Bus Driver

**Bus Driver**

Stagecoach have an exciting position for a full-time **Bus Driver** based in Aberdare; CF44 0AS.

If you do not have a PCV licence, Stagecoach will provide full training to a achieve the qualification.

**Role Requirements**

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 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.

**Role Responsibilities**
- You’ll be one of over 80 drivers who transport our fantastic customers safely and comfortably every day to healthcare and employment, to shopping and leisure, and to friends and family.

**Company**

Stagecoach UK Bus is part of the Stagecoach Group and is one of the largest bus operators in the UK.

Our services play an important role in helping people in rural and urban areas access work, education, health, shopping and leisure.

We've been through a lot these past 40 years and we're proud of our innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.

**Why should you apply?**
- Typical annualised earnings of £20,000 rising to £20,700.
- Different shift patterns available so you can fit work around your existing commitments.
- A generous company pension scheme.
- 20 holidays rising to 25 days holiday per year after qualifying period.
- 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.
- Free travel for you and a companion on our buses.
- 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) 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 like Silverstone and Cheltenham Festival, 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 anxietyto 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, multiculturaland LGBTQ+ colleagues.
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