JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Full Time School Bus Driver

Reports to: Director of Transportation

Function: Transport students to and from school, including sporting events, school field trips, outside charters and any other miscellaneous related work.

Essential Responsibilities

• Pre-trip bus according to Illinois State guidelines before using bus to transport passengers. Submit completed pre-trip form before the end of your work day to the Transportation Office.
• Collect and turn in bus tickets, monetary collections, checks and fuel card and fuel receipts to Transportation Office.
• Flexible in taking on new work assignments. Work schedule may change due to unforeseen situations.
• Available to work up to three early evening activity routes per week.
• Available for weekend work for school related activities.
• Available to work during Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter Break.
• Maintain integrity of route times and stops.
• Maintain fuel tank levels.
• Maintain the cleanliness of bus.
• Maintain safe and orderly behavior on the school bus at all times.

Successful Candidates

• Adhere to good time management. Able to reserve enough time to pre-trip bus properly before use.
• Able to work in the presence of teenagers while maintaining politeness, yet firmness in regards to adherence to rules of conduct on the bus.
• Ability to adapt to sudden changes in daily work schedule.
• Ability to learn all routes in the event you will need to cover for another driver.
• Alert to activity within and outside the bus at all times.
• Ability to safely drive bus during range of climactic conditions.
• Maintain communication with other drivers and director of transportation.
• Team player

Requirements

Valid CDL with School Bus endorsement.

Minimum of one year of school bus driving experience.

Benefits

Following 90 days of employment, benefits include – dental, vision, health insurance, pension plan and 403 (b).

Pay Rate

$18.00 per hour

School Description

We are a privately owned and operated High School in Chicago, Illinois providing secondary education since 1889

Please submit interest in job to:

Anthony Dugo
Director of Transportation
dugoa@dls.org
312-842-7355 ext. 112

De La Salle Institute is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate.