Northern Recruiting Train Driver & Conductor Roles Across Region

Looking for a new role? Train company Northern is advertising for new roles across the company in the North of England including Yorkshire. The Northern recruiting drive comes as many areas of England

They’re looking for 300 drivers and conductors for the train operator that serves 15 million people across its network. The best part is no previous experience is needed.

If successful, you’ll be trained with other new recruits at academies in Manchester and Leeds with new driver salaries starting from £23,000 a year up to £54,500 once you’re qualified.

Conductor roles start at £22,000 and go up to £29,000 for fully qualified in a massive recruitment drive for new drivers and conductors.

The company has over 2,500 services and visits more than 500 stations in the region each day.

Tricia Williams, chief operating officer at Northern, said: “These are fantastic roles for anyone passionate about helping connect people and places across the region. We’ll be recruiting throughout the year – so people should register for job alerts on our website.

“Drivers and conductors represent a huge proportion of our workforce – if we can attract more people from a wider range of ethnicities and women into these roles, that’ll make a real difference. The rail industry has made great strides in many areas of diversity in recent years – but there is still much to be done.

“Some of the people at the control of our trains today started their career in the prison service, as cabin crew, as social care workers, in a veterinary practice and at least one as a wedding planner! No-one should think either of these roles ‘isn’t for them’ – the railway has much to offer.”

She added: “These are fantastic roles for anyone passionate about helping connect people and places across the region.

“We’ll be recruiting throughout the year – so people should register for job alerts on our website.”

You can apply for a career with Northern via the website.