Service Employee

Location: South Windsor, CT - 405 Sullivan Ave

Pay: $26.71 per hour

Schedule: Monday - Friday | 5:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Hours: 40 hours per week

Join North America's largest school transportation provider.

First Student is now hiring a Service Employee to support our South Windsor, CT location. This is a great opportunity for someone who is dependable, safety-focused, and enjoys hands-on work that helps keep our buses ready for safe daily operation.

About The Role

The Service Employee maintains and fuels all school buses, activity buses, and commercial buses in conjunction with First Student's Maintenance Department. This role dispenses fuel, checks oil, maintains accurate stick and meter readings, stocks required supplies and equipment, and coordinates the flow of buses to ensure safe operation.

This position also performs light maintenance as needed to buses, buildings, and grounds.

Major Responsibilities

• Open the gates to the lot and check bus parking areas to ensure buses can be dispatched in a timely manner.
• Reposition any buses that may impede traffic flow in the yard.
• Maintain accurate records and complete Bulk Fuel Receiving Report, Fuel Variance Report, Closing Month-End Report, and Meter Calibration Report.
• Notify the Location Manager or designee when fuel delivery is required and ensure accurate stick readings are taken before and after delivery.
• Check and fill oil, antifreeze, power steering fluid, transmission fluid, brake fluid, windshield washer fluid, and belts on buses being fueled.
• Perform light interior and exterior maintenance on buses as required.
• Perform light maintenance to buildings and grounds as needed.
• Stock required supplies and equipment.
• Coordinate the flow of buses to support safe and timely operation.
• Perform any other management requests or directives as requested.
  
  

Why Join First Student?

At First Student, each individual plays an integral part of the communities they serve. We care as much about you as we do our students, and that is why we are proud and excited to offer:

• $26.71 per hour
• Monday - Friday schedule
• 5:30 AM - 2:00 PM
• 40 hours per week
• Tremendous career advancement opportunities
• Competitive wages
• Supportive, safety-focused work environment
  
  

Service Employee Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Knowledge of bus maintenance
• Ability to learn maintenance skills
• Ability to work safely and follow established procedures
• Ability to work outdoors in varying seasonal weather conditions
• Subject to DOT drug testing and physical. DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 40 does not authorize the use of Schedule I drugs, including marijuana, for any reason.
  
  

Apply Today

If you are dependable, safety-focused, and interested in hands-on work that helps keep students moving safely, we encourage you to apply for the Service Employee opening supporting our South Windsor, CT location.

First Student is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.