Job Ref: WES1313
Branch: Borders Buses (Galashiels)
Location: Borders Buses (Galashiels), Galashiels
Salary/Benefits: £13.45 per hour
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 36 hours per week
Posted date: 11/08/2026
Closing date: 11/09/2026
At Borders Buses, we take pride in providing safe, comfortable and welcoming journeys for our customers. A key part of that experience is ensuring our vehicles are maintained and cleaned to the highest possible standard.
We are currently looking for a full-time Cleaner to join our team at our busy Galashiels depot.
What you’ll be doing
As a Cleaner, you will play an important role in ensuring our fleet is clean, presentable and ready for service each day. Duties will include:
- Cleaning buses internally and externally to a high standard
- Cleaning seats, floors, windows, handrails and other high-contact areas
- Carrying out deep cleaning tasks when required
- Using cleaning products and equipment safely and effectively
- Assisting with the cleaning and upkeep of the depot facilities
- Helping maintain excellent hygiene and presentation standards across our fleet
Hours of Work
- Minimum of 36 hours per week
- Working 5 days over 7
- A mixture of day and back/evening shifts
What we’re looking for
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you:
- Take pride in delivering high standards of cleanliness
- Have keen eye for details
- Are reliable, punctual and self-motivated
- Enjoy practical, hands-on work
- Can work independently and as part of a team
- Are able to carry out the physical requirements of the role
What we offer
- A permanent, secure position with a well-established local employer
- Overtime opportunities, with sixth day working paid at time and a half
- 30 days’ holiday
- Free travel for you and your family across the Borders Buses network
- Full training and support
- The opportunity to play an important role in delivering a great experience for our customers
If you’re hardworking, dependable and take pride in a job well done, we’d love to hear from you.
Safety is at the heart of what we do. As a safety-critical business, all roles play a part in keeping our people and passengers safe, and any offer of employment will be subject to a pre-employment drug and alcohol test.
Borders Buses is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified individuals.
Borders Buses operate a network of bus routes across the Scottish Borders, Carlisle, East Lothian, Midlothian and Edinburgh area.
