General Manager

About the role

Join the Transdev team as a General Manager in Modesto, CA. Transdev's General Managers are committed to safety, customer service, and hands-on experience in all transportation business areas. The manager will initiate, develop, and maintain a successful contract relationship.

Responsibilities

• Handles all contractual services, including operations, administrative functions, and information systems, and provides oversight of safety, training, and maintenance departments.
• Ensures compliance with all company procedures and policies.
• Ensures services are within budget and action plans are developed and implemented to improve operational efficiencies.
• Maintains company and contractual assets (vehicles, facilities, inventories, tools, and equipment).
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal laws and regulations (EPA, OSHA, DOT, ADA, and EEOC).
• Analyze, prepare, and develop budgets and forecasts.
• Affirms resource needs, problems, and trends and plans accordingly.
• Develops action plans to ensure customer retention.
• Assures a safe working environment.
• Provides and promotes effective communications with customers.
• Provides leadership and guidance to develop location and company bench strength.
• Establishes training goals and requirements for all personnel.
• Satisfies client, corporate, and contractual reporting requirements and needs.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent, as well as a bachelor's degree, is strongly preferred.
• Requires 3-5 years of recent and relevant direct experience managing all aspects of a paratransit and fixed-route service.
• Prior experience working with a collective bargaining agreement.
• Computer literate with excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Must have evidence of building solid relationships with supervisors, peers, and subordinates.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Successful track record in managing budgets and/or P&L responsibility.
• Able to effectively and appropriately communicate and/or collaborate with agencies, directors, elected officials, operators, and all levels of hourly and salaried employees, including senior management.
• Must be a self-starter able to obtain successful results without supervision.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to work shifts or flexible work schedules as needed.
• The employee is generally subjected to long periods spent sitting, typing, or looking at a computer screen.
• The work environment will be a combination of both indoors and outdoors.

About Transdev

Cities, counties, airports, companies, and universities across the U.S. contract with Transdev to operate their transportation systems, maintain their vehicle and fleets, and deliver on mobility solutions. Transdev U.S. employs a team of 32,000 across 400 locations while maintaining more than 17,000 vehicles. Part of a global company, Transdev is a leader in mobility with operations in 19 countries, proudly operated by 110,000 team members from around the world. As an operator and global integrator of mobility, we are driven by our purpose. Transdev – the mobility company – empowers the freedom to move every day thanks to safe, reliable, and innovative solutions that serve the common good.

Transdev

Find out more at www.TransdevNA.com or watch an overview video at https://youtu.be/ilO5cv0G4mQ.