Director of Transportation

Director of Transportation

To enable each student, through safe and efficient transportation, to take full advantage of the complete range of curricular and extracurricular activities offered by the school district.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

1. Conforms to all state laws and regulations regarding school transportation.
2. Maintains safety standards in conformance with state insurance regulations and develops a program of preventive safety.
3. Advises superintendent on road hazards for decision closing school during inclement weather.
4. Cooperates with school principals, transportation administrative assistants, and others responsible for planning special school trips.
5. Formulates the specifications to be incorporated to contractual agreements.
6. Prepares and updates bus schedules for all public schools in the district.
7. Attends appropriate committee and staff meetings.
8. Maintains all district-owned equipment and develops plans for preventive maintenance for each individual school owned vehicle.
9. Completes and dispatches insurance reports.
10. Submits all reports required by state authorities.
11. Acts as the decision-maker with parents for complaints and special requests.
12. Is responsible for developing and maintaining a bus discipline policy with input from parent advisory group, principals and students.
13. Develops recommendations for future equipment and personnel needs based on a survey of resident students, bus route distances, and grade levels of students.
14. Develops recommendations for future transportation needs based on an annual survey of resident students.
15. Other duties as may be assigned by the superintendent.

Recruits and supervises all transportation personnel, and is responsible for their employment, training, transfer, promotion, and release. Develops and administers a transportation program to meet all the requirements of daily instructional program and extracurricular activities. Develops and administers the transportation for any summer school programs. Administers and prepares the transportation budget in cooperation with the superintendent. Authorizes purchases in accordance with budgetary limitations and district rules. Approves and forwards service invoices to accounting department.

Bachelors Degree preferred but not required. Must qualify for and obtain a school bus driver Class B CDL (commercial driver license) and be certified as an instructor. Experience or skills in long and short-range planning (Bus routes: Enrollment). Experience in working with the formal bidding process of vehicles. Experience in supervising a large group of people. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

This individual must really like children and working with them; must have the ability to work with and motivate people and the ability to communicate well with parents and students. This individual must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance manuals, and local, state, and federal policies; write routine reports, correspondence, and work schedules; read and understand bid submissions, contracts, invoices, and packing slips; and speak effectively before groups of employees. Math skills as applicable to scheduling, inventory, and budgeting. This individual have the ability to solve problems, analyze situations and provide verbal and written instruction, and effectively deal with personnel conflicts. Basic computer skills such as spreadsheets, word processing, internet usage, and routing software are required. The individual must show competence in inventory control, purchasing, and budget analysis. The individual must demonstrate good interpersonal communication skills to effectively work with a large number of personnel; must have the ability to effectively manage a budget as related to all aspects of the transportation department; must have the ability to plan and schedule general maintenance; must be organized, motivated, and honest.

While performing these job duties, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach, climb, bend, squat, stoop, kneel, climb stairs, climb ladders, and work in small confined spaces. Specific vision requirements include close and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus. The employee may occasionally lift or move up to 90 lbs.

This job will require frequent travel between district buildings and occasionally irregular hours. Good attendance is essential.

Typical school environment; working in noisy environment with many distractions. Frequent outdoor work; work in rain or snow; work in heat or cold. Occasional exposure to fumes or chemicals; occasional exposure to sharp objects.

12 months; salary and work year to be established by the Board. Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board Policy on Evaluation of Support Staff.