Bus Driver

**Salary**

£13.00 per hour

£16.50 per hour for overtime

**Qualified Bus Driver**

We are looking for qualified bus drivers / PCV licence holders to join our Inverness team.
- **Get paid the full rate of pay from day 1. Zero training costs. **Not only will you be earning from day one, we’ll also provide everything you need to get you on the road. If you need a CPC qualification or renewal, we'll take care of it. We will also provide you with some refresher training if you've been away from bus driving for a while and vehicle type training on everything that you will drive. Everything you need, we will supply.
- **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.
- **Opportunities for either domestic work of JV/Megabus. **Whether you prefer the hustle and bustle of busy town work or the lure of the open road. We have something to suit everyone.
- **Typical annualised earnings of £29000
- **Brilliant benefits including free Highlife Highland **individual or family membership (up to £37.40 per month value).
- **Different shift patterns available **so you can fit work around your existing commitments

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 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
- **Pay Rates **£13.00 per hour. Overtime rate for all hours worked over and above rostered duties **£16.50 **per hour.
- **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
- **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
- **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

There are a few of things we need from you:
For the qualified PCV driver role
- You need to have a PCV licence, and 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 apply

**Location**:
Inverness Depot 1 Seafield Road Inverness IV1 1SG