Shuttle Operator

Silver Spring, MD

About the role

The Shuttle Operator transports passengers over specified routes to local or distant points according to time schedule, assists passengers with baggage, luggage, bicycles, wheelchairs, and scooters as necessary, regulates heating, lighting, and ventilating systems for passenger comfort, complies with local traffic regulations, and reports delays, incidents, or accidents.

Responsibilities

• Transport passengers over assigned and established routes to and from pre-established customer locations.
• Perform minor maintenance as conditions warrant (light bulbs, oil, washer fluid, etc.).
• Perform daily vehicle inspections per established inspection checklist pre- and post-vehicle use.
• Assist with loading, securing, and unloading wheelchairs, scooters, and bicycles as requested.
• Maintain discipline; report unruly behavior to dispatch.
• Report delays, incidents, and accidents.
• Communicate via a shuttle communication device (Syncromatics).
• Keep operational records and make simple reports.
• Report defects or problems with the vehicle to dispatch.
• Deliver shuttle bus for maintenance, repairs, or inspections to a designated location as required.
• Fuel the vehicle with the appropriate fuel (gasoline/on-road diesel) and deliver fuel receipts to the project manager.
• Keep the shuttle bus clean, free of trash and debris.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• Valid State Driver’s License, CDL with Passenger endorsement.
• Minimum two (2) years experience operating a bus, mini-bus, motor coach, or equivalent.
• Valid driving record required within the last 30 days upon interview.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment physical.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to follow oral and written directions.
• Knowledgeable of and compliance with the laws and regulations applicable to the safe operation of motor vehicles.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
• May use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Pay

Up to USD $26.31/Hr.