Transportation Routing Technician

About the role

Performs a wide variety of moderately specialized, complex operational, technical and administrative, and logistical tasks duties in support of transportation programs routing and planning activities; conducts assigned area-wide transportation technical reporting duties; maintains data in computer assisted routing software.

Responsibilities

• Plans and develops school bus routes, bus stop sequence, and schedules that are safe, dependable, and efficient within the framework of a predetermined routing and scheduling calendar.
• Determines student eligibility for transportation and assigns students to bus routes and stops utilizing computerized transportation routing systems; adjusts boundaries as needed.
• Verifies and maintains data in the computer assisted routing software to include routes, equipment, and student information including changes, transfers, and transportation needs.
• Periodically audits the planned routes to ensure optimization.
• Provides "what-if" scenarios, multiple solutions, and recommends best option related to such scenarios as change of a program from one school or center to another, change in bell schedules, emergency routing, and boundary changes.
• Makes route recommendations to provide maximum and efficient utilization of buses, route length, traffic pattern variability, street closures, and ride times.
• Revises bus routes and/or adds buses to routes to accommodate new programs, bell schedules, and/or changes in student addresses, transfers, withdrawals, or new enrollments.
• Plans transportation routing for out-of-boundary students.
• Creates crisis routes to support Fairfax County, as needed.
• Assists with transportation planning for shuttle programs, School-Age Child Care (SACC), RecPac, field trips, and summer school programs.
• Gathers, tabulates, and categorizes data for reports concerning route timing, load counts, late runs.
• Generates statistical information for state-mandated reports, quarterly and annually.
• Attends and participates in various divisionwide transportation-related meetings.
• Delivers informational training to transportation staff in routing and planning processes
• Assists with the review and revision of procedural manuals.
• Performs clerical support and dispatcher duties as backup for office operations, as required by operational necessity.
• Performs related duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school or possession of a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) certificate.
• Three (3) years of experience in general office administration, scheduling, routing, dispatching, or related field.
• Advanced degree(s) beyond the minimum degree requirement in a relevant field may be considered for some experience.
• Ability to work flexible hours, as required.
• Knowledge of transportation procedures, operations, scheduling, and routing strategies.
• Knowledge of FCPS school locations and street and road systems for the Fairfax County, DC, and Maryland area.
• Familiarity with local, state, and federal laws and regulations related to student transportation.
• Ability to plan and implement efficient routes.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work.
• Ability to read and interpret maps.
• Ability to utilize computer and applicable transportation and office suite software.
• Ability to collect, synthesize and report data using appropriate computer technology.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a bus driver or attendant.
• Knowledge of computerized transportation routing systems.
• Knowledge of school transportation.

Work Environment/Physical Requirements

This job operates in a professional office environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Pay

Salary Range $64,992 - $112,450

Salary Grade: Unified Scale-Schedule A/Grade 014-FEU-OP

Pay Frequency: Monthly