Marion C. Early Rv Schools

Marion C. Early R5 Schools
Driver
Job Title: Driver
Department: Transportation
Reports to: Supervisor of Transportation
Classification: Non-exempt
Marion C. Early R-V is seeking a bus driver for the 2025-2026 school year. MCE operates on a 4-day schedule. Training can be provided.
Summary:
Drivers transport students in district transportation.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Transport students in a safe and efficient manner.
• Operate school vehicles in a proper and prudent manner in accordance with state
rules, regulations, Missouri Motor Vehicle Laws, Marion C. Early R5 Policies,
rules, regulations, and directives from the Supervisor of Transportation
• Make daily routine checks of maintenance and emergency items such as brakes,
lights, tires, oil, belts, fire extinguishers, first aid kit.
• Report maintenance problems as soon as detected.
• Turn in reports on time filled out completely with driver's name attached
• Maintain clean and unobstructed interior and exterior conditions on his/her bus at
all times.
• Maintain order and discipline while transporting students in accordance with
established procedures, handling minor disciplinary problems, and reporting
infractions that require intervention to the appropriate building administrator.
• Be courteous to riders and parents.
• Be rested and free from fatigue.
• Be on time at scheduled stops.
• Attend at least one driver's training program per year.
• Report any school bus accident as soon as possible. Drivers should remain with
the bus throughout the investigation.
• Participate in required drug and alcohol testing
Supervisory Duties:
Drivers supervise students while transporting them
Qualifications
Education:
High school diploma or the equivalent
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
The Bus Driver should be able to:
• Meet age requirements:
o At least twenty-one (21)
o Under seventy (70). A person may be allowed to drive a bus after July 1 Marion C. Early
following their seventieth birthday, but only if they can pass an annual
medical, written examination Driver Exam, Pre-Trip, Skills, And on road
• Missouri Commercial Driver's License, Class B or higher, and a Missouri school
bus "S" Endorsement.
• Maintain good physical and mental health, free from communicable disease, and have normal use of both arms, hands, legs, and feet. Vision shall be at least 20/20
in one eye with 20/40 vision in the other eye, or 20/30 vision in both eyes, with correction if necessary. A driver shall be able to distinguish the colors red, green,
and yellow. Hearing shall be adequate to hear ordinary conversation. A driver shall undergo a physical examination annually by a licensed physician and present a signed physical examination certificate to the employer.
• Report to work neat and clean.
• Abstain from the use of tobacco in the bus.
• Refrain from driving under the influence of intoxicants, narcotics, or drugs.
Skills and Abilities:
Language
Ability to read and write simple sentences in English, read and understand maps and
possess basic writing skills sufficient to complete pre and post-trip reports and student
discipline referrals
Computational
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide and to do so using units of American weight,
volume and distance measurement
Reasoning
Ability to understand and follow Board policies, administrative procedures, and training
and handbook materials
Other Skills and Abilities:
Ability to interact in a friendly manner with co-workers, parents, and students
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Physical Demands:
The individual who holds this position must:
Sit for long periods of time
Occasionally walk and stand
Frequently bend and twist the torso and neck
Frequently use repetitive arm, wrist and hand movements
Occasionally lift up to 75 pounds
Use close, distance and peripheral vision as well as depth perception
Attendance
Consistent and regular attendance is a an essential duty of this position.Marion C. Early R5
The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an
employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential
functions.
Conditions and Environment:
The individual who holds this position will regularly work in a school environment that is
noisy, active and occasionally loud including engine noise and the sound of many
children speaking in which raised the voice may be necessary. Frequently works in
temperatures below freezing and above 100 degrees. Occasionally works in rain, sleet
and ice and drive on slippery conditions. The employee will work near or with moving
mechanical equipment. The employee may occasionally work with toxic or caustic
chemicals.
As a political subdivision, employer, recipient of federal funds, and educational institution, the Board of Education is prohibited from, and hereby declares a policy against engaging in
unlawful discrimination, including harassment creating a hostile environment, on the basis of
race, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or use of leave protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act, in its programs