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Why FirstGroup?

FirstGroup is the world’s leading ground passenger transport company, with around 120,000 employees throughout the UK and North America and revenues of over £6 billion a year. We are the largest bus operator in the UK with a fleet of 8,500 buses and the UK’s largest rail operator, carrying over 280 million passengers a year. With Tim O’Toole at the helm, awarded an honorary CBE for services to public transport, we’re more than equipped to tackle the current and future challenges of the industry.

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, breathtaking 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; where you develop the ability to deal with all kinds of people above and beyond your technical skills.

Everyone here wants you to learn and we use buddies and mentors to ensure that happens. But the most important person driving your progress is you.