BUS DRIVER

Putnam County School District Department of Transportation - Palatka, Florida (Open in Google Maps)

Putnam County School District Department of Transportation - Palatka, Florida (Open in Google Maps)

This job is also posted in Florida Department of Education.

Job : 5537184

Final date to receive applications: Feb 20, 2026 11:59 PM (UTC)

Posted: Feb 13, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Bus Driver

JOB DESCRIPTION

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Valid Florida Driver's License with acceptable driving record
• Obtain and maintain a valid commercial driver's license class “B” with passenger and school bus endorsements
• Minimum five (5) years of licensed driving experience
• Satisfactory criminal background check

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as policies and procedure manuals. Follow directions and apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Knowledge of current Human Resources leave system and Skyward inventory system (if applicable).
• Ability to utilize technology.
• Ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work.
• Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of assigned passenger vehicles, and safety restraint and wheelchair lift devices.
• Knowledge of traffic and highway safety rules and regulations and the precautions necessary to avoid accidents.
• Ability to establish high standards and expectations for all students to accept responsibility for behavior.
• Ability to adjust tasks and schedule to changed priorities.

Director, Transportation

Under direction, the Bus Driver is to daily operate an assigned school bus on an assigned transportation route for the school district. Responsible for the safe transportation, loading and unloading of students to and from destinations, and ensuring all bus activities support the safety and welfare of all persons. Work may include ensuring appropriate securing of students and required assistance to students with special medical needs.

• Serve as a role model for students, dressing and grooming professionally, demonstrating the importance and relevance of learning, accepting responsibility, and demonstrating pride in your position.
• Maintain positive, cooperative, and mutually supportive relationships with the administration, instructional staff, students, parents, and representatives of resource agencies within the community.
• Provide daily school bus transportation for district students to and from destinations, to include field trips and special events.
• Continue to grow professionally through collaboration with colleagues and professional growth experiences.
• Perform assigned tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
• Perform all other non-instructional duties requested by director.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by PCSD. Attend trainings to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform current position.
• Perform pre and post bus inspection activities to ensure proper operating conditions, adherence to prescribed DOT standards, and compliance with proper safety standards.
• Conduct re-fueling activities to include maintaining assigned fuel use logs.
• Report any perceived or potential school bus defects in a time efficient manner to appropriate supervisor.
• Maintain bus evacuation plan and coordinate evacuation activities as appropriate.
• Monitor daily bus activities to ensure proper student conduct at all times, and adherence to appropriate disciplinary controls.
• Maintain attendance records, seating charts, disciplinary documentation, and updated student information; communicate via radio dispatch as appropriate.
• Ensures the safe loading and unloading of students to and from destinations, to include operation of specialized equipment for attending to students with special needs, i.e., wheelchair lifts and tie-downs, toddler/infant seats and seat belts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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