About This Role
This role is responsible for overseeing all transportation operations for a school, including managing bus drivers, scheduling routes and trips, and maintaining the school's bus fleet. The coordinator will ensure safe and efficient transport for students and staff, handling everything from daily routes to special events and maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Hire and supervise bus drivers for daily school bus routes
- Track and submit driver pay information by due dates to Payroll
- Set up bus routes and handle all parent communications and requests for service at the start of each school year
- Handle daily scheduling of school-owned athletic buses and drivers, as well as all class field trips and drivers
- Maintain a current list of substitute and field trip drivers through appropriate advertising, networking, and screening of candidates
- Keep all mechanical and safety records daily and on file for all school buses
- Service buses including fueling at the gas station, checking fluids, and filling out daily check sheets on each bus
- Clean the interior and exterior of school buses
- Make minor repairs to buses
- Coordinate repair work with body shop when needed for accidents or damage
- Report to the Chief Financial and Operations Officer any accidents involving buses for insurance purposes
- Schedule buses for repair with an outside vendor and take buses to and from the shop
- Schedule all charter buses for athletic and class trips
- Meet with all bus drivers monthly or as needed
- Schedule all coaches' CDLs for permits and in-bus training
- Monitor the school bus unloading area in the mornings and loading in the afternoon
- Assist with organizing buses and overseeing parking for graduation or other events that require faculty and staff to park off campus
- Schedule and coordinate the painting of buses
- Liaison with the school bus vendor when pricing buses for replacement
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar position or in a position with similar duties
- Must possess CDL with S and P endorsements to ensure ability to drive buses off campus for service and gassing
- Regularly required to walk, talk, hear, reach with hands and arms, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds
- Must be able to sit and operate a motor vehicle or school bus
- Must be able to access and navigate all areas of the school and other facilities as needed
- Must be able to utilize oral and written communication skills effectively
About the Company
Forsyth Country Day School is an educational institution.
