Trainee Bus Driver - Women Up Front - All depots

Australia and New Zealand’s biggest and greenest bus operator, Kinetic, is looking for female trainee bus drivers.

Not a bus driver, you say? Not yet, we say!

All you need is a car drivers licence and a positive attitude and we’ll handle the rest.

Best pay rates in the industry - $36.80 per hour base rate

Our Women Up Front Trainee Bus Driver program offers you the support and training you need to become a licensed and confident bus driver. This includes:

• A friendly and supportive environment
• An extensive induction training program with a mix of classroom and on-road training
• Lessons to obtain a Heavy Rigid (HR) licence
• A 12 month training program (Mix of classroom and on the job training) to gain a nationally recognized qualification (Certificate III in Driving Operations - Bus)
• Competitive pay throughout your training
• You will be assigned a Buddy throughout the training process to support your development!

We’re after people with:

• Excellent customer service skills and who enjoy working with people
• A current Australian Car driver’s licence (full licence held for at least 2 years)
• Ability to pass a pre‐employment functional, drug and alcohol clearance
• Ability to obtain a Driver Accreditation and Working With Children Check
• Hold Australian work rights (Permanent Resident or Australian Citizen)

The benefits of working with us:

• Employment with Australasia's leading mass transit bus operator
• Best base rate, penalties and allowances across the industry - $36.80 base rate per hour
• Full on-the-job training is offered to approved applicants
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program Including wellbeing, financial and nutritional coaching, counselling, and legal advice
• Secure employment with genuine career progression opportunities

The opportunity

In Melbourne we operate 30% of the metropolitan bus network across our six depots. Our Bus Drivers operate a combination of services including route services; school services; charters and special events.

 Currently we have positions available in the following bus depots:

• North Fitzroy
• Doncaster
• Sunshine West
• Keysborough
• Heatherton
• Thomastown

Doncaster and Fitzroy North depots have a Monday to Friday rosters, including split shifts with work times between 5am and 7pm (9% loading paid). There is also optional weekend over-time for our people who wish to earn more.

Keysborough, Thomastown (limited spaces) and Heatherton (limited spaces), These depots have weekly rotation of am and pm Shifts and operate rosters 5 over 7 days (Require availability from Monday to Sunday and penalties applied to weekend shifts)

 Sunshine West does a combination of all shifts both straight (5 over 7) and Split (Monday to Friday)

About Us

As Australia and New Zealand’s largest and greenest bus operator, we bring passion and commitment to our important role in the community. That’s why people choose to travel with us.

Kinetic is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with our people proudly representing the community which we service.

We invite all applicants to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people from diverse social, cultural and gender backgrounds.

If you’re ready to join us in the bus lane, click the 'Apply for this job' button

For more information visit on Kinetic, visit: www.wearekinetic.com