About the Role
The Service Employee is responsible for maintaining and fueling all school buses, activity buses, and commercial buses in coordination with First Student's Maintenance Department. This role involves dispensing fuel, checking oil, maintaining accurate records, stocking supplies, and ensuring the safe operation of buses through coordinated flow. Additionally, the Service Employee performs light maintenance on buildings and grounds as needed.
Responsibilities
- Opens the lot gates and checks bus parking areas to ensure timely dispatch.
- Re-positions buses that may obstruct traffic in the yard.
- Maintains accurate records, including Bulk Fuel Receiving Report, Fuel Variance Report, Closing Month-end Report, and Meter Calibration Report.
- Notifies the Location Manager when fuel delivery is required and ensures accurate stick readings before and after delivery.
- Checks and fills essential fluids such as oil, antifreeze, power steering, transmission fluid, brake fluid, and windshield washer fluid.
- Checks and maintains belts on buses being fueled.
- Performs light interior and exterior maintenance on buses.
- Completes other management requests or directives as assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Knowledge of bus maintenance.
- Ability to learn maintenance skills.
- Subject to DOT drug testing and physical.
- English proficiency is required for training, safety communications, company policies, employment documents, and job-related communications.
Skills
- Bus maintenance
- Light maintenance
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $19.00/hr
Benefits
- Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities
- Competitive Wages
About the Company
- First Student is a family of over 60,000 employees dedicated to safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers daily.
- Our brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II.
- We are at the forefront of safety and innovation, developing advanced training and technology in the transportation industry.
- In Washington state, technician and driving positions are considered safety-sensitive and subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.
- First Student is committed to providing a drug-free workplace.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
- First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law.
- Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is available upon request.
