Utility Service Worker - Vehicle Cleaner

First Student, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team committed to safely transporting students and passengers. As a Utility Service Employee, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining and fueling school buses, ensuring they are ready for safe operation. This position offers tremendous career advancement opportunities and is ideal for those who are eager to learn and grow in the transportation industry. With a focus on safety and innovation, this role allows you to contribute to your community while enjoying competitive wages and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities

Competitive Wages

Qualifications

• Knowledge of bus maintenance and ability to learn maintenance skills.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and fuels all school and commercial buses.
• Performs light maintenance on buses as required.
• Maintains accurate records for fuel and maintenance.

Skills

Bus Maintenance Knowledge

Ability to Learn Maintenance Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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.

At First Student, each individual plays an integral part in the communities they serve. We care as much about you as we do our students and that is why we are Proud & Excited to offer the following :

• Hourly rate of $17 - $20 / hr
• Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities
• Competitive Wages

Utility Service Employee

The Service Employer maintains and fuels all school buses, activity, and commercial buses in conjunction with First Student's Maintenance Department : dispenses fuel, checks oil, maintains accurate stick and meter readings, stocks required supplies and equipment, and coordinates the flow of buses to ensure safe operation. Performs light maintenance as necessary to buildings and grounds.

As a Utility Service Employee, your major responsibilities will be to :

• Opens the gates to the lot and checks bus parking areas to ensure all can be dispatched in a timely manner. Re-positions any buses that may impede the traffic in the yard
• Maintains accurate records and completes Bulk Fuel Receiving Report, Fuel Variance Report, Closing Month-end Report and Meter Calibration Report
• Notifies the Location Manager or designee when a fuel delivery is required and ensures that accurate stick readings are taken before and after delivery
• Checks and fills the oil, antifreeze, power steering, transmission fluid, brake fluid, windshield washer fluid and belts on buses being fueled
• Performs light interior and exterior maintenance on buses as required
• Performs any other management requests or directives as requested

Utility Service Employee Requirements :

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Knowledge of bus maintenance
• Ability to learn maintenance skills.
• Subject to DOT drug testing and physical. DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 40 does not authorize the use of Schedule I drugs, including marijuana, for any reason.

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.