Transit Trolley Operator - Beach Only - Seasonal

Open Until Filled

This is a Seasonal only position from May to September 2025 and will work no more than 30 hours per week at $18.82 per hour.

This posting will be used to hire up to 8 drivers for the season.

Drives and maintains the appearance of the interior of the trolley. Provides safe, reliable, and efficient transportation.

This is a "mandatory-testing" position that requires Drug Testing.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Drives a trolley or one of the trolleys in a safe, courteous, and reliable manner throughout the contracted service area within a daily assigned time schedule

Maintains a strong attendance record

Performs pre/post trip vehicle inspections as required

Possess a functional knowledge of the demographics of the service area

Stops at designated points to load and/or unload passengers

May assist in the boarding of passengers using wheelchairs or other mobility aids and is required to properly secure wheelchairs and scooters

Notifies dispatch of deviations, overload, accidents, passenger incidents, medical/behavioral problems, or bus mechanical/electrical trouble

Assures that fares are deposited into the fare box and dispenses information

Advises passengers of rules and regulations when necessary

Completes and submits written reports concerning passengers and all accidents

Operates on-board computer fare boxes and destination signs

Performs other duties of a similar nature or level

TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

Training and Experience:
High School Diploma or Equivalent (G.E.D.)
Must be 21 years of age at the time of employment

Licensing Requirements:
Must possess a Class "B" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with air brakes and passenger endorsements

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics (KSAO's):
occupational hazards and safety precautions
safe driving practices
providing customer service
caring for and operating trolleys and applicable equipment
communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
verbally communicate with passengers and dispatchers/road supervisors, including use of a 2-way radio and PA system

Physical Requirements:
Positions in this class typically require: balancing, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, talking, hearing, seeing, finger and hand dexterity as well as repetitive motions.

Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, fumes, odors, dusts, gases, poor ventilation, chemicals, extreme temperatures, and intense noises.

Possess excellent or corrected vision to allow operator to have the ability to read and comprehend written material. Must have good depth perception, peripheral vision, distance vision, and color perception as is required to drive a motorized vehicle.

Possess a full range of sense of hearing, including tone, pitch, and volume when operating transit vehicle, using 2-way radio, and assisting passengers and public.

Must have good manual dexterity in order to perform the basic functions of the MDT keypad. Required to reach, grasp, and use multiple objects which include but are not limited to: a 2-way radio, door control, PA microphone, steering wheel, wheelchair lift control, and bus door control.

Required to sit while operating vehicle approximately 75% of the work day. The remaining 25% of the day will require the operator to move both in the internal and exterior perimeters of the bus, including a pre-trip inspection of the vehicle by walking around and through the vehicle.