Qualified Bus Driver

**Salary**

£13.50 per hour
£35,100 per annum

**Qualified Bus Driver (Sellafield Contracts) - Workington**

Stagecoach are looking for qualified bus drivers to join our Sellafield Contract Services Team within our Workington Depot.
- Working week of Monday to Friday, so you will have your weekends free
- Standard working week will consist of an average of 50 hours per week
- Typical annualised earnings of £35,100

You’ll be one of 35 who transport our fantastic customers safely and comfortably every day to, from and around the site at Sellafield

Aside from the satisfaction of being a key worker in your community, there’s loads of reasons for you to join the Stagecoach in Cumbria and North Lancashire team
- Great benefits including a generous company pension scheme, 28 days holiday, free travel for you, your partner & up to 2 children, 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
- Guaranteed contracted 39 minimum hours per week, however on average you will be working approximately 50 hours per week
- 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 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

**Applicants will be required to provide their working history for the last 5 years, an in date passport, a UK driving licence and a utility bill.**

**Applicants must hold a full Category D Licence**

**Location**:
Whitehaven Depot c/o Broadacre House 16-20 Lowther Street Carlisle CA3 8DA