Stanly County Schools
Position Title: Director of Transportation
Term of Employment: Full-Time; 12 months
Reports To: Superintendent
Pay Information: $4,742.17-$8,713.83 monthly
General Statement of Job To ensure that all departments in the school system are provided safe and efficient transportation with the primary responsibility of transporting children to and from school. This position is performed by effectively managing personnel, materials, and vehicles to accomplish the task. This job has direct control of the following functions: vehicle maintenance management, routing and scheduling, and daily personnel management of staff, recruitment, school bus safety and accident investigation. Essential Job Functions
Adheres to all state and local laws, policies, and procedures. Ensures that all periodic vehicle maintenance is performed adequately and within specified time periods, and that staff has proper tools and equipment available to complete assigned duties in the shop (garage area). Oversees and participates in recruitment, employment, transfer, promotion, and release of department personnel. Serves as liaison with school administrators to resolve transportation issues. Organizes and/or participates in projects to promote school bus safety. Oversees and participates in the preparation of state and local budget requests. Administers and oversees all transportation budgets and preparation of statistics and reports of budget items. Oversees and participates in the daily operations of the transportation facility. Oversees the collection and completion of required data; investigates issues and writes reports. Supervises inventory control and maintenance of computerized vehicle/equipment records and vehicle warrants. Ensures assignment of mechanics to specific and general tasks related to preventive maintenance and reviews unscheduled maintenance to determine cause and effect. Supervises a routing department that maintains integrity of student transportation database, school boundaries and bus route information. Supervises and participates in investigation of traffic accidents. Participates in redistricting for new schools, prepares reports, and makes recommendations to the Assistant Superintendent for Auxiliary Services. Continuous analysis of bus routes and staff time to maximize efficiency. Research different vendors and opportunities for cost savings to the transportation department. Attends workshops and leadership training sessions for professional development. Establishes professional development opportunities for various groups within the transportation department. Develops and maintains a comprehensive Bus Driver Handbook. Researches and implements methods to keep positive communication among all groups within departments and build morale. Performs random field observations to ensure excellence from all staff members in the transportation department. Performs other related work as required. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of office practices and procedures. Knowledge of business letter writing and memos. Skills in keyboarding with accuracy at the necessary speed for the position. Skills in operating a computer with word processing, spreadsheet, and desktop publishing applications. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in written form. Ability to reason, make judgments, and maintain effective working relationships with others. Ability to utilize positive human relation skills with staff. Ability to compile and summarize information. Ability to resolve problem situations with sound judgment. Ability to demonstrate proper telephone etiquette. Ability to maintain confidentiality in matters relating to the school system. Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in completing work assignments. Ability to compose correspondences independently. Ability to work in the absence of supervision. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted on the course of work. Minimum Training and Experience
Bachelor's degree preferred, with the focus in management or administration. Five years successful supervisory experience preferred with focus on pupil transportation with increasing levels of responsibility. Experience preparing budget requests and overseeing annual budgets. Experience in customer service and/or quality assurance field. Knowledge of bus routing and scheduling with focus in TIMS. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable. Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions
Physical Requirements:
The work regularly requires standing and walking around the classroom and school. It requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing. The work requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations. The work often requires bending, squatting, reaching, with the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights and rarely, the lifting of weights above 30 pounds. The work occasionally handles/works with biohazards and/or risks for potential job-related injury, such as those found in a laboratory or shop environment. The work requires activities occasionally involving driving automotive equipment. Data Conception : Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things. Interpersonal Communication : Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants. Language Ability : Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, contracts, policies, handbooks, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence. Intelligence : Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Verbal Aptitude : Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to give oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including educational and legal terminology. Numerical Aptitude : Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory. Form/Spatial Aptitude : Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape. Motor Coordination:
Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment. Manual Dexterity : Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination. Interpersonal Temperament:
Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations. Physical Communication : Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.
Disclaimer
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.
Term of Employment: Full-Time; 12 months
Reports To: Superintendent
Pay Information: $4,742.17-$8,713.83 monthly
General Statement of Job To ensure that all departments in the school system are provided safe and efficient transportation with the primary responsibility of transporting children to and from school. This position is performed by effectively managing personnel, materials, and vehicles to accomplish the task. This job has direct control of the following functions: vehicle maintenance management, routing and scheduling, and daily personnel management of staff, recruitment, school bus safety and accident investigation. Essential Job Functions
Adheres to all state and local laws, policies, and procedures. Ensures that all periodic vehicle maintenance is performed adequately and within specified time periods, and that staff has proper tools and equipment available to complete assigned duties in the shop (garage area). Oversees and participates in recruitment, employment, transfer, promotion, and release of department personnel. Serves as liaison with school administrators to resolve transportation issues. Organizes and/or participates in projects to promote school bus safety. Oversees and participates in the preparation of state and local budget requests. Administers and oversees all transportation budgets and preparation of statistics and reports of budget items. Oversees and participates in the daily operations of the transportation facility. Oversees the collection and completion of required data; investigates issues and writes reports. Supervises inventory control and maintenance of computerized vehicle/equipment records and vehicle warrants. Ensures assignment of mechanics to specific and general tasks related to preventive maintenance and reviews unscheduled maintenance to determine cause and effect. Supervises a routing department that maintains integrity of student transportation database, school boundaries and bus route information. Supervises and participates in investigation of traffic accidents. Participates in redistricting for new schools, prepares reports, and makes recommendations to the Assistant Superintendent for Auxiliary Services. Continuous analysis of bus routes and staff time to maximize efficiency. Research different vendors and opportunities for cost savings to the transportation department. Attends workshops and leadership training sessions for professional development. Establishes professional development opportunities for various groups within the transportation department. Develops and maintains a comprehensive Bus Driver Handbook. Researches and implements methods to keep positive communication among all groups within departments and build morale. Performs random field observations to ensure excellence from all staff members in the transportation department. Performs other related work as required. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of office practices and procedures. Knowledge of business letter writing and memos. Skills in keyboarding with accuracy at the necessary speed for the position. Skills in operating a computer with word processing, spreadsheet, and desktop publishing applications. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in written form. Ability to reason, make judgments, and maintain effective working relationships with others. Ability to utilize positive human relation skills with staff. Ability to compile and summarize information. Ability to resolve problem situations with sound judgment. Ability to demonstrate proper telephone etiquette. Ability to maintain confidentiality in matters relating to the school system. Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in completing work assignments. Ability to compose correspondences independently. Ability to work in the absence of supervision. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted on the course of work. Minimum Training and Experience
Bachelor's degree preferred, with the focus in management or administration. Five years successful supervisory experience preferred with focus on pupil transportation with increasing levels of responsibility. Experience preparing budget requests and overseeing annual budgets. Experience in customer service and/or quality assurance field. Knowledge of bus routing and scheduling with focus in TIMS. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable. Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions
Physical Requirements:
The work regularly requires standing and walking around the classroom and school. It requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing. The work requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations. The work often requires bending, squatting, reaching, with the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights and rarely, the lifting of weights above 30 pounds. The work occasionally handles/works with biohazards and/or risks for potential job-related injury, such as those found in a laboratory or shop environment. The work requires activities occasionally involving driving automotive equipment. Data Conception : Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things. Interpersonal Communication : Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants. Language Ability : Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, contracts, policies, handbooks, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence. Intelligence : Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Verbal Aptitude : Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to give oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including educational and legal terminology. Numerical Aptitude : Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory. Form/Spatial Aptitude : Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape. Motor Coordination:
Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment. Manual Dexterity : Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination. Interpersonal Temperament:
Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations. Physical Communication : Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.
Disclaimer
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.