What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Transportation position at ESC Region 11?
Job Title: Director of Transportation
Reports to: Superintendent
Wage/Hour Status: Nonexempt
Pay Grade: AP1
Duty Days: 12 month
Fund Source: 199
Dept./School: Transportation
Date Revised: August 2017
Primary Purpose:
Coordinate routing of pupil transportation district-wide. Assign and schedule bus drivers, routes, and vehicles to ensure safe, efficient, and economical transportation services.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
Clear and valid Texas commercial driver's license with Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements
High School Diploma or GED
Must be 18 years of age
Special Knowledge/Skills:
Ability to use personal computer and software to develop route schedules, spreadsheets and databases and do word processing
Ability to read and understand documents including policies and procedures manuals
Ability to receive and give written and verbal instructions
Ability to pass alcohol and drug tests and annual physical exam
Effective organizational and communication skills
Ability to operate bus
Experience:
Two years experience as certified school bus driver
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Routes and Schedules
- Assist with the development of bus routes in accordance with Texas Education Agency guidelines.
- Coordinate and approve all adjustments to or additions of bus runs to ensure consistency with district policies, guidelines, and procedures.
- Assist or handle assignments of bus drivers, bus routes, vehicles, and substitutes for morning and afternoon shifts.
- Assist with or coordinate extracurricular transportation.
- Prepare data required to plan bus route and post route schedule.
- Assist with or prepare special education bus routes and ensure that drivers maintain a route folder with accurate descriptions of their morning and afternoon routes.
- Coordinate and schedule all summer school routes.
- Prepare and update district maps showing areas served by each bus. Distribute maps to schools and within the district as directed.
- General state required route descriptions and maintain computerized files and database.
Communication
- Dispatch drivers and vehicles and communicate with them using a telephone and two-way radio.
- Notify drivers, parents, and school personnel of any changes in a student's bus service, such as an address change, change in pick-up and drop-off location, change in time or bus change.
- Maintain good public relations with students and school personnel.
- Communicate with students, parents, staff, and community about their complaints with drivers, buses, routes, and safety.
- Communicate with Director of M/O about problems or concerns bus drivers have with parents, students, teachers, and coworkers.
- Interact with special program administrators and school officials concerning transportation of special education students.
- Help campuses to place new students on buses and advise drivers of new or dismissed students.
Other
- Handle driving and safety records of all new applicants.
- Serve as substitute bus driver.
- Other duties as assigned.
Equipment Used:
Radio communication equipment, computer and peripherals, and intercom system.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Supervise, evaluate, and recommend the hiring and firing of bus drivers, bus monitors, and transportation assistant.
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including computer and peripherals; district vehicle; school bus
Posture: Prolonged sitting; frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
Motion: Frequent walking; regular grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension, and reaching; regular driving
Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (under 15 pounds)
Environment: Work outside and inside, on slippery or uneven walking surfaces; frequent exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures, dust, noise, vibration; exposure to chemical hazards; work around vehicles and machinery with moving parts; regularly work irregular hours; occasional prolonged hours; frequent districtwide travel; occasional statewide travel
Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress
