Big Bus Tours is the world's largest operator of open-top sightseeing tours, fueling the spirit of adventure in 23 world-famous cities across four continents. Beginning its journey 27 years' ago, with a fleet of only three buses, Big Bus Tours has swiftly expanded to a global fleet of over 400 hundred open-top buses, turning 5 million tourists into explorers, every year.
Big Bus Tours operates in London, Dubai, Hong Kong, New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, Abu Dhabi, Budapest, Istanbul, Miami, Muscat, Rome, Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Darwin, Sydney, Vienna, Washington DC, Dublin and Singapore, with a sightseeing concept designed to provide a flexible approach to city discovery.
Our Dublin Team was awarded with "Great Place to Work" accreditation in both 2022, 2023 and 2024. We have been recently won an award for being one of the best employers in Dublin
Each open-top bus tour provides a hop-on, hop-off facility at a variety of interesting locations, with complimentary additions to enhance the visitor sightseeing experience. We have a shared vision to make Big Bus Tours the number 1 thing to do in each world-famous city.
We are currently looking to recruit permanent full-time and part-time Drivers, to join our Big Bus Dublin Team. Full driver guide training is provided to all candidates who wish to progress to this level.
Amongst the many benefits of being a Big Bus Dublin driver, you will enjoy the Christmas holiday break every year, you have the opportunity to gain additional paid holidays every year, join our Pension Scheme, receive other rewards, and enjoy our fun team events throughout the year.
If you enjoy working within a fun, supportive and team focused environment and you enjoy meeting happy customers every day, then this is the ideal job for you.
This role involves
Driving
* To drive our hop-on, hop-off tour vehicles to the highest standard, ensuring that your professional driving delivers safe and great travel experiences to our customers
* Using ticket machines and issuing tickets to customers. Our ticket machines are user friendly and full training on the ticketing system is provided
Customer Service
* Our team deliver excellence in all that they do and deliver a top class standard of customer service
* Providing customers with information on our tour and general information about Dublin city when required
* Delivering professional standards of behavior in friendly manner, and putting our customers first at ALL times
* Providing assistance to senior citizens and/or children when required
* Being a Big Bus Dublin brand ambassador and the face of our Company
The ideal candidate will: -
* Hold a Full D category license and up to date CPC Certification
* Be Fluent English (verbal & hand written)
* Must be eligible to work in the Republic of Ireland
Drivers commence employment at a salary of €36,000 per year, this increases to €43,900 if they choose to up skill and become a Driver Guide
We are currently recruiting for positions starting in February and March 2025
Applicants must reside in the Republic of Ireland, and must be eligible to work in the Republic of Ireland
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: €36,100.00-€43,900.00 per year
Benefits:
* Bike to work scheme
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* On-site parking
Licence/Certification:
* D Driving Licence (required)
* CPC (preferred)
Work authorisation:
* Ireland (required)
Work Location: In person