require you to work a combination of shifts which includes early starts, late finishes, weekend, and bank holiday working. You will work an average of 35 hours per week, and shifts are over a 24-hour period.

Full uniform will be provided, to ensure that you embrace our values and brand as a business.

**What we are looking for?**

We are looking for a colleague who can work well on their own. You should have the ability to communicate and feel comfortable dealing with both customers and colleagues alike. The successful colleague will be an organised individual with effective concentration skills which is highly required for this role. You will have the willingness to accept the high level of responsibility associated with this role with the ability to work effectively.

**Training & Development**

If you have the right behaviours and attributes, we will provide you the training for you to be an effective part of our community working as a Trainee Mainline Driver, this includes enrolling you onto the Level 3 Driver Apprenticeship. This apprenticeship has fast become the industry standard for new starter drivers and is nationally recognised.

Please note that you will not be able to take annual leave in the first six months of training.

To succeed in this role, we are looking for people who can bring our four values to life in your everyday work:

- Genuinebe welcoming, customer-centric and respectful
- Professionalbe solution-oriented, accountable and delivering to promises
- Proactivebe progressive, innovative and decisive
- Inclusivebe connected in your thinking, empathetic and promote diversity

**What can we do for you?**
- Defined Contribution pension scheme after 2 years option to move across to Defined Benefit (Final Salary) pension scheme
- Free Travel on GA and 75% discount on other TOCs for leisure travel
- Free Leisure travel on GA and 75% discount on other TOCS for eligible family members
- International travel discount card (FIP) for staff and eligible family members after 12 months service
- GA offers maternity, paternity and adoption leave and time off for prenatal care, as well as shared parental leave after 26 weeks of service - part of our commitment to family friendly policies
- GA Hapi Benefits App
- our great benefits app which includes discounts across many retailers, days out and dining
- 24/7 Employee assistance programme, eyecare and flu jab vouchers and access to physiotherapy services
- Annually issued 12 discount vouchers for family and friends to use
- Salary Sacrifice schemes such as Cycle to work and Technology scheme (eligible once passing probation)

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