Job Title:  Director of Transportation

Department/Campus: Transportation

Pay Grade:  Administrative/Professional

Primary Purpose:

Coordinate assignments and schedules of bus drivers, routes, and vehicles to ensure safe, efficient, and economical transportation services.

Education/Certification

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Clear and valid Texas commercial driver’s license with Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to pass U.S. Department of Transportation alcohol and drug tests and annual physical exam
• Ability to conduct on-site inspections of all vehicle repair and maintenance operations
• Ability to manage budget and personnel
• Ability to implement policy and procedures
• Ability to interpret data
• Ability to use technology to plan, operate, monitor, and evaluate transportation operations
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of energy management and vehicle repair and maintenance
• Ability to direct and manage operations of a large fleet of vehicles

Experience:

3 years supervisory experience in transportation and fleet operations

Essential Job Functions:

• Manage the delivery of transportation services for students and ensure that they are picked up and arrive safely and on time.
• Oversee preparation and updating of bus routes and schedules for all schools in district and develop plans to meet future transportation needs.
• Communicate changes in routes and scheduling to campuses and the public when warranted.
• Coordinate transportation for extracurricular activities and special programs.
• Assign bus drivers to routes and extracurricular trips and find substitutes as needed.
• Oversee repair of all district-owned vehicles and preventive maintenance; ensure that vehicle repair requests and work orders are prioritized and processed in a timely manner; contract for outside services that cannot be performed in shop.
• Monitor fuel deliveries and distribution.
• Implement federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy.
• Compile, maintain, file, and present all reports, records, and other documents required; prepare, process, and maintain all documents required to verify safety certification and alcohol and drug testing of bus drivers.
• Ensure that employee time records are accurately maintained and data necessary to process transportation payroll is delivered in a timely manner.
• Develop and administer budget based on documented needs and ensure that operations are cost effective and funds are managed wisely.
• Maintain current inventory of supplies and parts and initiate purchases in accordance with budgetary limitations and district policies; approve and forward invoices for transportation to accounting department.
• Recommend disposal of obsolete or worn out vehicles and equipment; recommend purchase of vehicles as necessary.
• Implement district’s student discipline policies and ensure that expectations about appropriate behavior when using district transportation are communicated to students; enforce student discipline and suspension of riding privileges for any student who violates rules and regulations.
• Investigate reported concerns and take appropriate action to resolve issues.
• Select, train, supervise, and evaluate staff and make recommendations relative to assignment, retention, discipline, and dismissal; prepare, review, and revise transportation department job descriptions; report to work in a timely manner according to assigned schedule.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor or other administrator that are consistent with the general requirements and qualifications for the position.

Professional Conduct:

• Maintain professional interactions with staff, parents, community and visitors.
• Demonstrate the ability to remain calm and withstand pressures.
• Demonstrate flexibility to change in routine and adapt quickly to changing situations.
• Demonstrates respect, courteous to peers and visitors and assist fellow workers willingly.
• Avoid gossip, or speaking badly about the district and district personnel.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Bus Drivers, Bus Monitors, Dispatcher, Router, Assistant Director of Transportation and other Transportation Staff

Equipment Used:

Radio communication equipment, personal computer, and intercom system.

Working Conditions

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

The working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Continual sitting, reaching, and repetitive hand motions, clear speech; ability to drive school bus; repetitive hand motions; work outside and inside; moderate exposure to extreme temperature (hot) and vehicle fumes, early shift work, maintain emotional control. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision. The employee must also deal with a wide variety of people on various issues. Predictable and regular attendance expected.