Director - Transportation Services

Orange County Public Schools•Orlando, FL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director - Transportation Services is responsible for providing safe, efficient, and effective transportation services for the district’s students and overseeing the district’s operational vehicles. This role involves managing a team, overseeing budgets, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and policies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Logistics, or related field from an accredited institution, or any equivalent combination of related education, training and/or experience.
Five (5) years of leadership experience in transportation-related area.
Progressive experience in governmental accounting, finance, or budgeting, which includes expenditures and financial responsibility.
Two (2) years of experience managing, mentoring and leading teams of managers and employees.
Ability to research and resolve problems using data from a variety of resources and tools.
Proven success in a self-directed work environment.
Knowledge of transportation logistics, safety fleet management, GPS, digital surveillance, and dispatch.
Knowledge of organization and management theory and practice.
Knowledge of human resources management.
Knowledge of organizational development, customer service and transportation related technology.
Experience in vehicle routing analysis, simulation, budget allocation, operational and ESE policy interpretation, and compliance issues.
Capacity to analyze and synthesize technical data for use in decision making.
Capability to plan and organize effectively and present information in a concise, understandable manner.
Ability to facilitate group processes in consensus building, conflict resolution, planning and decision making.
Knowledge of and ability to read, interpret and enforce federal, state and local laws and policies governing the transportation of students.
Incumbent is considered “essential personnel” during an emergency and can be subject to being held over or called back to a district location at all times.

Nice To Haves

Experience in managing an organization with multiple garage operations for 1000+.

Responsibilities

Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates the efficient and effective planning, routing, dispatching, operation, inspection, maintenance, repair, and storage of school buses and other district vehicles.
Manages development of procedures and processes related to Transportation systems.
Remains current with changing technology and makes recommendations for new systems and upgrades.
Manages, oversees, and evaluates each manager reporting directly to him/her regarding productivity in achieving district goals.
Provides mentoring and guidance to direct reports, including problem-solving and continuous, constructive feedback.
Conducts individualized budget training.
Develops plans and identifies district goals for each key performance indicator (KPI) of the unit.
Assists the Senior Director, Transportation Services with yearly preparation of the operating budget.
Investigates and resolves concerns related to student transportation.
Establishes/monitors use of performance measures and best practices to continuously improve quality and cost of services.
Coordinates the consistent application of standard operating procedures between area managers.
Assists in planning and implementing a system of feedback and evaluation regarding the effectiveness of the section as perceived by the users of their services.
Keeps the Senior Director, Transportation Services informed of critical issues within the unit and incidents about which the Superintendent and Board should be made aware.
May be required to serve as a Disaster Incident Management Team (DIMT) member during a disaster or emergency.
Follows the district’s policies and procedures as related to all HRMD guidelines and the district’s instructional initiatives.
Follows the district’s policies and procedures as related to fixed assets.
Develops leadership in management staff.
Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology being used by OCPS and attends training to ensure skill level.
Responsible for maintaining timely and accurate information and accountable for the quality of information maintained by those they supervise.
Responsible for self-development and keeping up to date on current research, trends and best practices relevant to the area of responsibility.
Performs other duties and responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.