Transit Bus Operator - Full Time
Transit Bus Operator - Full Time
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Anticipated Salary Range: $21.54 $24.81
Benefits: This position is benefits eligible. Please view our benefits guidehere.
Job Summary:
Are you ready to make a real difference in your community and build a rewarding career The City of Greeley is hiring multiple CDL drivers to join our GreeleyEvans Transit (GET) program this quarter! Whether youre an experienced driver or looking to obtain your CDL we want to hear from you. For qualified applicants we offer CDL training opportunities to help you achieve your certification. With competitive pay career growth potential and the chance to contribute to a vibrant community this is more than a jobits a purpose.
Serving a 50Mile Radius Around Greeley We are seeking candidates within a 50mile radius of Greeley including areas in Northern Colorado and Wyoming. Nearby communities include:
- Colorado: Loveland Fort Collins Windsor Longmont Brighton Berthoud Johnstown Milliken Wellington Lafayette Thornton Boulder and surrounding areas.
- Wyoming: Cheyenne Laramie Torrington and nearby areas.
Why Join Us
- Career Growth: Benefit from paid training programs career development opportunities and a supportive work environment.
- Community Impact: Be part of a team that helps keep our city moving while serving residents and visitors.
- VeteranFriendly Workplace: As a military veteran your leadership adaptability and discipline make you an ideal candidate for this role. The skills you honed in logistics personnel management and mission planning will allow you to thrive in ensuring the safe and efficient operation of our transit services.
Your Role: As a Transit Bus Operator youll be responsible for the safe timely and efficient transportation of passengers within the GreeleyEvans Transit service area. Reporting to the Mobility Manager youll play a critical role in ensuring adherence to system policies maintaining ontime performance and prioritizing passenger safety. Your responsibilities will include:
- Making informed decisions to minimize service interruptions.
- Navigating effective routing alternatives.
- Providing accurate reports on events incidents and performance.
What We Offer:
- A positive engaged work culture that values your contributions.
- Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees.
- Paid training to help you achieve additional certifications.
- A chance to serve your community and take pride in your work.
Who You Are:
- You hold a CDL with a Class BP2 Passenger and Air Brake Endorsement or youre eager to earn one with our support.
- Youre customerfocused safetyconscious and thrive in a fastpaced environment.
- Youre looking for a parttime role with room for growth and flexibility.
Apply Today!
Were hiring multiple drivers this quarter so dont waittake the wheel and drive the future of mobility in Greeley! Whether youre a seasoned professional or ready to earn your CDL we want you on our team. Veterans are strongly encouraged to applyyour service and experience are highly valued here.
This is a continuous posting that may close at any timesubmit your application today!
Experience Knowledge Skills:
Minimum Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Must be at least 19 years of age.
- Current Commercial Drivers License (CDL) with Class BP2 Passenger and Air Brake Endorsements.
- Ability to pass and maintain DOT Physical Requirements.
- MVR review required as part of the postoffer preemployment screening process.
- Safetysensitive position requires mandatory and/or random drug and alcohol screenings.
- Ability to work independently and follow written and verbal instructions.
Preferred
- Military veterans with experience in leadership roles.
- Leadership skills homed in the military including:
- Team management
- Strategic planning
- Effective communication
- Experience managing transportation or logistics in the military.
- Familiarity with safety protocols and strict procedural adherence.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Essential Functions:
- Functions as one of the regular route bus operators for daily Transit Department operations.
- Monitors ontime performance at system time points assists with mechanical problems route delays and passengerrelated issues.
- Responsible for the safe operation of vehicles performing daily pre and posttrip inspections and communicating safety concerns to the Fleet department.
- Performs basic vehicle maintenance and cleaning tasks.
- Provides excellent customer service functioning as an ambassador for the City similar to representing a unit or mission in the military.
- Assists passengers with different types of equipment and ensures compliance with ADA requirements.
- Prepares accurate reports of incidents accidents and public complaints and assists with training new operators.
- Adheres to the work requirements of seasonal service demands including overtime and extra shift requirements.
Work Environment andPhysical Requirements:
- Employee is subject to working alone with groups and/or attending meetings.
- May be required to conduct business in alternate locations within City buildings or field sites sometimes in formal settings.
- May be required to work extended hours in the evening holidays or weekends.
- Frequent interruptions and be required to manage competing priorities with inflexible deadlines.
- Frequent participation in meetings.
- Frequent contact occurs with employees and the public in person and on the telephone.
- Frequently is required to sit and talk or hear customers.
- Ability to manage competing priorities with frequent interruptions and an expected high level of accuracy in work is expected.
- Work is safe to having minimal hazards that are typically found in a general office environment where there is rarely little or no exposure to injury or accident.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to sit use hands to finger handle or feel reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
- Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data/figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading of printed materials; visual inspection involving small defects small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devicesgraphs and gauges; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
- Employee is required to have visual acuity for close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Employee is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operating machinery where the seeing job is at or within arms reach and tooperate motor vehicles or heavy equipment.
- Employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures for inspection purposes.
- Moderate to considerable physical effort that includes working from ladders in awkward positions frequent use of light or medium weight objects (e.g. 30 lbs) and use of medium weight tools; walking on uneven ground or having to climb balance stoop kneel crouch crawl and reach while performing duties; entering/exiting manholes or vaults; walking near or across rivers andditches; working in all weather conditions at times of excessive temperatures ofheat and extreme cold working in or near moving traffic with appropriate traffic control set up;
- The essential functions of this job require frequent balancing bending/stooping carrying/lifting light to heavy objects climbing fingering grasping repetitive motion hearing sitting standing talking and walking. Occasionally the employee will be required to pull push reach feel temperature and kneel.
EOE Statement:The City of Greeleyprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.
ADA Statement: We are committed to an inclusive and barrierfree search process. We provide accommodations for applicants requesting accommodation through the search process such as alternative formats of this posting. Individuals with disabilities in need of accommodations throughout the search process should contact the ADA Coordinator at: .
Conditions of Employment: Candidates must successfully complete all preemployment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Preemployment screenings include a drug test a background and national sex offender search a motor vehicle record search and for some positions a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process including but not limited to EOE Reasonable Accommodation and preemployment screenings please visit our career pageHERE.
Employment Type
Full-Time
