RESPONSIBILITIES:
YEAR ROUND JOB – Our drivers work year-round, with various shifts available. We offer modern, environmentally-friendly vehicles and we place a high priority on the safety of our drivers and passengers by following all COVID transportation guidelines.
Looking for some new scenery? We need YOU to help create wonderful experiences for residents and vacationing guests in America’s oldest city, Saint Augustine, Florida. Enjoy the scenic views of the ocean and Intercoastal Waterway as you provide our clients with the freedom and convenience of reliable, safe transportation.
Join the Transit Team as a Transit Bus Operator and transport individuals who rely on our service to doctors’ appointments, work, grocery stores, and much, much more! As a Transit Bus Operator, you will provide our clients with the freedom and independence of reliable, safe transportation.
St Johns County Council on Aging (SJCCOA), a private not-for-profit agency, has been providing transportation services to area residence St Johns County, Florida, for over 20 years. Since 2000 our Sunshine Bus has provided a fixed route transit system to the greater Saint Augustine area, now operating nine routes. Our Paratransit drivers assist transportation disadvantaged clients from their door to their destination's door.
Minimum Pre-Employment Qualifications:
- 21+ years of age
- Possess a valid STATE OF FLORIDA driver’s license - Class E
- Clean Driving Record
- Pass a driving test
- Pass FLORIDA Department of Transportation Transit Driver Medical Examination
- Pass FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION (FTA) Drug and Alcohol test
- Pass background/fingerprint check (This site is posted under the directive of House Bill 531 (2025): https://info.flclearinghouse.com)
- Have previous transit of driving experience a plus
- Have excellent verbal communication skills
- Are able to work shift hours and days assigned.
- A High School Diploma or its equivalent.
Job Duties:
- Safely transporting passengers in a safe, courteous, and reliable manner throughout our beautiful St Johns County service area complying with local traffic regulations.
- Be "in the know" about SJCCOA’s routes and schedules, providing customers with route information; collect fare; regulate heating, lighting, and ventilating systems for passenger comfort.
- Loads, secures, and unloads passengers at stops; meets and greets passengers in a courteous manner and assists passengers with packages as needed.
- Enjoy being "outside" with the comfort of air-conditioning and heat on all buses.
- Maintains records
- Ensures assigned vehicles are cleaned (interior and exterior).
- Maintains familiarity and compliance with ADA requirements
- Performs vehicle and equipment inspection
- Ability to utilize onboard technology, including mobile data tablets and GPS.
- Familiarity with Saint Augustine / St Johns County road systems, and knowledge of residential developments and medical office locations is helpful.
- Commercial Drivers License (CDL) Class A, B or C with Passenger Endorsement preferred but not required.
· Meet lots of new people.
· Team-oriented environment.
· Opportunity for professional and self-advancement
EEO Policy Statement
The St Johns County Council on Aging (SJCCOA) has a strong commitment to the community we serve and our employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class.
This EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
All applicants and employees have the right to file complaints alleging discrimination. Retaliation against an individual who files a charge or complaint of discrimination, participates in an employment discrimination proceeding (such as an investigation or lawsuit), or otherwise, engages in protected activity is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated.
SJCCOA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who need them because of a disability or to practice or observe their religion, absent undue hardship.
The SJCCOA Executive Director maintains overall responsibility and accountability for compliance with this EEO Policy and Program.
All SJCCOA executives, management, and supervisory personnel share in the responsibility for implementing and monitoring this EEO Policy and Program within their respective areas and will be assigned specific tasks to ensure compliance is achieved. SJCCOA will evaluate its managers' and supervisors' performance on their successful implementation of SJCCOA's policies and procedures, in the same way SJCCOA assesses their performance regarding other SJCCOA goals.
St. Johns County Council on Aging, Inc. is committed a written nondiscrimination program that sets forth the policies, practices and procedures, to which the SJCCOA is committed and make the EEO Program available for inspection by any employee or applicant for employment upon request.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
