Bus Operator 441

Berkeley County School District; Martinsburg (WV); On-site; USD 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkeley County Schools Transportation Department in Martinsburg, WV, is seeking a Bus Operator for the school year. The role runs roughly 5:30 am–9:00 am and 1:30 pm–4:30 pm, serving South Middle, Martinsburg High, Berkeley Heights Elementary, and Orchard View Intermediate.

Start date is September 23, 2026; contact Patrick Ashton or Josh Sowers for details. Qualifications align with West Virginia School Transportation Regulations; incumbents may need to meet state and county requirements and

Qualifications

• Perform pre/post trip inspections
• Learn route, including pick up and drop off locations
• Safely use fire extinguisher
• Assist and supervise students with disabilities
• Communicate with students, parents, school officials and supervisors
• Mop and clean inside and outside the vehicle
• Complete proper paperwork
• Work overtime as needed
• Ability to sit for long periods of time
• Ability to tolerate ill children and clean up from student sickness accidents
• Walk from the operator’s seat to the rear of the bus
• Open all emergency exits
• Install snow chains on a bus
• Raise the hood of a conventional school bus and check oil levels and antifreeze levels

Responsibilities

• Perform pre/post trip inspections
• Learn route, including pick up and drop off locations
• Safely use fire extinguisher
• Assist and supervise students with disabilities
• Communicate with students, parents, school officials and supervisors
• Mop and clean inside and outside the vehicle
• Complete proper paperwork
• Work overtime as needed
• Ability to sit for long periods of time
• Ability to tolerate ill children and clean up from student sickness accidents
• Walk from the operator’s seat to the rear of the bus
• Open all emergency exits
• Install snow chains on a bus
• Raise the hood of a conventional school bus and check oil levels and antifreeze levels

Job description

Bus Operator 441

Berkeley County Schools (WV) Transportation Department - Martinsburg, West Virginia Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Berkeley County Schools

Job Details

Job ID: 5918496

Application Deadline: Sep 15, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Sep 08, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Sep 23, 2026

Job Description

Position Title: Bus Operator

Department: Transportation

Reports To: Director of Transportation

Responsibility: All qualifications as set forth in the “West Virginia School Transportation Regulations”

Payscale: Payscale D with years of expierence (minimum $31,220-maximum $43,700) plus any college hours plus competitive benefits package equal to approximately 35% of direct compensation.

Start Date: September 23, 2026

SUMMARY: A vacancy exists for a bus operator for the Transportation Department for bus #441 working approximately 5:30 am - 9:00 am & approximately 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm (subject to change).

This bus run consists of transporting students to and from South Middle, Martinsburg High, Berkeley Heights Elementary and Orchard View Intermediate. Please contact Patrick Ashton or Josh Sowers for specific details.

The route is subject to change with additions and/or adjustments as necessary. This bus will serve as a transfer bus as needed.

Qualifications are included on the attached job description. Employees, regular and substitutes, who have never held the classification of bus operator, will be required to meet all county and state mandated bus operators' regulations.

FILLING SERVICE PERSONNEL VACANCIES:

Consider Applicants in this Order

• Regularly employed service personnel who hold a classification title within the classification category of the vacancy
• Service personnel who have held a classification title within the classification category of the vacancy whose employment has been discontinued in accordance with this section
• Regularly employed service personnel who do not hold a classification title within the classification category of vacancy
• Service personnel who have not held a classification title within the classification category of the vacancy and whose employment has been discontinued in accordance with this section
• Substitute service personnel who hold a classification title within the classification category of the vacancy
• Substitute service personnel who do not hold a classification title within the classification category of the vacancy
• New service personnel

For Each Candidate Consider Each of the Following

• Seniority
• Qualifications
• Evaluation of past service

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Other duties may be assigned.

• Perform pre/post trip inspections
• Learn route, including pick up and drop off locations
• Safely use fire extinguisher
• Assist and supervise students with disabilities
• Communicate with students, parents, school officials and supervisors
• Mop and clean inside and outside the vehicle
• Complete proper paperwork
• Work overtime as needed
• Ability to sit for long periods of time
• Ability to tolerate ill children and clean up from student sickness accidents
• Walk from the operator’s seat to the rear of the bus
• Open all emergency exits
• Install snow chains on a bus
• Raise the hood of a conventional school bus and check oil levels and antifreeze levels
• Remove