Operator, Para Transpo (revised)
Operator, Para Transpo (revised)
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Job Description
Requisition ID: 18545
Department: Transit Services Dept.
Service: Transit Bus Oper & Maintenance Service
Employment Type: up to 12 Full-time Permanent
Work Hours: 40.00/hours per week
Affiliation: ATU Para Transpo
Salary Information: Training rate is the hourly minimum wage ($17.20/hr) (2023 Rates of Pay)
Rates of pay after successful completion of training (four weeks) is:
1st - 12 months - $23.67/hr
12th - 18 months - $25.23/hr
18th - 24 months - $28.37/hr
After 24 months - Full Para Operator rate ($31.54/hr) (2023 Rates of Pay)
Location: Transit Service 1500
City: Ottawa ON
Job Category: Transit Services - OC Transpo
Application Close:15/09/2025
*Note: Candidates are hired as part-time employees but will be offered full-time hours. Full-time status will be awarded once applicants have booked full-time work for two (2) consecutive bookings.
JOB SUMMARY
Transit Operations provides safe reliable and courteous transit services and excellence in customer service delivery to 100 million transit customers per year by means of conventional bus para transit and rail operations. The Bus & Para Transit Operations team provides safe reliable efficient effective on time courteous and cost-effective rapid transit service to a growing and diverse City of Ottawa.
You operate City of Ottawa wheelchair-accessible lift-equipped passenger vans to support a safe reliable and quality specialized transit service for customers who cannot use regular transit service due to disability. You ensure the safety comfort and wellness of passengers whether boarding on-board or exiting the van.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Completion of Grade 12
Minimum of 5 years of driving experience in high-density traffic
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES
KNOWLEDGE
- Familiarity with the geography of the City of Ottawa and destinations around the area
- Knowledge of portable communications technologies such as 2-way radio
- Disability awareness and sensitivity
- Knowledge of customer assistance procedures van lifts wheelchair securement equipment
- Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation including the rights and duties of workers
Desirable Qualifications:
- Knowledge of GPS and MDT in use in transportation systems.
- Knowledge of different types of mobility aides.
COMPETENCIES SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Able to work with minimum direct supervision and in a team environment
- Able to adapt/react to changes in operating conditions/environment
- Able to operate in a highly diverse cultural community
- Attentive to detail and able to adhere to specific detailed procedures
- Able to drive safely and defensively
- Persuasive courteous and tactful with excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills
- Possess good written communication skills
- Able to multi-task solve problems and make decisions
- Able to use corporate communications technologies
- Able to project a positive and professional image
- Able to exercise initiative and sound judgement
- Flexible
- Able to remain calm in stressful situations
- Working in all weather/road conditions climbing steps bending/kneeling reaching lifting and pulling
- Able to work overtime be available for scheduled overtime work a variety of scheduled shifts including split shifts weekends and evenings as per the Collective Agreement
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Language Requirement:English oral reading writing; Designated Bilingual specific level of language proficiency: French: oral reading writing English: oral reading writing Candidates who do not meet language requirements will be required to participate in training.
- Police Record Check: The successful candidate will be required to complete a Vulnerable Sector Check (Level 3) with the Police Services detachment in their jurisdiction to the City of Ottawas satisfaction.; Police record checks completed by a third-party company will not be accepted.
- Drivers License Requirement:A valid Ontario unrestricted G class drivers license (or provincial equivalent) with 0 demerit points accumulated
- Additional vacancies may occur during the competition process; Must be able to work shifts weekends and statutory holidays at a variety of locations.
- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed it will no longer be available.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous Black and other racialized communities persons with disabilities women and non-binary persons persons of all ethnic origins religions sexual orientations classes gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to self-identify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the self-identification questionnaire.
The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process please advise us if you require any accommodation.
Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the Employee Service Centre at extension 12211 or via email at .
Employment Type
Hourly
