Manager - Transportation Operations

Job Title: Manager - Transportation Operations
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt/At-Will
Reports To: Assistant Director - Transportation
Pay Grade/Days: 102/226
Dept./School: Student Transportation Services
Date Revised: April 2024
 
Primary Purpose:    
Oversees the establishment and revision of bus routes. Handles prompt resolution of student transportation problems. Coordinates student transportation programs with principals, central office, parents, outside agencies, and others. Prepares current and long-range student transportation plans.

Qualifications:
 
Major Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Supervises and coordinates all aspects of student transportation operations, including responsibility for the day-to-day operation of school buses.
2. Provides guidance and direction to the transportation depot managers and the transportation specialist responsible for special and alternative education pupil transportation and regularly meets with them for coordination, problem-solving, and planning purposes.
3. Coordinates with the department’s staffing office to hire substitute bus operators and bus attendants for multiple locations.
4. Reviews and investigates serious student or bus operator problems and recommends or initiates appropriate action.
5. Prepares correspondence on student transportation issues for the department and other school system officials as required.
6. Confers with school officials, parents, and outside agency officials on student transportation problems, procedures, and requirements and recommends or initiates appropriate actions.
7. Answers mail and phone requests for information on bus routes and stop locations, and reviews requests for schedule changes.
8. Analyzes current and long-term student transportation requirements and provides plans for meeting requirements and improving operations.
9. Assists department in meeting management plans by developing objectives for transportation managers.
10. Assists operational supervisors in the handling of day-to-day problems, and acts as a resource person to supervisors on management and transportation questions.
11. Advises the director on the department's budgetary needs.
12. Coordinates review of the department's management efficiency program.
13. Develops and maintains a department library on pertinent transportation industry materials and management articles to assist the manager's delivery of service.
14. Keeps informed on transportation industry innovations and trends as they relate to division concerns.
15. Meets with other divisions/departments to promote interdisciplinary programs.
16. Acts as liaison between department, schools, and community.
17. Performs related work as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
            None
 
Equipment used:
Radio communication equipment, computer, and intercom system.
           
Working Conditions: Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Special requirements such as lifting heavy objects and frequent climbing; Ability to handle stressful situations; Prolonged sitting; Frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting motion; Frequent walking; regular grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension, and reaching;
Regular driving; Position requires the ability to lift 50 pounds to waist-high; Work outside and inside, on slippery or uneven walking surfaces; Frequent exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures, dust, noise, vibration; Exposure to chemical hazards; Workaround vehicles and machinery with moving parts; Regularly work irregular hours; occasional prolonged hours; employee to work evenings and weekends; Frequent districtwide travel; Maintain emotional control under stress; Frequent overtime or night work required, etc.; Must be willing to work irregular hours during emergencies.