Route Supervisor - Transportation Services

Position Title: Route Supervisor

Division: Operations/Transportation

Reports To: Director, Transportation

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Schedule: D5

Work Days: 244

Essential Duties:

- Plan, coordinate, and recommend the most economical, efficient, and safest bus routes and bus stops.

- Periodically ride routes, investigate concerns regarding bus routes, and respond accordingly.

- Monitor bus assignments to ensure that they do not exceed capacity and that bus loads are balanced to the best possible extent.

- Assist in maintaining records by updating information as needed for the proper operation of the Edulog Boundary/Transportation System.

- Assist the Executive Director and Director of Transportation in responding to any transportation-related concern from drivers, parents, and students.

- Prepare necessary route information for all drivers for the beginning of each school year.

- Assist the Executive Director of Transportation with annual evaluation of bus drivers.

- Serve as a substitute bus driver when needed.

- Work with school personnel regarding student management issues, including pulling and reviewing bus videos.

- Periodically observe bus loading, unloading, and parking at selected schools.

- Perform annual skill evaluations for each assigned driver.

- Assist the Executive Director in preparing the State Transportation Survey.

- Assist with retraining of bus drivers.

- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications:

- Minimum of a High School Diploma or state-approved High School Equivalency (HSE), required; college or technical school diploma, preferred.

- Commercial Driver’s License with School Bus (S) and Passenger (P) endorsements required at the time of employment.

- Minimum of three years of successful bus driving experience.

- Ability to pass annual physical required.

- Experience working with the Edulog software or other comparable transportation technology.

- Experience working in a public school transportation department, preferred.

- Experience planning and coordinating transportation routes, preferred.

- Exceptional integrity, commitment to confidentiality, excellent character, and strong professional reputation.

- Ability to abide by the Georgia Professional Standards Code of Ethics for Educators.

- Must be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.

- Ability to be present at the physical worksite.

- Must perform tasks involving prolonged periods of standing, walking, and sitting.

- Must perform routine physical activities such as bending and lifting/pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds.

- Must be able to properly and consistently supervise students, particularly during emergency situations.

- Vision, hearing, written, and verbal communications are essential factors in performing required tasks.