Qualified Bus Driver - Sellafield Contracts

Salary £13.64 per hour £34,045 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 48 hours per week Typical annualised earnings of £34,045 You’ll be one of 38 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 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 48 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 Stagecoach workplace culture is one where everyone can be themselves and where all the differences our people bring to the business are celebrated. We welcome applications from all, irrespective of background, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, beliefs, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation or age. 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 Stagecoach workplace culture is one where everyone can be themselves and where all the differences our people bring to the business are celebrated. We welcome applications from all, irrespective of background, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, beliefs, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation or age. Location: Whitehaven Depot c/o Broadacre House 16-20 Lowther Street Carlisle CA3 8DA Welcome to Stagecoach, the UK #1 bus company. If you’re ready to join our team, simply fill out an application. It takes less than 90 seconds to complete. Every day we help millions of passengers get to the people and places that matter to them, connecting the communities we are proud to serve. We operate some of the most recognised and successful public transport brands, driving growth through innovation, investment and high quality service to our customers. Overview Stagecoach Group is a leading multi-modal UK public transport company, with operations in England, Scotland and Wales. The Group operates bus, coach, and tram services in regulated and deregulated markets. Stagecoach is the UK biggest bus and coach operator. We have major city bus operations in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Hull, Sheffield, Oxford and Cambridge, as well as inter-urban services linking smaller locations. We also run the low-cost coach service megabus.com in the UK and run Scotland biggest coach operator, Scottish Citylink, as a joint venture