Supervisor of Transportation

Shenandoah County Public Schools•Woodstock, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Plans, directs, coordinates, and oversees all functions pertaining to the operation and maintenance of the division's transportation department. This includes personnel, equipment, and facilities. The primary concern is safe, efficient, economical transportation of students between home and school on a regular schedule, and between other destinations within or outside the division boundaries on a special scheduling basis.

Requirements

Five years of experience in pupil transportation in an organization having full maintenance and operations of transportation services, or similar management experience
Must be knowledgeable of safety standards, laws, codes, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to pupil transportation
Must obtain within the first year of employment in the position a Virginia driver’s license with a commercial driver’s license, a Virginia State School Bus Driver’s Certificate, or obtain proof of equivalent proficiency
Incumbent is required to be a resident of Shenandoah County or become a resident within 4 months of obtaining employment in this position
Demonstrate ability to establish cooperative relations with other division staff members, subordinates, students, and parents
Ability to communicate effectively
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
Ability to speak effectively before groups of parents, employees, school administrators, and the school board
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Must possess or acquire a valid Virginia driver's license with a commercial driver's license, a Virginia State school bus driver's certificate, or provide proof of equivalent proficiency

Nice To Haves

Supervision of personnel
Routing and scheduling
Bus driver training
Accident investigation
Bus maintenance
Inventory control
Cost accounting
Budgeting, record keeping
Preparation of bus bid specifications
Preference will be given to candidates with a minimum of a bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

To provide for safety at all bus stops
To establish procedures to guarantee the safety of the school bus operation compliant with mandate, law, and policy
To provide training for bus drivers to guarantee safety and efficiency, and as a means of obtaining CDLs
To provide instruction in the behavior management of all students
To provide instruction in the management of special needs students
Oversee transportation for special needs students during the regular school year
Oversee special transportation for summer school and other special needs circumstances
Oversee scheduling of bus routes primarily utilizing a computerized bus routing system in the most effective manner to transport students to school in the most efficient manner
To provide for a pool of adequately trained substitute bus drivers
To provide personnel procedures consistent with policy to recruit, hire, and train bus drivers
To collect and analyze accident data
To provide for the maintenance of the school bus and car fleet in accordance with mandate, law, and policy
To provide information about the fleet leading to the purchase of new vehicles and declaring vehicles surplus
To provide for appropriate fiscal management, according to law and policy, of all allocated funds assigned to the supervisor
To provide for ongoing and accurate inventory, and specific procedures to track and account for all items in inventory according to time and use
To evaluate all elements of the transportation program on a continuing basis
To evaluate the safety of road conditions during inclement weather and provide timely information to the superintendent
Other responsibilities as assigned