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Van Driver – 314 – Van Operations Jobs in Wichita, KS at WICHITA COMPANY LIMITED
Title: Van Driver – 314 – Van Operations
Company: WICHITA COMPANY LIMITED
Location: Wichita, KS
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more
information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13590247
**The City of Wichita is NOT an E-Verify Employer.**
- Distinguishing Features of Work
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Join the Wichita Transit team! Driving with transit as a **FULL-TIME**
Paratransit Van Driver provides the opportunity to enhance the lives and
increase the mobility of hundreds of people in the Wichita community who
are unable to utilize the traditional bus system. Every day our Van
Drivers provide hundreds of trips between residences and local
destinations for employment, doctor appointments, and other daily needs.
The Van Driver is an active position that provides rider assistance with
boarding vans and securing wheelchairs or other mobility aids while
providing the opportunity to build friendly relationships with regular
riders. Paratransit riders are some of the most fun and appreciative
Wichitans you will meet. To provide the best possible service to our
community, Transit relies on a dedicated team of service-oriented Van
Drivers that are able to reliably arrive fit for work on time regardless
of weather and traffic conditions.
The driver's seat is an office with a view. With this
origin-to-destination service, driving vans provides a constant variety
of routes that offer a beautiful way to see the cityscapes and
neighborhoods throughout every part of the city.
We invite you to explore the full position details below and apply to
join our team as a Van Driver if this is the right fit for you.
This is responsible work that involves transporting people from one
location to another in the safest manner possible by means of a
wheelchair lift-equipped van. This position reports to a Mobility
Manager.
- **Post may come down at any time****
**Examples of Work Performed**
- Operate the van in the safest manner.
- Provides limited assistance to passengers with wheelchair loading,
securing and unloading.
- Writes up work order cards for van defects so maintenance can repair
the vehicle.
- Ensures that correct fare is collected.
- These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive. Other
job-related duties may be assigned as needed.
**Requirements of Work**
- Ability to read, speak, and write the English language sufficiently
to communicate with the general public, to understand traffic signs
and signals in the English language, to respond to official
inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records in a clear and
legible manner.
- Knowledge of and ability to work with the four functions of
mathematics.
- Ability to read maps, understand and maintain time points and
schedules.
- Ability to write in a clear and legible manner.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with
associates, other employees, representatives of other
organizations,officials, and the public.
- Ability to answer questions regarding other routes and services.
- Ability to work with a minimum of supervision.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment in emergencies and other unusual
situations.
- Knowledge of the geography of the city and names and locations of
streets.
- Ability to: sit a maximum of 60 consecutive minutes for all or most
of a shift; to stand and move about for up to 10 minutes per hour;
to walk up to 10 consecutive minutes up to 50 feet; to lift, push or
pull a minimum of 50 lbs.; to push or pull with force of up to 50
lbs. to up to 10 feet; and to bend, kneel and squat repetitively for
short, sustained periods.
- Ability to perform work functions on various hard surfaces.
- Ability to engage in hand manipulation, including fingers, wrist
turning, grasping and pinching from occasionally to frequently.
- Ability to occasionally reach forward and to either side.
- Ability to occasionally bend nd twist trunk.
- Valid Kansas Class A or B commercial driver's license (CDL) is
preferred. Passenger endorsement is also preferred.
- If you are a Canadian or Mexican citizen, you will be required to
have or obtain a CDL from your home country.
- An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety
of other individuals in the workplace.
Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment
physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory
evaluation of the results of a criminal record check, including past 3
years driving record.
This is a safety sensitive position subject to the rules and regulations
of the FTA Drug & Alcohol policy for required testing. You will be
subject to pre-employment Drug & Alcohol Testing, Random Testing, and
Reasonable Suspicion Testing. You will be required to fully comply with
all operational safety rules and regulations established by Wichita
Transit.
This position may require pre-employment testing at any or all of the
following: Workforce Center, City of Wichita Human Resources Department,
or the Transit Department.
