Executive Director Transportation

Executive Director – Transportation

Reports to: Deputy Superintendent – District Operations

PC: 20805- 2

Grade 407

239 Days

Salary: $117,081 – $165,044

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Purpose

Directs and manages the district’s transportation operations; ensures safe and efficient operation of transportation department, including the maintenance and operation of all district-owned vehicles.

Essential Job Functions

Transportation and Vehicle Maintenance Operations

• Directs the delivery of transportation services for students and ensures that they are picked up and arrive safely and on time.
• Develops a timely and efficient bus schedule which allows students to be transported to and from school in a manner which supports the districts mission
• Assesses bus routes and other transportation functions to ensure that maximum safety, service, etc. are being attained, adjusts when necessary if maximum potentials are not being reached.
• Communicates changes in routes and scheduling to campuses and the public when warranted.
• Coordinates transportation for extracurricular activities and special programs.
• Assigns bus drivers to routes and extracurricular trips and finds substitutes as needed.
• Ensures transportation operation is supportive of instructional goals and objectives of the District by providing regular reports to internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

Policy, Reports, and Laws

• Develops departmental procedures, Transportation employee handbook, and fleet regulations, ensuring all documentation and expectations are aligned with federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy.
• Oversees the development, implementation, and delivery of the safety and training programs for the Transportation Department.
• Compiles, maintains, files, and presents all reports, records, and other documents required.
• Prepares, processes, and maintains all documents required to verify safety certification and alcohol and drug testing of bus drivers.
• Reports annual fund expenditure information, student rider information, contract transportation rider information, driver hour and mileage information, and other pertinent data as required to meet TEA and local reporting requirements.
• Ensures that employee time records are accurately maintained and data necessary to process transportation payroll is delivered in a timely manner.
  
  

Budget and Inventory

• Develops and administers budget based on documented needs and ensures that operations are cost effective and funds are managed wisely.
• Maintains current inventory of supplies and initiates purchases in accordance with budgetary limitations and district policies.
• Oversees vehicle preventive maintenance program and activities for the purpose of ensuring vehicles are safe and in effective operating condition.
• Maintains capital improvement planning for fleet and transportation services.
  
  

Student Management

• Implements district’s student discipline policies and ensures that expectations about appropriate behavior when using district transportation are communicated to students. Enforces student discipline and suspension of riding privileges for any student who violates rules and regulations.
• Investigates reported concerns and takes appropriate action to resolve issues.
  
  

Safety

• Performs preventive maintenance on tools and equipment and ensures equipment is in safe operating condition.
• Follows established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting and climbing; operates tools and equipment according to established safety procedures.
• Corrects unsafe conditions in work area and promptly reports any conditions that are not immediately correctable to supervisor.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Selects, trains, supervises, and evaluates staff, and makes recommendations relative to assignment, retention, discipline, and dismissal.
  
  

Personal Work Relationships

• All Fort Worth ISD employees must maintain a commitment to the District’s mission, vision, and strategic goals.
• Exhibits high professionalism, standards of conduct, and work ethic.
• Demonstrates high quality customer service; builds rapport/relationship with the consumer.
• Demonstrates cultural competence in interactions with others; is respectful of co-workers; communicates and performs as a team player; promotes teamwork; responds and acts appropriately in confrontational situations.
  
  

Other Duties As Assigned

• Performs all job-related duties as assigned and in accordance with Board rules, policies, and regulations. All employees are expected to comply with lawful directives in rare situations driven by need where a team effort is required.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and students.
• Ability to manage budget and personnel.
• Ability to use technology to plan, operate, monitor, and evaluate transportation operations.
• Ability to organize and coordinate work.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both oral and written forms.
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to performance and professional growth.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
  
  

Travel Requirements

• Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.
  
  

Physical & Mental Demands, Work Hazards

• Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including computer and peripherals; district vehicle; school bus.
• Posture: Prolonged sitting and standing; occasional stooping, squatting, kneeling, bending, pushing/pulling, and twisting.
• Motion: Frequent walking; regular grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension, and reaching; regular driving.
• Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds).
• Environment: Work outside and inside, on slippery or uneven walking surfaces; frequent exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures, dust, noise, vibration; exposure to chemical hazards; work around vehicles and machinery with moving parts; frequent districtwide travel; occasional statewide travel.
• Attendance: Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position; frequent irregular hours, including early mornings, evenings and some weekends.
• Mental Demands: Maintains emotional control under stress; works with frequent interruptions.
  
  

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Certification/License:
• Clear and valid Texas Commercial Driver’s License (Class B) with Passenger (P) and School Bus (S) endorsements required;
• Insurable by the District's insurance carrier required;
• Texas Association for Pupil Transportation Certification preferred.
• Experience:
• 3 or more years in transportation administration, fleet management, and/or school district-level administration.
  

Insurability Requirements For All Drivers

• Must be at least 21 years old.
• NO positive drug or alcohol tests including pre-employment, random, post-accident or reasonable suspicion.
• Driving and accident record:
  
  

Valid Texas Department of Public Safety Driver Record Check Type 3A-Certified list of all crashes and violations http://dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/driverrecords.htm

• NO more than 2 violations during previous 36 months including:
• moving traffic violations (including no more than 1 preventable accident);
• failure to provide proof of valid driver’s license or proof of insurance;
• equipment violations.
• NO Driving Under the Influence (DUI) for drug or alcohol.
• NO leaving scene of an accident (bodily injury or physical damage).
• NO vehicular assault, manslaughter, or homicide.
• NO operating a vehicle with suspended or revoked driver’s license.
• NO reckless driving, speed contests, drag racing, or highway racing.
• NO use of a vehicle in commission of a felony.
• NO operating a vehicle without owner’s permission (unauthorized use or grand theft).
• NO permitting an unlicensed person to drive.
• NO speeding more than 20 mph over the posted speed limit.
• NO history of a conviction in a commercial or personal motor vehicle.
• Additional restrictions may apply if directed by FWISD’s Fleet Insurance Carrier.

This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.