Transit Operator Port Arthur, TX

Transit Operator (Full-Time) (Port Arthur, TX)

SALARY: $19.7201 - $24.4434, Hourly (DOE&Q) NON-EXEMPT

OPENING DATE: 03/25/2025

CLOSING DATE:
Continuous Until Filled

JOB SUMMARY To provide highly responsible and safe transportation services for the general public; to assist the elderly and disabled with boarding and riding security; and to provide staff support to the Transportation Division.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Receives direction from the Transit Operations Supervisor.

EXAMPLES OF IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Perform daily pre-operation inspections and preventative maintenance of assigned vehicle; ensure operation of lifts and radios; verify and replenish fluid levels including gas, oil and transmission fluid; report the need for repairs and maintenance to supervisor.
• Issue transfers as necessary; collect transfers and fares from riders; count and record daily revenues.
• Prepare and return passenger and vehicle usage forms; record daily transfers and passes.
• Answer questions and provide information pertaining to routes, fares, time schedules and services; operate intercom including announcing loading and unloading stops.
• Operate a two-way radio; maintain constant contact with dispatchers; coordinate with other operators pertaining to transferring passengers.
• Maintain civil behavior of passengers; report unruly behavior and vandalism.
• Obey traffic laws; exercise defensive driving techniques.
• Participate in a variety of activities involving travel between various city facilities, external business and government agencies and residential areas which includes transporting clients to and from destinations.
• Provide staff support to assist designated staff in the completion of their duties; provide training and direction as necessary.
• May act as a receptionist; perform various clerical duties as assigned.
• Assist with transportation program dispatching duties as assigned including answering phone calls and dispatching information to operators.
• May provide training and direction to less experienced staff.
• Operate as a team player, helpful to staff, management, and peers.
• Employ all techniques of defensive driving to minimize risk of accidents and/or passenger injuries.
• Program and operate fare boxes and destination signs.
• Assist other city departments in identifying traffic hazards.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

When Assigned to Paratransit Operations

• Operate a Paratransit vehicle providing demand-responsive service to persons with disabilities on assigned routes and schedules.
• Assist passengers when boarding and disembarking from vehicles, as required by ADA and Port Arthur Transit’s policy as applicable to Paratransit service.
• Assist elderly and disabled persons into vehicle; load and unload parcels as necessary; secure wheelchairs.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

• Basic geography, street and roadway locations in the city.
• Operational characteristics of vehicles involved in mass transit.
• Pertinent traffic laws.
• Basic mathematical principles and practices.
• Defensive driving practices and procedures.

Ability to:

• Safely operate a large motor vehicle in all types of weather conditions.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Learn to operate a two-way radio.
• Learn the basic operational aspects of assigned vehicles in order to detect mechanical problems.
• Work independently in the absence of supervision.
• Understand and apply pertinent laws, rules and regulations.

When Assigned to Paratransit Operations

Physical Acuity:

• Assist passengers on and off vehicles, load, unload and secure wheelchairs.
• Lift (approximately 30 lbs.), stoop, bend, push/pull (approximately 50 lbs.).
• Climb stairs.
• Ensure the safety of all passengers by proper use of on-board restraints.

Audio-visual discrimination and perception:

• Making observations.
• Reading and writing.
• Operating assigned equipment and vehicles.
• Speaking in a clear, audible voice.
  
  Communicating with others.

Mental capacity:

• Making sound decisions under stress.
• Thinking clearly in emergency situations.
• Interpreting local maps.
• Demonstrating intellectual capabilities.

Physical condition:

• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Assisting persons in boarding.
• Lifting moderately heavy to heavy parcels, including…