Bus Driver - School; School Bus Driver
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Transportation
Driver, Bus Driver
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City of Harrisonburg
$19.15 Hourly
Location
Harrisonburg, VA
Full-Time
Job Number
Public Transportation
Opening Date
06/09/2025
9/8/2025 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Do you want to utilize your driving skills to help ensure that local students arrive to school in a safe manner? Do you want a work schedule that provides you with summers and multiple holidays off throughout the year? If you answered yes to both of these questions, the Department of Public Transportation's School Bus Driver position may be the right career for you!
Description
Do you want to utilize your driving skills to help ensure that local students arrive to school in a safe manner? Do you want a work schedule that provides you with summers and multiple holidays off throughout the year? If you answered yes to both of these questions, the Department of Public Transportation's School Bus Driver position may be the right career for you!
The School Bus Driver is a full-time position with benefits and a preferred starting hourly rate of $19.15 per hour.Paid on-the-job training will be provided for candidates without a CDL and/or prior experience .
The position is required to work 10-months out of the year and will be paid for the work hours over a 12-month period, allowing benefits to continue during the summer break. The ideal candidate must be available for a minimum of 5 hours per day/180 days per year with additional hours potentially available throughout the year within the same department.
As a School Bus Driver, you'll:
- Drive a school bus and pick up and deliver students to/from school;
- Perform pre-trip inspections of the school bus;
- Report operating and equipment deficiencies;
- Clean the inside of the bus;
- Fuel the bus;
- Maintain discipline on the bus;
- Ensure passenger safety;
- Transport students to special events and field trips, as necessary.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED and some experience operating buses or similar equipment and in dealing with the public, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Possession of or ability to acquire an appropriate commercial driver's license valid in the Commonwealth of VA by the end of your HDPT classroom training for this position, or as deemed appropriate by the department.
- to view the physical requirements for this position.
- Virginia Department of Education physical examination;
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Clearinghouse query;
- FMCSA pre-employment drug screening;
- DMV records check; and
- Criminal background check.
Supplemental Information
Final date to receive applications: In order to be considered, all candidates must submit a complete City of Harrisonburg online employment application, including previous work experience and education history no later than 5:00pm EST on Monday, September 8, 2025.
The City provides an excellent benefits package including health insurance, retirement (VRS & Mission Square), life insurance, paid leave, holidays and more.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or veteran status.
The City of Harrisonburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Address 409 South Main Street
Third Floor
Harrisonburg, Virginia, 22801
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