Operations Supervisor - Transportation Central

Job Title: Transportation Operations Supervisor

FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt

Classification Group: Professional Technical

Supervising Position: Director or designee

Pay Plan: Professional Technical

Pay Range: Range 03

Last Updated: 04/02/2025

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JOB SUMMARY: Supervise all bus drivers and bus assistants. Ensure all routes and trips are completed on-time with available resources. Review GPS reports and onboard video cameras. Enforce progressive discipline as needed. Complete employee evaluations. Administer the student management program. Represent the district at meetings, conferences, and seminars in a professional manner. Required to obtain a Class B CDL License with P and S endorsements, and transport students to and from school.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The subsequent duties outline the fundamental operations of the position and exemplify the nature of the tasks carried out. They do not encompass a comprehensive inventory of the obligations and responsibilities fulfilled in this role. The approximation of frequencies and time allocation percentages are flexible and subject to the requirements of the organization. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Task Descriptions Frequency Percentage of Time

Supervise, assign work to ensure coverage, and evaluate all assigned bus drivers and bus assistants. Provide work direction, identify and resolve transportation issues, schedule retraining, and problem-solve route and personnel issues. Provide customer service to our transportation employees. Enforce progressive discipline as needed and complete employee evaluations. Administer the student management program. Initiate protocols to ensure students are being transported safely to and from school. Monitor all aspects of bus driver and bus assistant performance, including spot checking for pre-trips, and post-trips, appropriate use of specialized equipment, and driving ability. Respond to accident scenes, assess damage and injuries, and implement reasonable suspicion protocols when deemed necessary. Follow all accident protocols. Transport students to and from school daily.

Daily 50%

• Monitor ongoing two-way radio and telephone communications with transportation, district security, dispatch, and school personnel as required. Meet with transportation employees, students, parents/guardians, school employees, and district administrators, to review onboard video. Daily 25%
• Use specialized software programs to compile department forms, detailed maps, graphic and other operational paperwork. Utilize GPS tracking system, and vehicle computerized tablets for turn by turn directions. Daily 10%

Implement emergency procedures (e.g. snow days, accidents, early school closure, emergency closures) when necessary. Share in after hours, weekend and holiday on-call responsibilities.

Daily 5%

• Represent the district at meetings, conferences, and seminars in a professional manner. Meet with personnel within other transportation departments within the state for problem solving, coordination, and implementation of new rules and regulations. Attend in-district bus driver meetings at schools and represent bus driver and bus assistant interests and concerns. Quarterly 5%
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested. Daily 5% TOTAL 100%
  
  

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: This job has supervisor responsibilities including, but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, directing work, assigning work, supervising work, training, evaluating, disciplining, and terminating. Direct reports:

• Bus Driver
• Bus Assistant
• Non-CDL Driver
• Casual Bus Driver
• Hourly Transportation Support
  
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: The minimum prerequisites of formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other criteria that a candidate must fulfill to be considered for a position. It is essential that certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, and trainings are fulfilled, valid, and not expired.

• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required
• High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma
• Two (2) years of professional work experience
• Required to obtain a Colorado Commercial Driver’s License, Class B, with a P and S Endorsement within (90) days to maintain this position
• Possess and maintain a good driving record
• Ability to meet Colorado School District Self-Insurance Pool Insurability Requirements
• Administrative assistant/clerical, payroll, accounting, or human resources experience
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Advanced oral and written communication skills
• Advanced knowledge of school buses, emergency equipment, safety vests, wheelchair lifts and all other adaptive securements to safely transport students with disabilities
• Ability to deescalate confrontational bus drivers, bus assistants, parents/guardians, and students
• Ability to work alone and collaboratively with others
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment and interact positively and constructively with supervisors, staff members, students, the community, and any other district stakeholder
• Ability to demonstrate concern for student safety and customer service
• Ability to work varying daily schedules and locations
  
  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS: The physical demands, mental functions, cognitive capacities, and work environment factors required to perform a position’s essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Medium work strength level (lifting or carrying 50 pounds)
• Works both indoors and outdoors
• Typically a moderate noise level
• Work location is subject to change to meet the requirements of the organization
• Occasional bending, reaching, and climbing
• Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling
• Occasional repetitive movements
• Hearing
• Close, distance, color and peripheral vision
• Visual concentration, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Eye/hand coordination (e.g., typing, driving)
• Normal transportation school district environment
• Must successfully pass all DOT physical and agility tests
  
  

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other qualifications relevant to the position that are strongly preferred but not mandatory for a candidate to be considered.

• Experience working in the public sector
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Racially conscious and culturally competent with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement
• Bilingual
• Specialized classes beyond high school or equivalent
• Previous employee management or school bus transportation experience
• Previous experience driving Class A or Class B vehicles