SALARY: $15.23 - $21.13 Hourly
DEPARTMENT: Elk Grove Service
OPENING DATE: 03/01/21
CLOSING DATE: 03/31/21 11:59 PM
RECRUITMENT TYPE: Internal/External
DESCRIPTION:
OFFICIAL DMV PRINTOUT IS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION
As a result of the current COVID-19 State of Emergency, SacRT will accept online DMV printouts until further notice.
*Incentive Bonuses Available!
$500 - Upon completion of probationary period
$500 - 6 months following completion of the probationary period
Operates coaches in the Elk Grove Service Area ensuring safe and timely transport of passengers by inspecting coaches, maintaining designated route schedules, assisting passengers, and completing required reports. Elk Grove Service Area employs Full-Time and Part-Time employees in this position.
*Elk Grove Service Area employs Full-Time and Part-Time employees in this position. However, candidates start in this position as Part-Time employees with the potential to move to Full-Time based on seniority.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
Experience: Two (2) years of customer service experience that includes providing information and/or assistance directly to the public OR 1 year of previous transit operator experience. Three (3) years of verifiable driving experience with a satisfactory driving record as determined by SacRT. Must be at least 21 years of age.
Licenses/Certifications: Must possess a valid Driver's License at the time of application and have the ability to obtain a valid California Class B Driver's Permit with passenger and airbrake endorsement(s) prior to the start of employment.
Candidates must submit a DMV printout at time of application, dated no more than (10) days prior to the date you submit your application, in order to be considered. Only DMV printouts issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles are acceptable. As a results of the current COVID-19 State of Emergency, SacRT will accept online DMV printouts until further notice.
Other Requirements: Three (3) years of verifiable driving experience with a satisfactory driving record as determined by SacRT. Must be 21 years of age; must have the ability to pass pre-employment physical/drug screen and Department of Justice criminal background check; must have a verifiable work history and pass employment reference check. Must comply with drug and alcohol testing provision for safety-sensitive employee as required by the FTA, Department of Transportation (49 CRF, Parts 40 and 655). (See job description for complete list of special requirements, license and/or certificates.)
FILING INSTRUCTIONS/SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
The minimum qualifications as stated on this job announcement represent only the basic requirements of the position. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee that a candidate will be invited to participate in other examination segments of the selectin process. An employment application and DMV printout, as outlined above, is required for this position. Application, job announcements, and the complete job description are available at our website at www.sacrt.com.
Completed employment application and DMV printout, as outlined above, must be submitted online. RT will not process incomplete applications. Resumes are not accepted in lieu of application, but may be included with the application. For more information on benefits, a summary sheet is available form the Human Resources Department. The Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the recruitment process to accommodate candidate with disabilities. For more information, contact the Human Resources Department at 916-556-0298.
*Incentive Program effective as of June 17, 2019 training class.
As SacRT moves forward with more bus service, the district is now offering new recruitment and retention incentives to hire and keep more highly skilled bus operators.
SacRT is offering an Operator Hiring Incentive Program to newly hired operators once they complete two major milestones in the district. The first, an operator will receive $500 upon completion of a sin month probationary period and a second amount of $500 after one year on the job.
If an operator voluntarily terminates employment with SacRT within 24 months of the date of hire, the operator will be required to repay all hiring incentive payments received.
Recruitment incentive and referral incentive do n apply for re-hire applicants.
SacRT is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action EOE/AA Employee - Minorities/Women/Disable/Veterans.
This Position fall under the ATU, Local 256 Collective Bargaining Unit
In addition to operating over 60 bus routes with connecting bus service in the Sacramento area covering 418 sq mi (1,082.6 km2),[1] RT also operates a large light rail system. It is currently the eleventh busiest light rail system in the United States.[3]
In addition to the city of Sacramento, RT serves much of the northern portion of Sacramento County which includes the incorporated cities of Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova. The unincorporated areas of Sacramento County under the RT service area include Arden Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Florin, Gold River, North Highlands, Orangevale, Rio Linda and Rosemont.[4] The system formerly provided express bus service between Downtown Sacramento and Elk Grove until the mid-2000s when that city took over bus operations under the newly created E-tran. It also provided contracted bus service to neighboring Yolo County (covering West Sacramento, Davis and Woodland); those routes and operations were later taken over by Yolo bus after its formation on January 3, 1982.[5] In both cases, e-tran and Yolo bus have retained the RT assigned route numbers for their routes as they continue to service Downtown Sacramento.