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The Transportation Operator performs services essential to customer transport (pick-up and delivery) within Golden, customer service, and other duties necessary to support Transportation's overall mission. This position requires strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to navigate different situations and/or conflicts that might arise. Flexibility and reliability are essential skills needed for this position.

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Training provided!

Customer Transport

• Comply with all state laws governing vehicle operation, Colorado School of Mines policies and procedures, and all relevant safety functions and regulations.
• Adhere to route schedules to ensure service is consistent and reliable.
• Communicate clearly and politely with all passengers, including answering questions and inquiries regarding service and routes.
• Maintain a safe and comfortable environment.
• Ensure passengers follow safety regulations.
• Provide passengers with assistance entering and exiting vehicles and help them with any luggage or other items (e.g., strollers, wheelchairs, bikes).
• Operate vehicles with specialized equipment, such as wheelchair lifts, to transport and secure passengers with additional needs.
• Communicate with managers, supervisors, and drivers by radio, phone, and computer to exchange information regarding service needs and alerts.

Vehicle/Equipment Serviceability

• Perform daily pre-trip and post- trip inspections to ensure vehicles are safe and functional.
• Complete daily required paperwork.
• Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure, adding fuel and other necessary vehicle fluids.
• Notify appropriate parties of vehicle problems.
• Regular cleaning of interior/exterior of vehicles, including washing, sweeping, mopping, sanitizing, dusting, waxing, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent; AND
• Three (3) years of driving experience including that may include driving passenger vans, school buses, and/or equivalent service transportation vehicles.
• One (1) year of demonstrated customer service experience, preferably related to driving transportation vehicles.
• Candidates must have a valid and current Colorado Driver’s License at time of application.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four or more years of transportation driving experience;
• Certified CDL driver;
• Demonstrated experience working with individuals of different lived experiences and abilities;
• Experience with Microsoft including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Conditions of Employment

• Shifts will vary depending on business needs and may include the following hours and days: 6:30am-9:30pm, 7 days per week, with the exception of all Mines designated holidays. The standard schedule for this position will include one weekend day. Must be able and willing to maintain a current Colorado driver’s license.
• Must be 21 years old or older.
• Background check and MVR.
• Must be able and willing to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Pre-employment screening: Successful completion of the background check process, drug screening, and a Motor Vehicle Record review

Job Demands and Working Conditions

Physical Requirements:

•  Lifting- Must be able and willing to lift up to 50 lbs.      
• Exert- up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demands are in excess of those of Sedentary work.
• Fingering- Picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Talking- Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.  Talking is important for those activities in which workers must impart oral information to clients or to the public, and in those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing- perceiving the nature of sounds.  Used for those activities that require ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sounds.
• Communications- Talking with and/or listening to and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information, includes giving/receiving assignments and/or directions.
• Interpersonal skills and Behaviors- Dealing with individuals with a range of moods and behaviors in a tactful, congenial, personal manner so as not to alienate or antagonize them.

 

Potential Environmental Conditions/Hazards:

• Exposure to Weather- Exposure to hot, cold, wet, icy, or windy conditions caused by the weather.  

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