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Bus Driver - Suffolk

Posted 20th November 2025

REFERENCE

26358_1763640153

Location
Ipswich, Suffolk
Salary
Up to£15.30/hr
Job Type
Permanent
Job Discipline
Transport & Logistics

Job Title: Bus Driver - School & Private Hire

Location: Great Blakenham Depot - Great Blakenham IP60RM

Required: Cat D Driving Licence required, training offered.

Reports to: Depot Manager

Hours: 37.5 - 52 Weeks,

Salary: £15.30 per hour Monday to Friday, Overtime for weekend - x1.25 Saturday and x1.5 Sunday and Bank holidays

VERPO1

Full Job Description:

Come and join our friendly team and work on a predominately Monday to Friday basis with no starts before 06:30 and no finishes after 17:30.

No more Saturday or Sunday evening shifts unless involved with our Private Hire operations.

All Full-Time drivers will be employed on a 37.5 hours basic week for 52 weeks per year and will be subject to Private Hire work which may include evening and weekend work, as rostered. This will pay you an absolute basic of £573.75 per week.

Weekend overtime rates are time a quarter for a Saturday and time and a half on Sunday.

Need all the school holidays off to spend with your family? Not a problem, we can do that.

Don't want a Full-Time position? We can accommodate that too with a 2 hours am and pm run in School Term-Time. This will mean driving a minibus so you will need as a basic on your driving licence a D or D1 category.

Don't have a licence but want to drive a Coach/Bus or Minibus? Not a problem either as we can train you and give you a job after.

What we ask:

To provide safe, reliable and courteous passenger transport services primarily for school children and that you assist us with moving our Private Hire business forward. We'll be flexible and in return we ask you to assist us with promoting our brand covering all types of driving. Help us to mould our business to be a great company to work for.

  • That you record your hours on a tachograph
  • That you carry out Daily Walk Round checks both in the morning and afternoon
  • Ensure the safe boarding, seating and disembarkation of passengers.
  • Maintain a punctual timetable and adapt to changing road conditions or weather, but don't rush
  • That you keep your vehicle clean and tidy and fuelled up

Benefits:

  • Free on-site parking
  • Fully paid CPC
  • Company mobile
  • Company Pension
  • Bereavement Leave
  • Cycle-to-Work scheme
  • Full Uniform

Job Type: Permanent

Licence/Certification:

  • Do you have a Cat D Driving Licence? (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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