Sr. Transportation Router

Senior Router

$23.25 + approved work experience Full time 232 Days Equal Opportunity Employer

Reports to: Senior Director, Transportation Pay Grade: 707 Dept./Campus: Transportation Term: 232 Days

Primary Purpose:

To create new and modify existing regular and Special Needs bus routes so that students may be transported as safely, efficiently, and economically as possible. Assist with State requirements for routing, reports, and regular transportation compliance. Assist with coordinating extra-curricular activity trips when necessary.

Major Responsibilities and Duties

• Assist in developing and maintaining the economical and efficient legal bus routes that will provide timely and safe transportation of students.
• Help develop special purpose routes and provide route description/information to the bus drivers for all regular education and Special Needs routes.
• Compile data and monitor efficiency and accuracy of reported miles traveled and student load counts.
• Help as needed to provide first line responses to employees regarding regular routes, loads, and safety as needed.
• Assign buses needed to transport students to and from the alternative learning center.
• Assist with overseeing dispatch duties when requested.
• Notify campuses of route information changes.
• Assigns Pre-K and bilingual students to buses as needed.
• Assists in preparation of the Annual Operations Report submitted to TEA.
• Assists in data and preparing Annual Route Services Report submitted to TEA.
• Assists dispatch and campuses with bus overloads to eliminate overcrowding and to assure buses travel within legal capacity limits.
• Prepares Hazardous Routing Report for management (Board report).
• Assists in assigning new neighborhoods to "Neighborhood Codes" to be used in routing software.
• Assists drivers with student rosters.
• Assists the Routing Supervisor as needed.
• Provide student up to date rosters to drivers and campuses, including the Friday before the first day of school.
• Drive new roads with GPS and load to Transfinder, as delegated.
• Must meet all the requirements and be able to perform the duties of a Bus Operator and occasionally drive route or activity buses.
• Demonstrates regular and prompt attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provides some oversight to routing assistants/scheduling/field trip personal when Senior Routing Coordinator is unavailable. All LISD employees are expected to maintain an extreme degree of confidentiality by following the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for student information and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) for employee and student information.

General Qualification Guidelines

• Graduation from an accredited high school or GED.
• Valid Texas Class "B" Commercial Driver's License with Passenger & School Bus endorsements.
• Driving record must meet State point requirements and district standard for driving district vehicles.
• Must pass physical, including drug test.
• T.A.P.T. specialist certification preferred.
• Experience in transportation routing.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge of the roads; subdivisions; campuses; individual school programs; the preparation of specific regular state and federal reports; and safety regulations and practices.
• Skill in communication; problem solving; and basic computer use.
• Ability to interpret student's needs to assist in developing route descriptions; adjust and deviate from route descriptions when traffic and/or weather conditions justify such actions; and communicate via 2- way radio.

Mental/Physical/Environmental Demands

• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Ability to understand, remember, and communicate routine, factual information.
• Ability to organize and prioritize own work schedule on short-term basis.
• Ability to make decisions which have moderate impact on immediate work unit.
• Ability to compose basic reports and/or to orally communicate technical information.
• Use standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals.
• Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting.
• Repetitive hand motions including frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching.
• Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds).
• Work with frequent interruptions.
• Maintain composure and professionalism at all times.

When operating a bus or other district vehicle:

• May be required to physically assist students into bus.
• Ability to regularly pick up 40 pounds.
• Able to clean windshields, adjust mirrors, and open/close windows.
• Able to move or lift injured students (up to 180 pounds) to evacuate bus.
• Ability to carry or drag a 125-pound person 30 feet in 30 seconds in the case of an emergency.
• Work in hot, dry, and dusty conditions as well as possibly cold, wet, and damp areas.
• Work near or with moving mechanical equipment.
• Occasionally work with toxic or caustic chemicals such as petroleum products, degreasers, and sprays and non-household dust.
• Will be exposed to intermittent sounds of a loud nature. All LISD employees are expected to maintain an extreme degree of confidentiality by following the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for student information and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) for employee and student information.

May drive vehicle in inclement weather.

May drive in heavy traffic or on unfamiliar roads and in situations requiring precise maneuvering. All LISD employees are expected to maintain an extreme degree of confidentiality by following the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) for student information and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) for employee and student information.