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Welcome
to
Sullivan Buses
Employment application pack
Recruitingdue
tobusiness
expansion
Rates applicable from 3rd June
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Welcome to Sullivan Buses!Thank you for your interest in Sullivan Buses and welcome to our employment application pack. Due tobusiness expansion we are currently recruiting staff for new and existing contracts.
Sullivan Buses are a small bus company based at South Mimms in Hertfordshire, adjacent to the Motorwayservice area.We pride ourselves in being independent, and establishing a good working relationship with ourcolleagues and customers.
Sullivan Buses operate a range of local bus services.These include three mainstream routes under contractto Transport for London;
· 217 Turnpike Lane – Waltham Cross,
· 298 Potters Bar – Arnos Grove
· W9 Chase Farm – Southgate
We also operate commercial services in Hertfordshire, these include;
· 306 Borehamwood - Watford
· 398 Potters Bar – Watford
· Route B3 is operated under contract to Hertfordshire County Council
For those looking to work only on schooldays we operate a number of schoolbus services for TfL andcommercially within Hertfordshire.We can also offer occasional work at Thorpe Park (Surrey) and onweekend railway replacement.
What happens next;
� Please read through the relevant sections of this document and print off the attached application form.Black and White copies preferred!
� You should complete the application form in your own handwriting and forward it to Sullivan Buses atthe address provided. We will endeavour to contact you within 10 working days on receipt of yourapplication form. If successful you will be called for interview at our South Mimms Offices (or ThorpePark if applying for a job in Surrey).
� If you are applying for a driving job, you must bring with you your driving licence, current passport andDriver Qualification (CPC) card. Driver applicants will be taken out on a test drive.You should ensureyou have any glasses if required and wear suitable footwear.
� Following the interview, Sullivan Buses will take up references and may ask you to attend a medical at oneof the Company’s approved medical centres.
� If successful at this stage we will inform you by letter of your start date. Ifyour application is for a drivers position you will be required to attendfamiliarisation and route learning.This will be paid at the appropriatetraining rate.
� You will need both a Bank account and a personal email account in orderthat your wages can be transferred to your account through BACS.Payslips are automated via email.
Dean Sullivan
Managing DirectorRates applicable from 3rd June
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Welcome Pack Index
Introduction Page 2
TfL Rates of Pay Page 4
Commercial Rates of Pay Page 5
Commercial schools Page 6
TfL Schools Page 7
Rail Replacement (drivers) Page 8
Thorpe Park Express Page 9
Rail Support Page 10
Engineers & support staff Page 11
Please download the application form separately,
complete and send to:
Recruitment, Sullivan Buses, Deards House
St Albans Road, Herts EN6 3NE
Join our team!
Sullivan Buses is TfLs only independent bus operator
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¬ TfL Rates of Pay
TfL Service Seniority Monday -
Friday
Saturdays Sundays Public holidays
& Boxing Day
Notes
(page 11)
Hourly rate
up ro 21:30 £11.50 £12.50 £13.25 £15.001,3,6,7,9,11,15,17,18
Hourly rate
after 21:30 £12.50 £13.50 £14.00 £15.001,3,6,7,9,11,15,17,18
Hourly rate
up ro 21:30 £12 £13 £14 £15.501,3,6,7,9,11,15,17,18
Hourly rate
after 21:30 £13 £14 £14.50 £15.501,3,6,7,9,11,15,17,18
Duties Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday
Early Middle Late Early Late Early Late
217 TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC
298 3 3 4 5 3 2 3
W9 4 6 3 6 7 3 4
Duty SummaryThe chart below lists the indicative number of daily duties for each route. This may change during the
contract and is offered as a guide only.
Routes 298 & W9 are jointly compiled.
� Other benefits:
Free travel on TfL bus, tube, tram & ¬ rail services
Eligible for Hello London ‘Thank-you’ award £25
Free CPC training
BTEC training after 1 year
Applies to all TfL mainstream services
Up
to
3 y
ear
s
3 y
ear
s an
d o
ver
40 min unpaid break
Sullivan Buses is TfLs only independent bus operator
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Commercial Bus ServicesIn Hertfordshire
Commercial
Service
Monday -
Friday
Saturdays Sundays Boxing Day &
public holidays
Notes
(page 11)
Hourly rate£10.60 £11.85 £11.85 £15.00
3, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18,
21.
Training Hourly£10 £10 £10 NA
� Other benefits:
SafeDrive bonus paid weekly (up to £25)
Free CPC training
Minimal late and dead early turns
Only 1 Sunday duty & no Boxing Days!
Flexible duties where available
Customer facing role with a wide variety of work
Duties Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday
Early Middle Late Early Late Early Late
306 4 4 1 6 1 1 0
398 note 1 2 0 NA NA NA NA
B3 1 0 0 1 0 NA NA
Duty SummaryThe chart below lists the indicative number of daily duties for each route. This may change
over a period of time and is offered as a guide only. Some duties may include school services.
Note 1 = excludes school bus duties (3). Two M-F duties on route 398 are static line.
