Bus Driver - No Experience / Paid Training / Bonuses

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Transport passengers and assist passengers in boarding/exiting the vehicle, which includes passengers using mobility devices (i.e., wheelchairs, scooters, walkers).
• Conduct pre-trip/post-trip vehicle inspections to ensure proper operation of vehicle, including on-board equipment, and report conditions which require repair and/or maintenance on the vehicle.
• Safely perform scheduled routes dispatched to driver per on-time performance standards.
• Follow safety procedures for loading, unloading, and securing all passengers.
• Ensure safe and clean vehicle conditions at the start and end of each shift.
• Safe operation of vehicles, including adherence with all laws and defensive driving techniques to minimize the risk of accidents and incidents.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Report delays, accidents, and other traffic issues using authorized communication device.
• Accurately document all trips, odometer readings, beginning/end of shift, and lunch breaks.
• Properly account for all fares collected.
• Comply with all attendance and uniform policies.
• Maintain good hygiene and a professional image at all times.

Essential Functions and Requirements:

• Ability to walk, bend, squat for prolonged periods of time, stoop, twist, crouch, reach, kneel, and display physical dexterity.
• Ability to push/pull passengers of all sizes using mobility devices (including wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, etc.) to board/exit the vehicle.
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
• Possess full range of sense of hearing, speech, and vision.
• Ability to understand and effectively and communicate in English, both written and verbal, with riders and co-workers.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment physical, drug screen, and background check in accordance with all applicable laws and contract requirements.
• Must have a flexible schedule.
• Minimum twenty-one (21) years of age.
• No DUI or reckless driving convictions within the past ten (10) years.
• No more than two (2) points on K4 at time of job application submission.
• Participation in STI’s Random Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.

K-4 DMV Print out: All applicants must provide a current report of their driving (called an K-4 Printout) from Department of Motor Vehicles. The printout must be no more than 30 days old at the time of application.

Southland Transit, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.