Driver - Full Time

Douglas Area Rural Transit (DART) Driver

Join our dedicated team in working together to provide a crucial service to our community. Douglas Area Rural Transit (DART) Drivers provide reliable, safe, and accessible transportation options to key destinations, including shopping centers, medical facilities, and the Douglas County Community & Senior Center. Through both the Dial-a-Ride and the Fixed-Route services, Drivers ensure community members can accomplish the necessary tasks of daily living. If you are looking for a customer-focused, fulfilling role that will make a difference in the everyday lives of our community, the DART Driver position could be the right fit for you.

Primary Objectives

Performs intermediate work transporting the public, senior citizens, and residents with disabilities to and from various locations within the County; performing special assistance for individuals with disabilities; performing related work as apparent or assigned.

This is a safety sensitive position and is subject to random and pre-employment drug and alcohol screening in accordance with NDOT and FTA Part 40 regulations.

Supervision Exercised

None

The following tasks are part of the job:

• Inspects vehicle to ensure that it is in a clean and in operable condition; completes inspection paperwork/checklist; reports the need for service or repair; ensures that vehicles are scheduled for routine maintenance as required.
• Uses County vehicle to perform various tasks related to job duties, following a pre-established schedule or on an on-call basis.
• Stops vehicle at various locations to pick-up and let off passengers; assists passengers with disabilities in embarking and disembarking and may load and unload luggage, packages and other items as required.
• Answers questions and provides information to passengers as required; may provide information to medical and social service providers regarding client status.
• Maintains driver log; if required, lists client name, address and other information for each trip.
• May transport meals to the homebound, assuring that the meal is safely delivered; may pickup empty trays from prior delivery; loads trays into carrying devices and onto the van for home bound delivery; checks temperature of hot meals, reports findings on a daily basis to the designated record keeper; reports unusual circumstances (no one home - no response at the door) to Supervisor.
• Washes and cleans the interior and exterior of assigned vehicles; fuels the vehicle.
• May drive a handicapped access vehicle to transport wheelchair and other elderly and handicapped clients; assists individuals requiring wheelchair assistance in the entry and exit from the vehicle.
• Assists individuals with physical needs in the entry and exit of the vehicle.
• Participates in in-service training to update skills and learn techniques for dealing with various clients.
• Perform all duties in accordance to Federal Transportation Administration as it relates to public transit.
• Represents the County with dignity, integrity, and a spirit of cooperation in all relationships with staff and the public.
• Contributes effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities.

Minimum Qualifications

High School diploma or GED and one (1) year of experience in transportation of passengers in a bus or van; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Certifications/Licenses

• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with Passenger Endorsement
• Effects and Consequences of Prohibited Drug Use certification within three (3) months of date of employment
• First Aid, CPR, and AED certification within six (6) months of date of employment

Working Conditions

The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands, physical agility, sensory requirements, and environmental exposures required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• This work requires the regular exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of over 100 pounds of force.
• Work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands and repetitive motions; frequently requires climbing or balancing, reaching with hands and arms and pushing or pulling; occasionally requires standing, walking, kneeling or crawling.
• Work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
• Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, use of measuring devices, operating machinery, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities.
• Work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. heavy traffic, large equipment).
• Work regularly requires working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to outdoor weather conditions and exposure to vibration; frequently requires exposure to bloodborne pathogens (may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment); occasionally requires exposure to wet/humid conditions (non-weather), exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to the risk of electrical shock.

Acknowledgements

• Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background/screening.
• Douglas County participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each applicant's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. All candidates who are offered employment must complete Section 1 of the Form I-9 along with the required proof of their right to work in the United States and proof of their identity prior to starting employment. Please be prepared to provide required documentation as soon as possible after the job offer is made.
• This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions expected of the incumbent. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.