Perm Part-Time Transit Operator

(3) Perm Part-Time Transit Operator (Port Arthur, TX)

SALARY: $19.1457 - $23.7315, Hourly (DOE&Q) NON-EXEMPT

OPENING DATE: 12/05/2023

CLOSING DATE: Continuous Until Filled

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.

Receives direction from the Transit Operations Supervisor.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Have physical acuity to 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.
• Maintain effective audio‑visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, reading and writing, operating assigned equipment and vehicles, speaking in a clear audible voice, communicating with others.
• Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions under stress, thinking clearly in emergency situations, interpreting local maps, demonstrating intellectual capabilities.
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities which may include…