Director of Transportation - Transportation

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## Job Details {#job-details tabindex="0"}

Job ID:[5139685

Application Deadline:[Posted until filled

Posted:[May 2, 2025

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Starting Date

Immediately

## Job Description {#job-description tabindex="0"}

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Title

Director of Transportation

Classification

Administrative

Status

Exempt (Salaried)/260 Days

Salary

$105,000 to $110,000*(based on education and experience)*

Reports To

Chief Operations Officer

*Fully benefitted to include: medical, dental, vision, life insurances; sick, personal, vacation days and holiday days as well as state retirement (TRF or PERF).*

Summary

This position will provide leadership and vision for the overall operation and management of the school corporations transportation department. This leadership role supports the safe transportation of students to and from school.

Supervises

Transportation staff to include office staff, manager/supervisor, routers, bus aides and bus drivers.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited university is preferred.
• Three to five years experience in transportation or a related field.
• A minimum of three (3) to five (5) years experience in a supervisory capacity including all aspects of the hiring, evaluation and disciplinary procedures for department staff.
• A valid C.D.L. License or the ability to obtain this license within 90 days of employment.
• Experience with transportation planning, budgeting, and implementation.
• Possess the highest personal standards, good morals, ethics, honesty, commitment and integrity.
• Has strong organizational planning and management skills.
• Promotes the corporations mission, philosophy, and vision through professional conduct.
• Ability to recruit effective staff members in all areas of the transportation department.
• Provides staff leadership. Engenders staff enthusiasm and teamwork.
• Innovative thinker and problem solver.
• Pursue growth opportunities that enhance professional performance and advance corporation goals.
• Ability to quickly identify problems and resolve problems.
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for decisions.
• Effectively uses active listening, observation, reading, verbal, nonverbal and writing skills.
• Excellent PC skills (G-Suite, Microsoft Suite, Transportation routing software, etc.).
  
  

Responsibilities

• Develop and administer the transportation budget under the general supervision of other administrative staff.
• Prepare and implement the routing of all School Corporation owned buses used in student transportation and maintain buses in satisfactory operating condition.
• Implement School Corporation plans and develops a specific program to provide for the safety of students, employees and others in the operation of the transportation program.
• Administers the educational tour program of the School Corporation, including special trips, athletics and special assignments.
• Manages in collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer the transportation budget.
• Recommends a bus replacement program.
• Manages the training of CDL bus driver candidates for both NAFCS and area schools.
• Supervise bus drivers and other personnel employed in the transportation program, and administer state and federal laws and regulations, Board Policy and collective bargaining agreements applicable to the transportation program and its employees under the eneral supervision of other administrative staff.
• Effectively coordinate the activities in the Transportation Center with the educational programs and staff of the Prosser School of Technology located within the Transportation Center under the general supervision of other administrative staff.
• Interact successfully with parents, the general public and other employees of the School Corporation in resolving transportation issues and problems.
• Oversees Indiana State Police inspections of the NAFCS fleet.
• Serves on the weather safety team which includes road traveling during winter/inclement times.
• Stay current on laws, policies, trends, and best practices related to transportation.
• Collaborate with organizations and transportation directors in the region.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as assigned by the Chief Operations Officer or his/her designee.
  
  

This position requires the use of a corporation vehicle therefore candidates must hold a valid drivers license and meet all prerequisite and ongoing qualifications to be covered by the corporations insurance carrier and board policy.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must

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