Sub Driver Trainee

Center for Disability Services, Inc.; Pearl (CO); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Early Access to Pay

Job summary

The Center for Disability Services offers a paid Sub Driver Trainees training program to help you obtain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL). You will receive support for the written test, road test, and access to tools and resources to turn your permit into a license.

Training runs Monday through Friday, 20–25 hours per week, with no weekends or major holidays. Upon licensure, you may advance to a full-time Driver with enhanced rates, quarterly incentives, and uniforms.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow directions, communicate, perform simple math functions and knows basic weights and measures.
• At least 5 years of active driving experience required.
• Must be at least 21 years old and able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
• Must be available to work out of Albany and Niskayuna locations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in transporting individuals with developmental disabilities by operating vans and buses.
• Drive safely through heavy or light city and highway traffic and comply with all rules and regulations.

Skills

Follow directions

Communication

Basic math

Weights and measures

Job description

Where people get better at life!

Join us in our mission to make a difference and shape a more inclusive future.

The Center for Disability Services offers hope, innovation, and achievement to the people we support. For 80 years, we have been one of upstate New York’s largest providers of programs and services for individuals who have disabilities. Many of the innovative programs and vital services that we offer are not available elsewhere.

We are searching for a Sub Driver Trainees to join our team!
This is a paid training program to assist those looking to obtain a Commercial Driver's License! Come work with our certified team to get your CDL - we will help prepare you for the written test to obtain a permit and provide you with the tools and resources for your road test to turn that permit into a license.
During the training period, we offer flexible scheduling for Monday through Friday, working between 20 and 25 hours per week - no weekends or major holidays! Once you have a valid CDL, you can move up to a full time Driver, which now offers newly enhanced rates, quarterly incentives and bonus programs, and uniforms.
This position provides assistance to transport individuals with developmental disabilities by operating safely and courteously, various types of vans and buses through heavy or light city and highway traffic, in all conditions and following all rules and regulations.

Requirements:

• Ability to follow directions, communicate, perform simple math functions and knows basic weights and measures
• Valid NYS Class D License - Ability to train and pass CDL Permit and License (B or C)
• At least 5 years of active driving experience required
• Must be at least 21 years old and be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds
• Must be available to work out of Albany and Niskayuna locations

At The Center for Disability Services, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees and the people we support. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any protected class of job applicant or employee in our employment practices.

Compensation Range:

$19.00 - $19.00

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Early Access to Pay with RAIN
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)