Coordinator, Transportation Operations

About the role

The Transportation Coordinator is responsible for the supervision and evaluation of the Routing, Training, Field Trips, and Dispatch offices. The Transportation Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the safe and effective transportation of students through daily oversight and management of operations and serves as liaison with school administrators, parents, and students on bus transportation matters.

Reports to: Supervisor, Transportation. FLSA Status: Exempt. Remote Work Eligible: No. Union Designation: Non-Union. Essential Personnel Disclosure: Employees who perform the responsibilities of this job are considered essential personnel and must report for work during delays or emergency situations.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and evaluates Area Supervisors, and employees in the Offices of Dispatch, Field Trips, Routing and Training
• Supervises operational procedures and recommends revisions to procedures and policies
• Reviews and approves regular and special needs routing
• Directs employees on schedules, routes and general bus operations
• Answers inquiries, concerns, or complaints from parents and citizens pertaining to school transportation matters
• Investigates accidents involving school owned vehicles, completes reports, and recommends appropriate disciplinary action
• Conducts and schedules Professional Development training for Supervisory and Administrative staff
• Directs employees on planning and implementation of bi-annual In-Service meetings
• Manages scheduling of employee required certifications
• Supervises and evaluates the hiring and training of bus drivers and attendants
• Supervises the recruitment and retention of transportation employees and coordinates with HRTD on data reported
• Manages new and recurring office and operational emergency procedures
• Regularly reviews, evaluates and updates standard operating procedures for Dispatch, Field Trips, Routing, and Training offices
• Oversees the collection of student and route data needed to complete state reporting
• Manages and evaluates daily route coverage procedures to ensure efficiency

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in business or related field

Experience: Three (3) to five (5) years of progressively successful experience in pupil transportation, personnel management, and school fleet maintenance and management

Licenses and Certifications: Commercial Driver’s License with school bus endorsement In The State Of Virginia (VA Code Section 46.2-341.4), And Specifically When Referencing The Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), An “employee” Is Defined As a payroll employee, a person employed under a lease or contract or, a person who has applied for employment and whose employment is contingent upon obtaining a CDL.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: Knowledge of budget planning, personnel management, routing procedures and applicable laws, regulations, and policies; Excellent communication and organization skills; Knowledge of general office procedures including familiarity with Microsoft Office; Able to demonstrate the learned knowledge, skills, and abilities of drug and/or alcohol suspicion training when required; Ability to complete the DOT mandated Drug and Alcohol Suspicion Training for Supervisors within the first 90 days of employment

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. The employee must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies. Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Pay

Salary Level: Universal/Scale B.3 - Level 16; Salary Scale: https://www.lcps.org/compensation; Salary Range: $103,690 - $170,831.

Schedule

Months/Days/Hours: 12 months/ 254 days/ 8 hours.