Fleet/Dispatch Manager

Summary.

This is a management position responsible for (1) overseeing the safe transport of children; (2) preparation of school bus routes, schedules, and substitutions; (3) ensuring the maintenance of company school vehicles. This position requires a cooperative approach with internal personnel, academy personnel, and agency regulators.

Job Responsibilities.

· Assigns school bus drivers, substitute drivers and vehicles for regular and extracurricular routes.

· Incorporates a plan for school bus routes and post-route schedules.

· Assists in coordinating special needs routes and maintains route logs.

· Creates summer route schedules.

· Enters and maintains route schedule information and fuel usage data.

· Dispatch school bus drivers and school vehicles.

· Notify drivers and academy staff of applicable changes in a student’s bus service time, location and/or schedule.

· Serves as an escalation point with families, students, and academy personnel.

· Creates, implements, and maintains driver’s inspection reports to include pre-trip, post-trip, count-sheets, cleanliness, daily logs, inspections, repairs, and vehicle safety.

· Record any school bus or vehicle defects; recommend adequate safety plan.

· Supervises, trains, and provides regulated safety awareness of school bus drivers and substitute drivers.

· Ensures a timely pick-up schedule.

· Maintains contact with academy personnel in the event of inclement weather and emergency closing dismissals.

· Ensure all drivers are abiding and following all state, local and federal traffic laws.

· May perform the functions of a school bus or school van driver as needed or necessary.

· Any additional duty as assigned by manager

Proficiencies.

· Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy

· Flexibility

· Ability to multi-task

· Adaptable and able to work in a fast-paced environment.

· Displays reliability and trustworthiness

· Possess time management skills.

· Self-motivating

Supervisory Requirements.

This position has supervisory responsibility.

Education/Experience.

High school diploma or accredited degree with a minimum of three years school bus driving experience or similar is qualifying. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be at least 21 years of age, have a valid CDL class B license with endorsements of (P) Passenger, (S) School Bus, and Airbrakes, advance communication, and customer service skills with knowledge of MS Office.