Bus Driver

City of Concord; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Concord is seeking a bus operator responsible for transporting participants to designated locations, ensuring their safety on the bus and during trips. You will inspect vehicle conditions before and after trips and report issues to keep safety standards intact.

The role includes supervising participants and their belongings, maintaining vehicle cleanliness, and communicating policies to campers and staff while documenting any infractions.

Qualifications

• Possess knowledge of safe driving practices.
• Understand commercial vehicle operation and basic maintenance.
• Follow cleaning procedures to keep the vehicle orderly.
• Comply with applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Operates the bus by driving safely and communicating with the trip coordinator and passengers.
• Performs pre- and post-trip inspections and reports any issues.
• Maintains cleanliness of the vehicle and ensures belongings are orderly.
• Enforces rules and documents any infractions by campers or participants.

Skills

Safe driving

Vehicle maintenance

Cleaning procedures

Regulations knowledge

Job description

The purpose of this position is to transport participants to and from specified designations and to ensure their safety while on the bus and throughout the trip. Inspect and report vehicle conditions before and after each trip to make certain all basic safety precautions are addressed. Assist with overseeing participants and their belongings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates the bus by driving safely, abiding laws of the road, communicating with trip coordinator, and communicating safety requirements to passengers.
• Performs pre- and post-inspections by checking the bus for damages, ensuring proper functioning of gauges, fuel and hydraulic lines, pumps, lights, sounds, tire pressure, and airways, and submitting issues or needs.
• Maintains cleanliness of vehicle by checking seats, racks, and floors for belongings, sweeping vehicle, removing trash, and replacing or requesting cleaning supplies.
• Ensures adherence to rules by communicating policies and procedures to campers and staff and documenting infractions of campers.

Supplemental Functions:

• Performs other similar duties as required.

Job Specifications and Qualifications:

Knowledge:

• Safe driving practices
• Commercial vehicle operation and maintenance
• Cleaning procedures and practices
• Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations

Licensing and Certifications:

• Valid North Carolina Commercial Driver’s License.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must meet the City criteria for an acceptable driving record.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

• Positions in this class require: standing, walking, lifting, carrying, sitting, reaching, kneeling, pushing/pulling, climbing, vision, foot controls, balancing, bending, crouching, hearing, talking.

• Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds occasionally, 10 pounds frequently, or negligible amounts constantly AND/OR walking or standing to a significant degree.

• Incumbents may be subjected to extreme temperature, wetness and/or humidity, respiratory hazards, physical hazards.