Arriva Group

Recruitment

• Manage job requisition workflows in our ATS - Workday.
• Ensure accurate governance, compliance and real‑time status updates.
• Maintain strong data integrity across all recruitment activity.
• Advertise roles across internal and external platforms, including LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Work closely with hiring managers to craft compelling, accurate job adverts tailored to each discipline.
• Review CVs and conduct initial screening where appropriate.
• Coordinate interviews and manage candidate communication throughout the process.
• Maintain compliant, accurate candidate records.
• Monitor application progress and support candidate system access when needed.
• Use a range of sourcing tools, talent pools, job boards and networks.
• Build and nurture pipelines across diverse role types and future workforce requirements.
• Engage passive talent to support long‑term attraction and strategic hiring.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Manager

• Lead day-to-day operations across multiple depots
• Take full accountability for Health & Safety and operational compliance
• Lead and develop large operational teams and work constructively with Trade Unions
• Manage service delivery, performance, and customer experience
• Own site-level financial performance, budgets, and cost control
• Build strong relationships with local authorities and key stakeholders
• Lead change and continuous improvement initiatives

Sites Manager

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Review, approve or reject purchase orders in a timely manner, ensuring correct coding and appropriate authorisation.
• Work closely with Accounts Payable to ensure supplier invoices are accurately coded and processed in line with company procedures.
• Liaise with operational teams to investigate and resolve supplier invoice queries, including managing items on the on-hold report.
• Monitor and follow up outstanding queries with the Accounts Payable team to ensure timely resolution.
• Support period-end processes, including preparing and posting accruals and prepayments.
• Prepare and submit finalised customer invoice information to the Accounts Receivable team for raising.
• Maintain accurate supporting documentation and ensure financial records are up to date.
• Provide administrative support to the Head of Finance and Finance Business Partner as required.
• Undertake other ad-hoc finance tasks to support the wider finance and operational teams.

Finance Assistant

Product Manager

• Translate business needs into actionable user stories for delivery teams
• Manage a prioritised product backlog reflecting business objectives
• Engage with stakeholders to gather feedback and align on requirements

Product Owner

Project Manager

• Deliver high‑impact operational and commercial projects across our North West bus network
• Support franchise growth and readiness, coordinating workstreams across the business
• Lead depot mobilisation projects—including readiness planning, staffing, assets and compliance
• Drive resource planning, ensuring our workforce and skills align with operational needs
• Collaborate with local authorities and external partners
• Manage project governance, risks, timelines and reporting
• Manage workstreams and project leads

Project Manager – Operations

Engineering Manager

• Assisting the Engineering Manager with the running of an efficient engineering operation along with the service delivery to ensure that the garages meet their PVR requirements at all times whilst operating within budget and maintaining core KPI and regulatory compliance
• Be the designated person when onsite for ensuring depot security and ensuring adherence by all team members for all matters relating to safe working practices
• Lead and provide immediate supervision to the team to ensure they undertake the efficient and safe servicing, maintenance, repair, overhaul and cleaning of vehicles and components to set specifications.
• Identify, forward plan and allocate workload to ensure it is balanced and presented at the correct time.
• Liaise with other Team Leaders to determine work priorities and identify best practice to ensure service and KPI targets are met.
• Ensure necessary resources are available to the team at the required time; e.g. parts, consumables, tooling, equipment
• Root cause and target areas of improvement within fleet reliability by focusing on breakdown reduction, planned maintenance, MDBF and lost mileage.
• Work with the Engineering Manager to manage engineering costs in the depot/garage whilst increasing the efficiency and capability of their engineering team.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Sites Manager

Finance Assistant

Product Owner

Project Manager – Operations

Assistant Engineering Manager