Most duties jointly compiled so may include a mixture of all three routes plus schools5
40 min unpaid breakSuitable for customer friendly
staff or those seeking
promotion to TfL services
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Commercial ServicesSchool BusIn Hertfordshire
Commercial
School
Monday -
Friday
Saturdays Sundays Boxing Day &
public
Notes
(page 11)
Daily rate£75
2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11,
14, 17, 18, 20
Training
Hourly£10 £10 £10 NA
Weekends where
required for route
familiarisation
� Other benefits:
SafeDrive bonus paid weekly (up to £25)
Free CPC training
Contracted 195 days per year
Holidays during School Holidays
Flexible duties where available
Opportunities to carry out additional work where available
Customer facing role
Route overview
Suitable for customer friendly
staff or those seeking
promotion to TfL services
303 Borehamwood - Nicholas Breakspear School
306 Borehamwood - St Michaels School
331 Panshanger - Nicholas Breakspear School
358 Borehamwood - Nicholas Breakspear School
823 Borehamwood - St Michaels School
833 Carpenders Park - St Michaels School
B76 Watford - JFS School
B77 Radlett - JFS School
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¬ TfL ServicesSchool BusIn North London
TfL School
Service
Monday -
Friday
Saturdays Sundays Boxing Day &
public holidays
Notes
(page 11)
Daily rate£90
1,2,3,5,6,7,8,11,14,17,
18,19
� Other benefits:
Free travel on TfL bus, tube, tram & ¬ rail services
Free CPC training
BETC after 1 year
Contracted 195 days per year
Holidays during School Holidays
Flexible duties where available
Opportunity for additional work where available
Route overview
Suitable for those looking for
schooltime work or those
seeking promotion to TfL
mainstream services
605 Burnt Oak - Totteridge (Mill Hill County High School)
617 Turnpike Lane - St Ignatius College
626 Finchley - Dame Alice Owens
629 Wood Green - St Ignatius College
653 Muswell Hill - JFS*
683 Friern Barnet - JFS*
688 Southgate - JFS*
699 Whichmore Hill - Dame Alice Owens
* Faith school
calendar may
vary from other
London schools
Sullivan Buses is TfLs only independent bus operator
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¬ TfL ServicesRail ReplacementIncludes DLR, Overground & National Rail
Commercial
Service
Monday -
Friday
Saturdays Sundays &
public holidays
Boxing Day &
public holidays
Notes
(page 11)
Hourly rate
<21:30 £12.50 £13.50 £14.50 £15.5012, 13, 17, 18
Hourly rate
21:30> £13.50 £14.50 £15:50 £16.5012, 13, 17, 18
Emergency
Rail
£55 total for
first three
£55 total for
first three
£55 total for
first three
£55 total for
first three
Rate after 3
hours £15.00 £15.00 £15.50 £16:50
� Other benefits:
Free CPC training after qualifying duties
Flexible duties
Holiday pay
Zero hours contract - work days you want to work!
Paid meal breaks
Paid ‘depot-depot’ or sign-on on the road where available
Wide variety of work
No revenue to collect
No tickets to check
Service assistance on road
Ideal for those looking for
weekend work and looking for
a variety of work
Sullivan Buses is TfLs only independent bus operator
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Thorpe Park ExpressSurrey
Commercial
service
Monday -
Friday
Saturdays Sundays Public holidays Notes
(page 11)
Driver Daily
duty rate
£115* £140 £140 £160notes 12, 22
£126*
Bus stop
assistance (A)Per Hour
£8.50 £8.50 £8.50 £9.50note 12
Bus stop
assistance (B)Per Hour
£7.50 £7.50 £7.50 £9.50note 12
� Other benefits:
SafeDrive bonus paid weekly (up to £25)
Free CPC training
Flexible duties where available
Customer facing role - Customers who want to use the bus
Work the days you want to work
Paid Breaks
Discounted meals in TP staff canteen
Free Staff Parking
Park open from March - November
Peak Season April - August
Fright nights in October
Suitable for customer friendly
staff or those looking for
flexible working
9* = Depends on Park closing time
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¬ Rail Replacement Support
Support Staff Monday -
Friday
Saturdays Sundays Public
Holidays &
Boxing Day
Notes
Supervisors
Grade C £11 £11 £11 £13First bus/last bus
dispatch paid where
applicable*
Supervisors
Grade B £12 £12 £12 £14First bus/last bus
dispatch paid where
applicable*
Supervisors
Grade A £15 £15 £15 £18First bus/last bus
dispatch paid where
applicable*
Navigators/Pil
ots/Banksmen £9.75 £9.75 £9.75 £10.75
Trainees
(above grades) £9.75 £9.75 £9.75 £10.75
Applies to Underground, Overground, DLR & National Rail
� Other benefits:
Flexible duties
Zero hours contract - work days you want to work!
