Job Order Detail

Description

When applying please include competition # 2025-48-CSR-04 in the subject line of all emails.  

Duties and responsibilities:
The Transit Driver transports passengers in a wheelchair-lift equipped bus or a 15-passenger van in a safe and efficient manner.

Duties include:
-    Inspecting the vehicle each morning to ensure safety and mechanical soundness and reporting irregularities to the proper supervisor and the follow-up driver
-    Works with the dispatcher throughout the day regarding cancellations and new trip bookings which result in reorganizing the daily schedule for transporting passengers
-    Collecting fares or tickets from each passenger and selling books of tickets as required
-    Loading and unloading passengers in wheelchairs using electric or hydraulic lift
-    Escorting and securing passengers in the bus by attaching seat belts or Q-straint system
-    Preparing daily trip sheet report and reconciling cash, tickets, and ticket books sold
-    Preparing bus for the next day by refueling, maintaining and cleaning as per pandemic protocols, parking bus in secured area, and locking gates daily
-    Work as part of a team

Qualifications:
-    Minimum Class IV Drivers Licence with clear Drivers Abstract for the past five years
-    Familiarity with transporting passengers and with Yorkton streets
-    Ability to physically maneuver passengers in wheelchairs up and down ramps and stairs
-    Excellent customer service, time management, and documentation skills
-    General mechanical aptitude/knowledge
-    Able to communicate effectively
-    Basic computer/email skills

Final Candidates are required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check including vulnerable sector search.