Bus Driver - Capital Transit (Part-Time)

Part-Time Bus Drivers Wanted

The recruitment period for this position has been extended. Previous applicants will be considered and need not reapply. Do you enjoy driving? Interacting and helping people? Contributing valued efforts to have a significant positive impact on our local community? Are you looking for a part-time position with great benefits? Capital Transit is hiring three (3) part-time drivers.

We are looking for someone who:

• Remains calm, friendly and approachable
• Exhibits exceptional attendance, reliability, and dependability
• Has experience providing outstanding customer service
• Enjoys providing a necessary service to the community
• Interacts professionally, even while dealing with difficult people or situations
• Previous Transit Operator experience is not required but is highly desirable

The benefits of joining our team include a competitive wage package that includes the opportunity for regular pay increases, 13 paid holidays a year, an excellent health insurance program that includes medical, dental, vision and orthodontia care options, paid leave, & retirement credit through PERS (Public Employees' Retirement System).

Capital Transit staff are an essential service to the community, working together with the shared vision of providing an essential community service with respectful and friendly communication while always on the move. Our highly diversified Capital Transit staff use a can-do attitude to support each other in providing excellent service with a continual change of scenery!

Working hours and location:

The Capital Transit Operations Center is located in the Mendenhall Valley at 10099 Bentwood Place, Juneau, Alaska. This posting may be used to fill more than one vacancy. Part-time positions are guaranteed between 15-30 hours a week depending on their schedule. However, our drivers frequently have the opportunity to work additional hours to fill in for drivers who are on leave or are out sick. Part-time Bus Drivers have the opportunity to bid on a vacant schedule based on seniority.

Typical responsibilities:

• The safe and courteous operation of 30-40' mass transit vehicles with passengers while adhering to strict time schedules.
• Adheres to traffic and safety regulations.
• Passenger fare collection.
• Performing thorough pre-trip inspections.
• Attending regular safety meetings and training sessions.
• Operating a two-way radio to communicate with dispatch and other drivers.
• Accurately completing daily logs, incident reports, ridership information, and vehicle inspection reports.
• Maintenance of vehicle appearance and ensure safety of vehicles by performing light cleaning and routinely checking conditions such as lights and tires of buses; prepares and submits written reports on mechanical failures or defects to maintenance personnel.
• Communicating verbally with individuals of various backgrounds and abilities regarding routes, schedules, and transfer points.
• Maintains order aboard buses and reports acts of disorderly conduct or vandalism to supervisor.
• Assisting passengers requiring special assistance, including operating wheelchair lifts and restraints. This assistance may include offering support for boarding and in the event of an emergency, lifting and moving people to evacuate the bus. Must possess the ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Minimum qualifications:

Education: None

Experience: Three (3) months of professional driving experience which required the possession of a Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

AND

Other: A valid Class "A" or "B" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) valid for vehicles equipped with airbrakes and with passenger endorsement at time of application and for continued employment.

OR

A valid Class "A" or "B" Commercial Driver's License with airbrake and passenger endorsement from another U.S. state at the time of application. The candidate must obtain a valid State of Alaska Class "B" Commercial Driver's License within 30 days of appointment to include the appropriate endorsements.

A current driving record issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles in the applicant's state of residence is required at time of application. Not more than one (1) moving violation or preventable accident within the past 36 months. To be considered, applicants with part-time or seasonal experience must provide details on work hours.

The position is a safety-sensitive position and is subject to United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)- Federal Transit Administration (FTA) drug and alcohol testing. Additionally, applicants of safety-sensitive positions are required (even if ultimately not hired) to provide the City and Borough of Juneau with signed written releases requesting USDOT drug and alcohol records from all previous, USDOT-covered employers that the applicant has worked for within the last two years. Failure to do so will result in the employment offer being rescinded.

The City and Borough of Juneau is also required to ask all applicants (even if ultimately not hired) if they have tested positive or refused to test on pre-employment test for any USDOT covered employer within the last two years.

Appointments will be made conditionally pending successful completion of all portions of the selections process, a medical evaluation and receipt of verified negative results of pre-employment testing for controlled substances. Employee will then be subject to random, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, return-to-duty- and follow-up drug and alcohol as mandated by the Federal Transit Administration and CBJ policy.

Required for new hires only.