Part-Time Supervisor, Campus Bus

Inuplands; Bloomington (IN); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Tuition subsidy

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Indiana University’s Campus Bus Service in Bloomington, IN is seeking a part-time supervisor to assign bus operators, monitor safety, and ensure compliance with DOT rules. You will coordinate daily schedules, report changes, and maintain positive relations with riders and university staff.

Requirements include a high school diploma, valid driver’s license, CDL within 6 months, DOT medical certification, ability to pass background and drug tests, and be 21 or older.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to be insured by Indiana University.
• CDL required within 6 months from date of hire.
• DOT medical certification must be passed/maintained.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Ensure work assignments are filled by a bus operator; supervisor fills in if needed.
• Monitor radio and respond to operators needing assistance.
• Document schedule changes on the daily sheet; ensure accuracy.
• Maintain positive customer relations with passengers and university staff.
• Ensure compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations for public transportation.
• Monitor the safety and mechanical operation of assigned buses.
• Direct operators to use paper timecards if the TIME System is down.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by Campus Bus Management.

Skills

Communication

Background check

Map reading

Safety and efficiency

Drug testing

DOT knowledge

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

CAMPUS BUS (BA-BUSS-IUBLA)

Since 1966, IU Campus Bus Service has been providing bus service on the Bloomington campus. IU Bloomington's 1,940-acre campus is often considered one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation located in USA Today's #2 Best College Town in America. IU Bloomington is home to close to 43,000 undergraduate and graduate students and over 19,000 faculty, staff, and part-time employees.

Campus Bus provides transportation to over 3 million rides a year and operates a 6-route system with approximately 30 buses, 50 bus operators, 4 mechanics, and a management team. It has a long-standing partnership with the local transit system, further extending its reach and resources. Campus Bus is an essential campus service that supports the university’s ability to function efficiency and helps to ensure a welcoming environment for its students, employees, and other guests.

Campus Bus is a business unit within Auxiliary Business Services (ABS). ABS operates in a shared services model that supports finance, human resources, payroll, and marketing needs of Campus Bus.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Ensures that all work assignments are filled by a bus operator. If a report operator is not available to drive the bus operators work assignment the supervisor will drive until a replacement driver can report for duty.
• Monitors, on a continuous basis, radio and responds to bus operators who need assistance.
• Documents any schedule changes to the appropriate daily sheet and ensures accuracy of all information.
• Maintains positive customer relations with passengers and other members of the University community both in person and on the phone.
• Ensures that all bus operators assigned to their supervision will comply with all University, local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations applicable to public transportation operations.
• Monitors the safety and mechanical operation of the buses assigned for service.
• In the event that the TIME System is not working, directs bus operators to fill out a physical timecard which is the paper backup for the TIME System.
• Performs other related duties as may be assigned by Campus Bus Management.

EDUCATION

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED)

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

Required

• Possess a valid driver's license with the ability to be insured by Indiana University Upon Date of Hire.
• CDL required within 6 months from date of hire. Paid training will be available.
• Completion of the bus operator training program prior to operating a bus in regular service.
• Pass and maintain US Department of Transportation (DOT) medical certification.

OTHER

Required

• At least 21 years of age.

SKILLS

Required

• Ability to effectively communicate and exchange information.
• Ability to pass criminal background check.
• Ability to read a map. Knowledge of the service area.
• Ability to work in a safe and efficient manner.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment alcohol and drug test, and subject to continuing alcohol and drug testing as mandated by the Federal Transit Administration.
• Ability to obtain thorough knowledge of transit operations, including DOT rules and regulations.

This position spends most time working in an office. Exposure to occasional adverse environmental conditions such as heat, cold, and inclement weather may occur. The role requires the ability to detect details of objects and the ability to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

This position requires the ability to pass criminal background check.

Bloomington, Indiana

$22.00 per hour

Must be available to work day or night shifts.

This position is capped at 29 hours per week

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Part Time Employee

FLSA: Nonexempt

Job Function: Part Time Employee

Job Family: Part Time Employee

This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days.

Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes contact information.

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