Paid meal breaks & Annual leave paid seperately
Sign-on on the road
Wide variety of work
No revenue to collect
No tickets to check
Supervisors £10 First bus dispatch*
Supervisors £15 Last bus dispatch*
Note: You will need
a valid email address
for documentation to be
sent
* First bus dispatch bonus paid before 06:00, Last bus dispatch bonus paid after 00:01
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We have vacancies for Qualified EngineersWe are recruiting for Qualified Engineers to join
our friendly team based at our North Mymms
(Welham Green, Herts) workshop.
If you can meet our high standards and wish to
work as part of a great team contact:
� Neal Hogg Fleet Engineer -
or write to:
� Neal Hogg, Sullivan Buses, Deards House, St
Albans Road, Herts. EN6 3NE.
Please let us know your experience and
Qualifications.
1. TFL staff & dependants passes are available to TfL service drivers working a specified minimum number of hours a week and after a specified minimum length of service and subject to eligibility and TfL
Terms and conditions– eligibility rules are found in “TfL Travel facilities for Bus Operator staff Eligibility Rules”. This benefit is non-contractual. TfL may withdraw the scheme at any time. TfL may also
cancel individual passes, for example in case of misuse of a pass – any misuse will be considered a serious matter. 2. 3. 4. 5.Break Unpaid. Overtime is paid at contracted rate. Not used. School bus
drivers: Based on 6 hours paid duty time per day. Where driving duties undertaken are less than 6 hours in a day, any unworked hours can be carried forward or backwards to suit business needs over the
period of a Monday to Friday working week. If required to work between school hours, the rate per day for TfL driver is £120 and HCC driver is £100 for a full day. School drivers are contracted for 195
school driving days per year. Annual leave is calculated pro rata. For school drivers, if any single spell of work is scheduled to exceed 3 hours, then pay for time over this 3 hours will be in half-hourly
increments at Hertfordshire service rate of pay for Hertfordshire school drivers and TfL Service rate for TfL school drivers, except where for Hertfordshire school drivers this additional time is on TfL
service routes in which case they may, subject to good overall performance, be paid the TfL service rate. Periodic review of staff performance usually after 6 months' probation then half yearly going6.
forward. Areas of performance include but are not limited to: attendance and lateness, accidents, Green Road, revenue and ticketing irregularity, customer feedback, TFL monitoring and on time
performance which will be monitored daily. Unsatisfactory performance may result in removal from current routes AND/OR undertaking to improve performance OR ultimately dismissal. School7. 8.
drivers must learn a minimum of 4 routes. TfL Service drivers: If you are required to carry out other service work (does not include rail) based out of South Mimms, or Staines, you will be paid your TfL9.
service rate. HCC service drivers: If you are required to carry out other service work (does not include rail), you will be paid your HCC service rate except for TfL service work. For TfL service work,10.
subject to good overall performance, you may be paid the TfL service rate less 40 minute unpaid break. If you accept Rail Replacement work for the company you will be paid at the Rail Replacement11.
rates of pay. See full contract of employment. For duties under 6 hours you will be paid at the emergency rail rate. Block Payment. Drivers are expected to work additional hours within their12. 13. 14.
Block Time as required. Failure to comply with this request will result in only worked hours being paid and the Block Payment will not apply. A double-up payment of £20 will be paid if drivers who double-
up are scheduled to reach depot after 19.00hrs. In certain circumstances individual payments may be made by local arrangement, based on the merit of the situation. 40 minutes break unpaid except15.
for staff commencing on route 298 prior to 1 October 2016 17. Drivers are expected to litter pick at termini in order to ensure the bus is presentable to passengers. Periodic review of staffst
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performance usually after 6 months' probation then half yearly going forward. Areas of performance include but are not limited to: attendance and lateness, accidents, Green Road, revenue and ticket
irregularity, customer feedback, On-road monitoring, external driving assessments or Mystery Shopper, and on time performance which will be monitored daily. Drivers are expected to litter pick at17.
termini in order to ensure the bus is presentable to passengers. From time to time, we may ask drivers to carry out light cleaning. This will often be to ready the bus for other work in the absence of18.
cleaners. Supervisors will advise when payment for this is applicable. TfL School drivers: If you are required to carry out service work, not falling within point 5 above and not including rail, and that is19.
based out of South Mimms or Staines, you will be paid the TfL service rate less 40 minutes unpaid break. HCC School drivers: If you are required to carry out service work, not falling within point 520.
above and not including rail, and that is based out of South Mimms or Staines, you will be paid the HCC service rate except for TfL service work when, subject to good overall performance, you may be
paid the TfL service rate less 40 minute unpaid break. 40 minutes meal break unpaid. . Different rates apply on Fright Nights.21. 22
The small print
Join our South Mimms support teamThroughout the year we have vacancies at South
Mimms for support staff in the following roles:
Cleaners, office staff, garage supervisors, & depot
assistants.
If you can meet our high standards and wish to
work as part of our service delivery team contact:
� Chris Joseph - [email protected]
or write to:
� Chris Joseph, Sullivan Buses, Deards House, St
Albans Road, Herts. EN6 3NE.
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Want to know more?Or need help with your application;
Please call us on 01707 646 803 or
email [email protected]