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Driver Manager – Buffalo/Glencoe Office

***NEW HIGHER STARTING WAGE***
$94,275 annual salary

Apply Online at www.TrailblazerTransit.com

Trailblazer Transit is accepting applications for the position of Driver Manager for immediate hire. This individual will report to both of Trailblazer’s facilities located in Buffalo and Glencoe. The Driver Manager will be assigned a primary reporting location at one of the facilities when driver training is complete after approximately three to five months. The position is open until filled. Interviews will be conducted as soon as possible and will continue until a good match for the position is hired. 

Thank you for your interest in applying for employment with Trailblazer Transit, which provides general public transportation primarily in Sibley, McLeod, and Wright Counties located just west of the Twin Cities. We believe that our organization has a lot to offer for career-minded individuals. Trailblazer has a clean working environment with excellent facilities and equipment, the culture is positive and professional, and we promote healthy and constructive communication to ensure everyone can be heard and contribute to the success of the team. We also provide competitive wages and an excellent benefits package!

We are looking for flexible, hardworking individuals who share our values and enjoy helping others. Our core values include Safety, Teamwork, Attitude, and Responsibility, which collectively represent the STAR in our logo. We are working to develop an independent, self-directed workforce that is willing and able to follow the rules and regulations that we are required to follow, as well as the policies and procedures that we have created in order to function effectively as a team to provide high-quality service.

If you are excited about the idea of working with a group of dedicated team members in an organization that is growing to meet the increasing demand for public transit service, then we invite you to please fill out an application. We are very excited to learn more about you and hope to make you part of our team!

Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Human Resources – Oversees the quality control of work performed by drivers and related personnel; participates in recruitment, selection, and training of employees; manages work schedules; assists in the resolution of personnel matters; administers disciplinary action; maintains necessary documentation; prepares reports; conducts employee performance reviews; assigns work to be completed; recommends changes to service and staffing levels.

2. Operations Support – Reviews daily paperwork; responds to any driver problems, concerns, or complaints; coordinates with dispatch to ensure safe and efficient operations.

3. Risk Management – Performs accident investigations; completes all necessary paperwork.

4. Fleet Management – Ensures that all maintenance and repairs are completed properly and in a timely, cost-effective manner; monitors vendor performance and warranty claims; maintains vehicle records; ensures proper inspection and cleaning of vehicles; assists with vehicle procurement; supervises the Fleet Support position(s).

5. Driving – Operates a transit vehicle in revenue service on a periodic basis to enhance and maintain knowledge of the service area, vehicles, locations, procedures, and customers; assists with the movement of vehicles.

6. Technology – Works with numerous vendors to ensure all equipment and software programs are functioning properly, to diagnose and repair problems, and to make improvements.

7. Customer Service – Answers questions about service; resolves customer complaints.

8. Complies with all local, state, and federal regulations.

9. Attends necessary meetings, marketing events, and training seminars.

10. Conducts business in a professional, courteous manner with all contacts including but not limited to customers, co-workers, supervisors, the general public, and other agencies.

11. Performs other duties as assigned by the Executive Director or designee.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year college degree in a related field (or ten years of any work experience with at least five of those years in a comparable management or supervisory position with human resource responsibilities).
• Minimum of three years of work experience in a management or supervisory position with human resource responsibilities.
• Possess and maintain a MN Class A, B, or C Commercial Driver’s License with passenger endorsement.
• Must meet minimum physical requirements to drive as defined by federal DOT regulations.
• Ability to lift 40 or more pounds.
• Ability to fluently speak and write the English language.
• Ability to read a map and to follow written/oral directions and instructions.
• Ability to perform effectively in a busy and possible emergency environment.
• Excellent critical thinking, decision making, and problem solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills (both writing and speaking).
• Excellent computer experience using spreadsheets and/or databases.
• Excellent customer service and customer relations skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Pass pre-employment drug test.

Trailblazer Transit is a general public transit system that provides transportation to people of all ages for just about any reason! Professional drivers employed by a government organization called Trailblazer Joint Powers Board utilize elevator-equipped buses to provide Dial-A-Ride service throughout Sibley, McLeod, and Wright Counties plus some limited service into other neighboring cities. Trailblazer Transit is the culmination of an extensive effort by numerous federal, state, and local government agencies to develop and expand public transportation in multiple counties over several decades. This was accomplished in large part by coordinating and consolidating many different types of transportation programs, some of which date back to the 1970s.