Service Crew

About the role

Under supervision of Supervisor of Bus Services, service crew employees sweep, wash, fuel, empty fare boxes and make checks of engine oil, coolant and transmission fluid levels, adding appropriate fluids as necessary on all Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority vehicles. Perform major cleaning of all vehicle interior surfaces and glass when necessary to maintain a high level of cleanliness for public use.

Responsibilities

• Fuel, wash, and service vehicles (including revenue and staff vehicles) on a daily basis, recording fuel amounts pumped on designated fuel sheets.
• Check all engine oil, transmission, and coolant levels daily, adding appropriate fluids as necessary and recording amounts added.
• Probe and empty all fare boxes and cash boxes and record fare box register reading.
• Check all tires for wear and damage and fill if low.
• Record all hub odometer or odometer readings.
• Note vehicle defects, i.e., body damage, seat damage, broken glass, fare box malfunction, vandalism or lights out on the vehicles condition card in designated location and report to Service Crew Lead or Supervisor.
• Replace used condition card with new condition card.
• Sweep and/or vacuum floors, including driver platforms, wash floors, clean windows, dust all window ledges, dash areas, wheelhouses, and fixtures daily.
• Wash all vehicle exterior surfaces, including wheels, daily.
• Retrieve and re-position vehicles from and to assigned parking positions and record the position of vehicles parked each night.
• Clean or shampoo bus seats as needed.
• Clean up debris in bus storage area and service lanes at the conclusion of each work shift.
• Other related duties, as required.
• Employees are required to perform other related functions as assigned.

Pay

Pay Rate: $30.97/hour. Six (6) Week Training Rate: $26.32/hour.

Schedule

Shifts are determined based on union seniority; evening and weekend work is likely. Employees in this job classification are members of the Transport Workers Union Local 171.