An employee who recently completed an internal staff development programme has taken a step up the career ladder after being appointed as Assistant Operations Manager for Stagecoach South’s Chichester depot.
Jeetinder Mattu from Aldershot, known as Jet, will support the Operations Manager, Mike Armitage, to oversee the day-to-day running of a fleet of 67 buses and a team of over 140 driving and supervisory staff.
Jet joined Stagecoach in 2012 as a driver in Aldershot. He then progressed to the training team in 2013 working as a driving instructor and later a Driver CPC trainer.
In 2018 he joined the Stagecoach Staff Development Programme, which is a national training programme that seeks to encourage and support staff to learn and gain management experience, opening up career prospects within the company.
Jet says: “I learned a great deal from the staff development programme and I am looking forward to putting this learning into practice as we seek to grow our products and network to help our customers and communities across Chichester and Bognor Regis.”
Gordon Frost, Operations Director, adds: “We’re committed to ensuring that we provide real opportunities for staff development and Jet's appointment is testament to the success the staff development programme can bring our employees and benefit the business overall.”