Transportation Driver

Who You Are

Do you want to make a difference in your community? Do you want to be responsible for transporting people with disabilities, low-income, and/or older adults from their home to medical appointments, work, errands, church, and other reasons? We are looking for a dependable and capable Transit Driver who will drive a bus style shuttle to transport our clients in wheelchairs and other disabled passengers providing door-through-door service, ensuring passenger and vehicle safety and commitment to schedule.

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide safe and punctual transportation and assistance to the public that may include people with disabilities or older adults with courteously and compassion
• Communicate daily with dispatch while on the road regarding deviation from schedule or any other concerns
• Conduct documented pre- then post-trip inspections daily on vehicle to ensure safety and ready for operation
• Maintain daily accurate and up-to-date paperwork associated with driving duties including fuel purchases, accident reports, incidents reports, vehicle condition reports and other records as requested by management
• Collect and secure passenger donations daily and deliver to the main office
• Communicate with supervisor, other drivers, and office staff regarding deviation from schedule or any other concerns
• Mandatory attendance at periodic safety training meetings
• Stop frequently, often only a few blocks apart and when a passenger requests a stop
• Collect fares and issue change
• Answer questions about schedules, routes, and transfer points
• Report accidents or other traffic disruptions to a central dispatcher and follow directions when using an alternate route
• Assist disabled passengers
• Check the bus tires, lights, and oil and do other basic maintenance
• Follow state and federal transit regulations
• Keep passengers informed of delays
• Fully understand how to operate and safely drive chassis
• Prepares units for transport with chassis and body modifications as needed to accommodate for transport and drive-away
• Works within all safety guidelines to ensure an efficient and safe transfer process
• Notify managers of any maintenance or delivery issues encountered
• Ensuring vehicles are clean and presentable
• Ensuring the lot is organized, clean, and free from trash, litter, and debris
• Arranging and parking vehicles in designated lot areas
• Guaranteeing dealership license plate frames are affixed to vehicles
• Overseeing and maintaining keys
• Obey all applicable traffic laws and drive in according to the weather/road conditions
• Always make safety a priority
• Performs other duties as requested by management

Benefits

• PTO
• Holiday Pay
• Sick leave
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Health Insurance
• Paid orientation
• Paid training
• Employee Referral Program

Requirements

What you need to do to be successful:

• Adheres to Envida dress code; appearance is neat and clean
• Adheres to legal practice standards, including applicable federal, state, and local regulations and standards
• Completes annual education requirements
• Always maintain confidentiality in all business records
• Demonstrates effective time management and organizational skills
• Participates in the organization's performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices
• Communicates the mission, ethics, and goals of the organization
• Foster a growth oriented, positive, and encouraging environment while keeping employees and management accountable to company policies, procedures, and guidelines

What Is Required To Be a Transit Driver

• Ability to function independently using good judgement and maturity
• Must be 25 years old or older
• High school diploma or GED
• Valid current driver's license with a clean Motor Vehicle Record
• Able to pass a background check and drug test
• Work with people in wheelchairs from their home to their destination, with a maximum of three steps
• Problem solving and conflict management and always maintain composure and safety of passengers
• Must be able to review, complete, and submit paperwork electronically

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to Stand, Walk, Sit, Stoop, Kneel, Crouch and or Crawl up to 1/3 of the time
• Must be able to Push, Pull, Lift, Reach with Hands and Arms and/or exert force up to 50 pounds up to 1/2 of the time
• Must be able to Talk and use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel (Must be able to perform repetitive motions associated with driving (use of foot controls, use of hands, grasping firm/heavy with both hands and fine dexterity with both hands))

Vision Requirements

• Close Vision at 20 inches or less
• Color Vision with ability to identify and distinguish colors
• Peripheral Vision with ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point
• Depth Perception - three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships
• Ability to adjust focus - to adjust eye to bring an object into sharp focus

Hearing Requirements

• Ability to hear alarms on equipment
• Ability to hear phone calls
• Ability to hear passengers while driving