Executive Director of Transportation

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

1. Ensures that all actions are in concert with the Board policies as well as the mission statement, beliefs, objectives, and parameters found in the Board’s strategic plan.

2. Carries out such additional duties as required or as conditions necessitate.

3. Participates in job training and professional growth opportunities to enhance ability to perform the essential functions of the job.

4. Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.

5. Shall supervise and evaluate the work of all Transportation Department personnel to provide for total overall efficiency.

6. Shall develop in cooperation with the Chief Operations Officer, the operational transportation budget.

7. Shall cooperation with the Director of Purchasing in the development of specifications for the bidding of all Transportation requirements.

8. Shall develop plans for a fleet to meet needs of a district within the framework of budget and Board policy.

9. Shall hire, train, and supervise activities of all drivers.

10. Shall establish and maintain a complete Maintenance Department including hiring and supervision of mechanics and bus preparation staff.

11. Shall establish and maintain a working parts inventory for repairs and preventative maintenance.

12. Shall designate within department responsibility for the efficient scheduling of buses.

13. Shall continually monitor income and expenditures and adjust services to fall within framework of projected income and expenses.

QUALIFICATIONS : Bachelor’s Degree required. Master’s Degree preferred. 6-8 years’ experience in a comparable role.

WORKING CONDITIONS : Moderate local travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel. Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.

OTHER : This job description describes the duties and responsibilities which are representative of the nature and level of work assigned to the position.

The identified duties and responsibilities are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed.

The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the school district and employee and is subject to change by the school district as the needs of the district and requirements of the job change.

PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE POSITION : These may include climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, liftin, finger use, grasping, talking.

This role may also require exposure to outside environment conditions, exposed to extreme heat / cold for periods greater than an hour, subject to noise which would require them to shout, subject to hazards including a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electric current, chemicals, etc.