RELIEF TROLLEY OPERATOR (PART-TIME, AS NEEDED) - Ongoing

Job Summary

Serves as a relief driver operating trolley bus to cover shifts or provide assistance as needed.

Essential Functions

• Serve as Relief Driver: Fill in when necessary to cover shifts or provide assistance.
  • Operate trolley bus in a safe, proficient manner by applying brakes, starting and stopping engine.
    • Comply with all City, county, state, and federal traffic rules, regulations, laws, and procedures.
    • Assist passengers with disabilities onto and off the wheelchair lift, operate lift/ramp, and secure wheelchairs as required.
    • Adhere to the Greenlink Operations Handbook.
    • Ensure Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) system is logged in.
    • Ensure driver area is clean at the end of each shift.
    • Evacuate passengers in need during emergency situations.
    • Absorb and act upon the training of new drivers as assigned.
    • Actively participate in the reporting of safety issues and concerns that are observed during the course of essential job functions.
  • Perform Customer Service: Provide information in a courteous manner to passengers regarding routes, schedules, and transfers.
    • Make public address announcements in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations.
    • Act as a front-line point of contact to ensure delivery of quality customer service.
    • Ensure an adequate supply of transfers for the customers.
  • Maintain Schedule and Count Passengers: Operate the trolley bus on a scheduled route in a manner that provides for the maximum possible safety to passengers while maintaining the scheduled time points.
    • Effectively utilize paddles, manifests and other information, to follow routes and meet time points.
    • Cook up to detour, accident and incident information to radio dispatch, and respond to instructions given.
    • Count passengers on a trip-by-trip basis.
  • Monitor Physical Condition of Vehicle Perform Inspections, and File Reports: Observe all conditions of vehicle while driving including lights, mirrors, door, fare box, brake pressure, tire condition, heater, and/or air conditioner.
    • Report any mechanical problem immediately.
    • Comply with all state and local laws pertaining to the operation of the vehicle.
    • Safely and efficiently operate equipment on trolley bus, including fare boxes, wheelchair lifts, radio, and emergency equipment.
    • Assure the cleanliness of the interior and seating area.
    • Conduct and document a thorough pre-trip inspection of the vehicle prior to operation on a daily basis as per Greenlink and state regulations.
    • Comply with all company safety rules and operate assigned vehicles.
    • Complete post-trip inspection at the end of each shift.
    • File necessary reports in case of an accident or incident with assigned vehicle or an injury to passengers and operators.
    • Submit verbal and written reports on accidents or incidents required.
    • Serve as a subject matter expert on Greenlink’s Safety Committee as required.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

  Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Over one (1) year of bus or trolley driving experience or completion of the City of Greenville Bus Operator in Training Program.
  • Driver's License Requirements: Valid South Carolina Class B CDL with air brake provision and passenger endorsement.