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First Student is the largest school transportation provider in North America, with more than a century of experience providing safe and reliable transportation. We work with 1,250 school districts in 39 states and 8 Canadian provinces, carrying approximately five million students in 21,000 schools daily.

$18.00/hr based on union CBA

The Parts Clerk / Parts Room Coordinator is responsible for the receipt, verification, labeling, storage, documentation, and security of all parts and supplies in the Parts Room. This role supports the maintenance team by ensuring parts are available, organized, properly tracked, and accurately recorded.

This position plays an important role in keeping shop operations running efficiently and helping reduce vehicle downtime.

• Receive, verify, label, and stock incoming parts and supplies
• Maintain accurate parts inventory records and documentation
• Conduct price and quality surveys to support purchasing decisions
• Provide counter service to maintenance and operations team members
• Order special, non-stock parts for repair orders as needed
• Monitor reorder levels and replenish stock appropriately
• Manage cores, warranty parts, and parts returns
• Enter required information into computer systems accurately and timely
• Operate repair order and parts recordkeeping systems in accordance with corporate and customer requirements
• Record sales, repair orders, and parts transactions using proper procedures
• Ensure repair order information is accurate and complete
• Maintain files and other related records
• Provide reports as needed
• Maintain phone communications with vendors, internal teams, and shop personnel
• Clean and organize shelves, bins, racks, and the overall parts facility
• Maintain a clean, orderly, and secure parts room

• Parts are received, labeled, stored, and tracked accurately
• Inventory levels are maintained to support maintenance needs
• Repair orders and parts records are complete and reliable
• The parts room remains clean, organized, and secure
• Special-order parts, returns, and cores are managed efficiently
• Maintenance teams receive timely support with minimal delays

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• 1-3 years of parts room, inventory, warehouse, or maintenance support experience strongly preferred
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Computer literacy and ability to enter and maintain accurate data
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to build strong working relationships with supervisors, peers, vendors, and internal customers
• Ability to stay organized in a fast-paced maintenance environment

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, and move throughout the parts room and maintenance facility
• Ability to lift, carry, and move parts and supplies as needed
• Comfortable working in a shop, warehouse, or maintenance environment
• Must be able to maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area

• Support a mission-driven transportation operation
• Play a key role in keeping vehicles maintained and service-ready
• Work closely with maintenance, operations, and vendor partners
• Opportunity to build experience in fleet maintenance, inventory, and parts operations

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this role at any time. This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions and does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

First for a reason:

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

In the state of Washington, all technician and driving positions, including but not limited to van drivers and any other position requiring employees to drive a company-owned vehicle, are considered safety-sensitive and are therefore subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. First is also committed to providing a drug-free workplace. First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law. Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is at this link or upon request https://www.phila.gov/media/20210423160847/Fair-Chance-Hiring-law-poster.pdf.

About us
An industry leader famous for our yellow school buses and service and safety excellence, we’ve provided student transportation services to schools for over 100 years. Continually investing in the services of the future, we’re proud to be part of FirstGroup America – the largest provider of safe, reliable and sustainable surface passenger transportation services in North America.

Industry leader
We safely operate more than one third of all contracted school buses in North America.
Together our 50,000 school buses travel nearly 600 million miles per year — the equivalent of 1,200 round trips to the moon.
We operate in around 550 locations throughout 38 U.S. states and 8 Canadian provinces.

Innovation
We were the first school bus company to utilize global positioning systems (GPS), so at any one time we know where all of our buses are and how fast they’re travelling.
Passionate about safety, we’ve installed Safety Crossing Gates on the front of all of our school buses and use the Child Check-MateTM electronic reminder system to make sure no sleeping children remain inside a bus at the end of each route.

Awards & recognition
We won the Occupational Excellence Achievement Award from the National Safety Council two years in a row.
Dedicated to safety, FirstGroup received the National Safety Council’s (NSC) Green Cross for Safety Medal - the highest award for safety in North America.

Teamwork and trust
It takes a diverse team of skilled professionals to provide a safe, effective and efficient student transportation system. From our school bus drivers and location managers to routers, dispatchers and fleet technician mechanics, the work we do every day makes a big impact on the daily lives of students, parents, local communities and school district partners.

We’re very proud of our elite team of over 55,000 dedicated, caring and diverse professionals. And they are the #1 reason we’re trusted by over 1,400 school districts - more than any other provider. Everybody here plays their part in creating a positive school bus experience.

Our culture
We live and breathe our vision and values. They are embedded in our culture and drive our commitment to our customers and communities. Our culture fosters growth and promotes respect, reliability, responsibility and safety. And we recruit people who share these values and will work together to build strong and trusting partnerships in the communities we serve.

Safety – Although our safety record is twice as safe as the industry average, we continually seek out opportunities to enhance our operational and safety initiatives.
Learning – Through our learning culture that spans over 550 locations, we receive and share insight from our people to enhance our service now and in the future.
Making a difference - By doing our job well, we make a positive impact on many lives – including the millions of students who travel with us every school day.
Careers for all – We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Employer of Choice.
By consistently encouraging and supporting an open dialogue with our people and partners, we’re able to share new ideas and develop new ways to meet the needs of our customers and passengers. At First Student, you’ll feel empowered to serve your community. So join the team and start to make a difference.