School Bus Driver

SOUTHLAND Halifax
11 Frazee Ave
Dartmouth, NS B3B, CAN

SOUTHLAND Transportation is currently seeking dedicated and safety-minded School Bus Drivers to join our team. This is an essential role that offers job security, a flexible schedule and allows you to make a difference on the front line by transporting our children to school safely.

This is an opportunity to be part of a growing company that offers competitive wages, professional growth, and work-life balance. This opportunity is perfect for existing School Bus Drivers in the area, stay-at-home parents, or entrepreneurs/retirees!

• Competitive wages ($24.67 per hour), bonuses, and flexibility within your personal life
• Modern fleet
• Evenings, weekends, school holidays (Christmas, Spring Break etc.) and summers off
• Free training
• $250 training completion bonus
• Employee recognition programs such as long service awards, safety awards, employee recognition banquets
• Mentorship program, professional development, and a chance to advance in a growing company
• Employee engagement and improvement sessions
• Nationally recognized professional driver training program
• Advanced driver education in our Mobile Training Unit Simulator
• Employee recognition, staff BBQs, and a great family-oriented company culture

• Monday to Friday - no mandatory nights or weekends
• Split shifts (approximately 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon)

As a School Bus Driver you will be driving approximately 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. Drivers work during the school year and are given time off in July and August.

• Valid Class 2 driver’s license (will provide license upgrade training from Class
  5)
• Minimum 5 years of driving experience
• 5-year driver’s abstract
• Must have a safe driving record
• Undergo drug and alcohol testing, criminal record search, vulnerable sector clearance and reference checks