FirstGroup are the world’s leading ground passenger transport company, we help 2.5 billion people each year to get to where they want to go. Across the UK and North America, we employ 120,000 people who help us to generate an annual revenue of £6 billion. In the UK, we’re the biggest bus operator with a fleet of 8,000 buses. We’re also the largest rail operator, carrying an astonishing 280 million passengers a year.
Because we’re committed to providing customers with safe, high-quality service every day, we’re committed to the people who provide it. Our graduates are seen as our managers of the future. We look carefully for individuals who thrive on rolling up their sleeves and accelerating their learning with early responsibility, breath taking learning curves and the chance to take ownership. This is a place where you aren’t sidelined for your mistakes, but you learn from them; where your role changes every day and where you develop the ability to deal with all kinds of people above and beyond your skills.
You can be confident that you will be fully supported throughout the two year programme and in to a management role where you will continue to learn, develop and grow.
Everything you do will be underpinned by a comprehensive and on-going mentoring and coaching process, everyone here wants you to learn and we use buddies and mentors to ensure that happens. But the most important person driving your success is you.