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Part-Time Bus Driver
Duke University Transportation Services | Durham, NC
At Duke, we are committed to providing safe, reliable, and exceptional transportation services to students, employees, patients, and visitors. Join a dedicated team that helps keep our campus community moving while delivering outstanding customer service.
What You'll Do
As a Part-Time Bus Driver, you will safely transport passengers along assigned routes while ensuring a positive customer experience. This role requires strong communication skills, attention to safety, and the ability to operate transit vehicles professionally and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
Experience
Duke University is committed to building a culture of excellence, innovation, and belonging. Transportation Services plays a vital role in supporting the Duke community, and our drivers are essential to delivering safe, dependable service every day.
Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
Part-Time Bus Driver
Duke University Transportation Services | Durham, NC
At Duke, we are committed to providing safe, reliable, and exceptional transportation services to students, employees, patients, and visitors. Join a dedicated team that helps keep our campus community moving while delivering outstanding customer service.
What You'll Do
As a Part-Time Bus Driver, you will safely transport passengers along assigned routes while ensuring a positive customer experience. This role requires strong communication skills, attention to safety, and the ability to operate transit vehicles professionally and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Safely operate transit vehicles while adhering to assigned schedules, traffic laws, safety regulations, and departmental procedures.
- Transport students, employees, patients, and visitors throughout the Duke community.
- Complete required documentation, including manifests, vehicle inspections, accident reports, and other operational records.
- Follow dispatch instructions and efficiently coordinate passenger pick-up and drop-off activities.
- Provide exceptional customer service by answering passenger questions and assisting riders as needed.
- Maintain knowledge of service routes, transfer points, roadways, and operating procedures.
- Communicate effectively using two-way radio systems during normal operations and emergency situations.
- Attend and successfully complete required training programs.
- Prepare reports related to accidents, incidents, breakdowns, or mechanical issues as required.
- Work varying schedules, including evenings, nights, weekends, and other hours necessary to meet service demands.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience
- At least one year of experience operating public transportation vehicles, heavy trucks, or other heavy vehicles.
- Valid North Carolina Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
- Air Brake Endorsement required.
- Passenger Endorsement required.
- Strong commitment to safety and customer service.
- Ability to remain calm and exercise sound judgment in routine and emergency situations.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with dispatchers, team members, and passengers.
Duke University is committed to building a culture of excellence, innovation, and belonging. Transportation Services plays a vital role in supporting the Duke community, and our drivers are essential to delivering safe, dependable service every day.
Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.