• Job Description

  Req#: RIDES001361

  POSITION: Mini VAN,SUV and CAR DRIVERS

  SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

  SUV and car drivers are responsible for providing safe, courteous transportation services for customers using MTA transportation. They also perform other service-related duties as required.

  SUPERVISED BY: SERVICE CENTER MANAGERS

  PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Operate assigned vehicle in a safe, courteous and timely manner, with the goal of satisfied and loyal customers
  • Service vehicle as required by standards of job assignment
  • Read, interpret and follow work assignment instructions; deviate from these instructions only as agreed to by Team Leader, and maintain required schedule of MTA
  • Insure vehicle cleanliness
  • Perform pre- and post-operation vehicle inspection
  • Operate lift and/or ramp-equipped vehicles
  • Board, secure (as required by MTA procedures) and discharge passengers in safe and efficient manner; must have concern and consideration for handling of the elderly and mobility handicapped
  • Operate communications equipment according to prescribed FCC and MTA rules and regulations
  • Install infant or child car seats in vehicles, as needed
  • Perform other duties assigned

  MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS

  • Great customer service skills
  • A Valid Michigan Drivers License with a clean driving record, as well as the ability to obtain a Chauffeurs license
  • Knowledge of traffic codes, rules, and regulations. Must have the ability to operate vehicles in a safe manner in full compliance with local and State traffic laws and ordinances.
  • Knowledgeable of geography of City of Flint and Genesee County
  • Ability to pass a Department of Transportation physical and drug screen, criminal and reference checks
  • Ability to attend work regularly and work under stressful conditions
  • Ability to work in a Team Environment

  MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE JOB PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

  • Maintain continuous professional attitude, appearance and conduct at all times
  • Maintain continuous awareness and concern for the safety and well-being of every passenger
  • Maintain constant care in the use of all Mass Transportation Authority equipment and report all defects as they are found
  • Services vehicle and other equipment as required by MTA procedures
  • Maintain sound judgement in determining and reporting all pull-offs, incidents or accidents and equipment defects
  • Adhere to required radio courtesy and procedures
  • Be courteous, considerate and dependable while in service
  • Comply with all Mass Transportation Authority rules and regulations and contractual requirements
  • Ability to operate lift or ramp-equipped vehicles
  • Wear and maintain prescribed MTA Operator’s uniform; maintain a clean, well-groomed appearance at all times
  • Be punctual and report for duty in the prescribed manner
  • Maintain an excellent driving record

  PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Daily use of hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
  • Reaching with arms and hands, walk, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch. Vision requirements are distant, close-up, peripheral and depth perception. Ability to focus.
  • Perform duties in outside exposed weather of extreme cold or heat or wet and humid conditions. Some vibration and moderate exposure to mechanical parts.
  • Ability to safely fit behind the steering wheel of the standard vehicle operated by MTA.

  WAGE RATE

  Training: $15.00 per hour, full time training

  Part-time: $18.08 per hour, No benefits

  Full-time: $18.08 per hour plus benefits or $18.08 per hour plus $218 per month in lieu of benefits

  APPLICATION SUBMITTAL:

  Apply online at mtaflint.org. MTA is an equal opportunity employer!

  Equal Opportunity Employer
  This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

• About the company

  The Mass Transportation Authority is the government operator of public mass transportation based in Flint, Michigan that provides local bus services in Genesee County and commuter bus services to Oakland, Livingston, Lapeer, Ingham and Saginaw counties.

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