Bus Driver

About the role

The Assistant Coach operates a school bus on assigned routes and schedules to provide safe and efficient transportation for students. They are responsible for maintaining the bus, ensuring student safety, and reporting any issues to the principal.

Responsibilities

• Maintains proficiency in driving skills.
• Adheres to bus route(s) and shuttle times.
• Completes all required reports and submits fuel invoices in a timely manner.
• Ensures safety and care of students boarding, riding, and departing the school bus.
• Transports only authorized students.
• Reports infractions of school bus safety rules to the Principal or Principal's designee.
• Operates the school bus on the assigned route(s) and schedule as provided by the supervisor.
• Attends all assigned meetings.
• Informs supervisor of any students added or deleted from the route which may necessitate a change in route or bus stop.
• Accepts responsibility for securing the school bus before leaving the vehicle at the conclusion of a run or route.
• Accepts responsibility for reporting observable mechanical defects or failures on the school bus in a timely manner.
• Serves as a brand ambassador for the school and models a personal commitment to excellence and strong adherence to the school’s core values.

Requirements

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years old with one (1) year of driving experience.
• Previous experience as a school bus driver preferred.
• Must possess and maintain a current North Carolina commercial driver’s license with proper endorsements and a current Bus Drivers Pocket Card.
• Must consistently pass a DOT drug and alcohol testing.
• Must never have been convicted of a DWI offense, and no traffic violations of any kind within the past three years.
• Thorough understanding of the school bus laws and procedures described within the North Carolina School Bus Driver Handout.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment and demonstrate a positive attitude toward the job.
• Exhibit a strong customer-service orientation.
• Ability to use visual acuity required for depth perception and color perception.
• Ability to safely work in situations of exposure to bloodborne pathogens which may require specialized personal protective equipment.
• Ability to walk, lift, reach, stoop, stand, grasp, balance, climb, kneel, and crouch.
• Ability and willingness to work in various inside and outside environments being subjected to weather changes, noise, vibrations, job hazards, and atmospheric conditions.
• Ability to operate motor vehicles, hand tools, and job specific equipment and tools.
• Ability to hear sufficiently to accurately perceive information at normally spoken word levels.
• Ability to use communication by means of spoken word to express or exchange ideas.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.

Skills

• Proficiency in driving skills.
• Customer service orientation.
• Teamwork and collaboration.

Benefits

The position offers benefits including participation in the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS) and NC State Health Plan.

Pay

The salary is based on the state salary schedule, plus a local supplement.

Schedule

The employment term is 10 months.