And get the show on the road!
People of the North West! Join us as an Arriva Bus Driver and get the show on the road. Whether you’re an experienced driver looking for the next step in your career or if you’re not qualified yet, we have the role for you!
Earn up to £14.52ph as a Trainee (increasing after 12 months) and up to £17.63ph as an Experienced PCV Licence Holder.
Welcome to one of the most entertaining and dazzling roles you will ever see! Arriva Bus Drivers put on an incredible performance in the community every day. Whether it’s getting kids to school or commuters to work, you’ll connect our customers to what matters to them, while providing excellent customer service and making a difference in your community. If you like looking after the locals and getting them from A to B, then we have a seat with your name on it.
Pay rates and
shift patterns
Pay rates
We offer competitive salaries for both trainee and experienced drivers. Trainee salaries increase after one year, during which time you will become a qualified PCV driver. Work on weekends is paid at an additional rate.
Shift patterns
Shifts rotate across mornings, afternoons, and evenings, with a schedule of 5 days out of 7. A balance of weekends off included in your shift rota, as well as regular long weekends off (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday).
Our Merseyside depots include:
Speke, Runcorn, St Helens, Bootle, Southport, Birkenhead, Green Lane.
Benefits
Optional Social Fund
which includes activities,
raffles and more
Cycle to work
scheme
20 days holiday increasing yearly with service and to 26 after 12 months
Arriva Workplace
Pension
Brand discounts and Cashback through the Arriva Village
Free bus travel
for you and
your household
Wanted!
Your local depot
Depending on your home depot, our network covers all of Merseyside, into Cheshire, Lancashire and beyond. You will operate routes across Merseyside covering Shopping hotspots, tourist attractions as well as serving the community by covering all hospitals and universities and local events. Wherever your passengers are going, you’ll be the one to get them there!
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No experience?
No worries!
We’re always on the lookout for talented drivers to join our fleet - whether you’re experienced or not. If you don’t have Bus Driving experience, all we ask is that you enjoy driving (obviously!), and want to provide quality service to your local community.
We offer fully paid training through our Training School based at our Speke depot. You’ll be given all the knowledge and skills you need to drive our buses and can get your CPC and PCV licence here.
Application process
Online Application
Apply for our roles via our careers site or Indeed. Here, you’ll be asked to answer some basic eligibility and screening questions, alongside uploading your CV. It shouldn’t take more the 5 minutes!
Call with the team
Your application will be reviewed by our recruitment team who will then be in touch for an initial phone call to learn more about you, your application, and to tell you more about the role.
Assessment Day
The next step is our assessment day at a local depot, which the recruitment team will discuss with you. You’ll take part in a 30-minute driving test with an Arriva driving instructor, a 10-minute written assessment to test your writing and basic math skills, and an on-site medical check– including a drugs and alcohol test. We’ll also check your documentation and you’ll have an interview with one of our managers. This assessment day is the perfect opportunity for you to learn about us as much as we can learn about you!
The next steps
If you’ve been successful on our assessment day, a team member will be in touch with the good news! We’ll then send off Trainee candidate licences to the DVLA, which can take up to 4 weeks to process. If you’re an experienced driver with an active PCV licence, you’ll be offered a start day on our assessment day!
Theory Practice (Trainee only)
It can take up to 4 weeks for your provisional PCV licence to arrive from the DVLA. In the meantime, we’ll give you access to an online portal so you can start practising your theory. As soon as your licence is back, we can confirm a start date for your induction.
Induction
Now it’s time to get stuck in! For Trainee Bus Drivers, your training will last three weeks. Once it’s complete, you’ll have your full PCV licence, and you’ll get onto the roads with a mentor. If you’re already a PCV licence holder, you’ll have a short induction so we can get you out on the road!
Alistair Hands, Managing Director - Regions
“I love getting to meet the new recruits we bring in to the business, and see how they progress through their training and grow into their roles. ”
– Tom Sunley, Head of Service Delivery
About you
You'll be over 18 - this is a requirement of the DVLA.
Have at least 6 months driving experience with no more than 6 points on your licence.
Able to pass mandatory drug, alcohol and medical tests.
Good communication and interpersonal skills so you can provide the best service for your customers.
You'll be flexible with shifts rotating across mornings, afternoons, and evenings, with a schedule of 5 days out of 7.
There’s no business like our business. Apply now to join the incredible Arriva team and help deliver our vision of providing clean, sustainable and reliable transport services to our customers.