TWIN VALLEY COMMUNITY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
JOB DESCRIPTION
 
Title: Director of Transportation and Facilities
 
Department: Transportation
 
Building/Facility: TVS K-12 Facility and Bus Garage
 
Reports to: Superintendent or Designee
 
Employment Status: Regular/Full Time
 
FLSA Status: Exempt
 
General Description: To maintain the TVS Facilities and equipment and to enable each student, safe and efficient transportation.
 
Essential Functions:

1. Ensure safety of students
2. Oversee the proper operation of the heating plants
3. Maintain buildings and grounds in a clean and presentable manner
4. Organize and implement a program of preventative maintenance
5. Order, receive, store, and distribute custodial/maintenance materials and equipment
6. Perform personnel-related functions, e.g., select maintenance personnel, evaluate staff, recruit staff, plan schedules, etc.
7. Inventory equipment and supplies
8. Interpret blueprints, plans, and drawings
9. Develop an in-service for custodial and maintenance personnel
10. Supervise custodial, maintenance, and transportation staff
11. Recommend materials and supplies needed for completing custodial and maintenance work
12. Plan and organize cleaning
13. Maintain records, e.g., safety and maintenance records, maintenance and cost records on district-owned vehicles, fuel-consumption by district owned vehicles, building and maintenance inspections records, paperwork to secure state funding for bus purchases, accident reports, etc.
14. Help recruit new and substitute bus drivers
15. Provide orientation to new bus drivers as to their routes, duties, and regulations
16. Coordinate transportation for school field trips and athletic events
17. Assign work to bus mechanics
18. Purchase all materials and supplies needed for the transportation system
19. Recommend needed equipment for district-owned buses and vehicles
20. Develop, assign, and learn bus routes
21. Develop and maintain fire and tornado preparedness, a bus safety program; immediately report accidents to superintendent
22. Inspect school properties and make recommendations about repair, upkeep, cleaning needs, and damage beyond normal use
23. Direct the maintenance and summer custodial program for school buildings and grounds.
24. Arrange for outside companies and/or individuals to provide estimates and related work for repairs; provide follow-up inspections of completed work.
25. Maintain and up-to-date record system of building maintenance and inspections
26. Ensure that all school vehicles are in safe and good working order, including test drives
27. Ensure that buses are prepared for annual State Highway Patrol inspection
28. Advise superintendent as to road conditions and in decisions regarding the closing of school in inclement weather
29. Submit a monthly report to board of education
30. Drive bus routes, field trips, etc. in emergency situations when regular and/or substitute bus drivers are not available
31. Ensure that the buildings are in compliance with fire and building codes
32. Inspect and facilitate and operation of boilers
33. Monitor bus routes to ensure equipment is being used efficiently and in the correct manner
34. Make contacts with the public with tact and diplomacy
35. Organize and conduct safety orientation for bus drivers and hold periodic bus driver safety meetings
36. Schedule routine maintenance of buses
37. Ride with new bus drivers during their first several trips
38. Ensure bus drivers have routine physical exams
39. Ride/drive each bus to ensure safety
40. Schedule the transportation of handicapped students
41. Prepare specification and secure bids for bus purchases
42. Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, e.g., staff records, drug testing information, personnel records
43. Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
44. Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude and conversation
45. Attend meetings and in-services as required
46. Attend work regularly and punctually
47. Demonstrate a positive work ethic
48. Work cooperatively with others in small groups

 
 
Other Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Ensure parents and students are aware of bus regulations
2. Conduct parent conferences relative to transportation problems
3. Ensure that route date, maps and pupil seating lists are maintained on each bus
4. Create an information package for substitute drivers
5. Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings
6. Instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values
7. Respond to routine questions and requests in an appropriate manner
8. Perform other duties as assigned by the superintendent and/or board of education

 
 
Qualifications:

1. Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
2. Valid driver’s license and commercial driver’s license
3. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the superintendent and/or of education my find appropriate.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Ability to work effectively with others
2. Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
3. Effective, active listening skills
4. Organizational and problem solving skills
5. Experience in bus driving
6. Knowledge of basic first aid
7. General mechanical background
8. Knowledge of blueprints and how to troubleshoot mechanical problems
9. Ability to organize and supervise the transportation system
10. Knowledge of vehicle safety laws and regulations
11. Possess excellent public relations skills
12. Ability to develop and maintain a safe and efficient transportation system
13. Knowledge of mechanics of bus fleet, needed parts, supplies and general maintenance

Equipment Operated:

1. Telephone/Cell Phone
2. Motor vehicle, truck, bus
3. Hand tools, hand power tools, and equipment
4. Copy machine
5. Calculator
6. Computer
7. Two-way radio
8. Pager
9. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment

Additional Working Conditions:

1. Work near moving mechanical parts
2. Occasional work in high places
3. Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles
4. Occasional exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals
5. Occasional exposure to outdoor weather conditions, e.g., requirement to work outdoors during all types of weather
6. Occasional exposure to dangerous chemicals
7. Occasional exposure to loud noises
8. Occasional requirement to travel
9.  Occasional requirement to work overtime
10. Interaction with unruly children
11. Repetitive hand motion
12. Occasional requirement to work evenings and weekends
13. Requirement to work during summer
14. Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
15. Occasional operation of a vehicle under inclement weather conditions, e.g., ability to work on all days but calamity days
16. Regular requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, climb, kneel, and stoop
17. Lift, carry, push, and pull various items up to a maximum of 100 pounds

 
NOTE: The above lists are not ranked in order of importance.
 
This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent’s supervisor, appointing authority.