RTS Wyoming Bus Driver; Part Time

Reports To:

Wyoming Regional Manager

Hourly Rate: $19.00/per hour

Regional Transit Service (RTS) is a regional transit authority established by New York State, with more than 1,000 employees proudly serving customers and business partners throughout Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.

Recognized as one of the best-run transit systems in the nation, RTS partners with the communities we serve to provide vital, safe, and sustainable transportation services to more than 11 million riders each year.

Every day, we carry out our mission by connecting people to jobs, schools, healthcare, shopping, and recreational activities.

• Healthy U Employee Well-Being Program

• Disability Insurance
• New York State Deferred Compensation Plan
• Accident Insurance, Group Specified Disease Insurance and Hospital Insurance

• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Wellness Center
• Healthy U Employee Well-Being Program
• BJ's Wholesale Club

Operates a bus or other revenue service vehicle to safely transport customers along designated routes and according to established schedules. Picks up customers in response to scheduled service, radio, or telephone requests and assists customers with boarding and exiting the vehicle as needed. Responsibilities also include completing required trip logs, reporting vehicle malfunctions, and conducting pre-trip vehicle inspections before departure. Paid training is provided!

• Valid NY State Commercial Driver's License (Class A, B, or
  
  C) with Passenger endorsement and no seating restrictions preferred. If not fully licensed,
  we will train you! (Must have a Class B permit with Passenger prior to the start date.)
• Clean driving record and at least 5 years of regular Class D driving experience required.
• Excellent Customer Service skills are a must.
• Will be required to pass a post-offer 19A physical.

Tasks involve the intermittent performance of physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of bending, kneeling, squatting, reaching, climbing (stairs), twisting (arm/back) and/or rotating (arm). May also involve lifting (up to 10 pounds), carrying (up to 10 pounds), pushing and/or pulling (up to 150 pounds) materials and/or equipment. Job involves sitting for extended periods of time; up to eight hours per day.

Ninety-five percent of time is spent inside and 5% of time is spent outside, exposing the employee to natural environmental conditions. Employees are exposed to fumes, noise (bus), vibration (seat), hazards, and motorized vehicles.

Bus Operators must be able to maintain composure and professionalism while interacting with a diverse population of passengers, including in situations that may involve conflict, stressful conditions, or challenging customer interactions.

Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. RGRTA will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the organization.

For safety-sensitive positions, RGRTA maintains a drug- and…