Van Driver - 314 - Van Operations

Distinguishing Features of Work

Join the Wichita Transit team! Driving with transit as a FULL-TIME Paratransit Van Driver provides the opportunity to enhance the lives and increase the mobility of hundreds of people in the Wichita community who are unable to utilize the traditional bus system. Every day our Van Drivers provide hundreds of trips between residences and local destinations for employment, doctor appointments, and other daily needs. The Van Driver is an active position that provides rider assistance with boarding vans and securing wheelchairs or other mobility aids while building friendly relationships with regular riders.

To provide the best possible service to our community, Transit relies on a dedicated team of service-oriented Van Drivers that are able to reliably arrive fit for work on time regardless of weather and traffic conditions. The driver's seat is an office with a view. With this origin-to-destination service, driving vans provides a constant variety of routes that offer a beautiful way to see the cityscapes and neighborhoods throughout every part of the city.

Examples of Work Performed

• Operate the van in the safest manner.
• Provides limited assistance to passengers with wheelchair loading, securing and unloading.
• Writes up work order cards for van defects so maintenance can repair the vehicle.
• Ensures that correct fare is collected.

Requirements of Work

• Ability to read, speak, and write the English language sufficiently to communicate with the general public, to understand traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records in a clear and legible manner.
• Knowledge of and ability to work with the four functions of mathematics.
• Ability to read maps, understand and maintain time points and schedules.
• Ability to write in a clear and legible manner.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with associates, other employees, representatives of other organizations, officials, and the public.
• Ability to answer questions regarding other routes and services.
• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in emergencies and other unusual situations.
• Knowledge of the geography of the city and names and locations of streets.
• Ability to: sit a maximum of 60 consecutive minutes for all or most of a shift; to stand and move about for up to 10 minutes per hour; to walk up to 10 consecutive minutes up to 50 feet; to lift, push or pull a minimum of 50 lbs.; to push or pull with force of up to 50 lbs. to up to 10 feet; and to bend, kneel and squat repetitively for short, sustained periods.
• Ability to perform work functions on various hard surfaces.
• Ability to engage in hand manipulation, including fingers, wrist turning, grasping and pinching from occasionally to frequently.
• Ability to occasionally reach forward and to either side.
• Ability to occasionally bend and twist trunk.

Qualifications

• Valid Kansas Class A or B commercial driver's license (CDL) is preferred.
• Pasenger endorsement is also preferred.
• If you are a Canadian or Mexican citizen, you will be required to have or obtain a CDL from your home country.