Location Manager

FIRST MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career advancement opportunities

Positive work environment

Job summary

First Student in Warren, MI is seeking a Location Manager to provide operational oversight, day-to-day management, and direct supervision of staff and financial performance.

This role emphasizes controlling expenses, maintaining safety standards, scheduling routes, and delivering timely reports to AGM and finance; the company highlights strong career advancement opportunities and a positive, rewarding work environment across North America.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years management experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Business background in financial, strategic, and/or organizational analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manages operational expenses and explains budget variances.
• Manages injury and collision claims.
• Ensures safety practices and applicable regulations are obeyed by all employees.
• Ensures facilities and buses are maintained to safety and environmental standards.
• Sets accurate schedules for routes.
• Minimizes route drive times and mileage while adhering to contractual and regulatory mandates.
• Provides accurate and timely operational and financial reporting as requested by AGM and/or finance.
• Ensures purchases follow company processes and policies.
• Drives employee engagement and recognition.

Skills

Degree or equivalent

Management experience

Communication skills

Interpersonal & presentation

Business analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

At First Student, our Location Managers are a constant reflection of our company’s commitment to safety and customer service. The Location Manager is responsible for providing operational oversight, day-to-day management, and directly supervising staff and financial performance.

At First Student, we are proud to offer:

• Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities due to a strong presence across North America
• Positive and rewarding work environment

Location Manager Responsibilities

• Manages operational expenses and explains budget variances
• Manages injury and collision claims
• Ensures safety practices and applicable regulations are obeyed by all employees
• Ensure facilities and buses are maintained to First Student safety and environmental standards
• Sets accurate schedules for routes
• Minimizes route drive times and mileage while adhering to contractual and regulatory mandates
• Provides accurate and timely operational and financial reporting as requested by AGM and/or finance
• Ensures purchases follow company processes and policies
• Drives employee engagement and recognition

Location Manager Experience and Skills Required

• 4-year degree or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years management experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Business background in financial, strategic, and/or organizational analysis

First Student’s commitment to putting our customers first, dedication to safety, and an ambition to deliver dependable transportation makes for a working environment you’ll love. As a huge company with 120,000 staff and over 2.5 billion customers worldwide, you’ll also enjoy security, a brilliant future, and excellent training.

Language Requirement

This role requires English proficiency. Federal, state, and local requirements, including U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, require training, safety communications, company policies, employment documents, and other job-related communications be conducted in English.

First for a reason: At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day!

Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

In the state of Washington, all technician and driving positions, including but not limited to van drivers and any other position requiring employees to drive a company-owned vehicle, are considered safety-sensitive and are therefore subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

First is also committed to providing a drug‑free workplace.

First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law.

Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is at this link or upon request https://www.phila.gov/media/20210423160847/Fair-Chance-Hiring-law-poster.pdf.

MISSION

Provide unmatched care and the safest ride to school, so when students arrive, they start and end their day with an exceptional experience and are ready to achieve their full potential.

FOCUS ON SAFETY

Safety is at the heart of everything we do.

CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS

Ensure our vehicles are welcoming and trusted places where students feel comfortable and secure.

SURPASS CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS

Go the extra mile to deliver an extraordinary experience for our customers and communities.

FOSTER TEAMWORK

Work together, act with integrity, respect each other, champion diversity and inclusion.

SET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS

Continually seek a better way to do things with innovation, sustainable practices, financial discipline, commercial excellence, and operational excellence.