Bus Service Worker

The City of Santa Rosa is currently recruiting qualified candidates for the position of Bus Service Worker in the Transit Division of the Transportation and Public Works Department. 
The City of Santa Rosa is committed to building a workforce reflective of our community and establishing a lasting culture of equity and belonging within our organization. Our collective talents and expertise contribute to high-quality public services that support a vibrant, resilient, inclusive City for our community and visitors. We celebrate a diverse workforce and welcome all qualified candidates to apply. 

Come join our team and enjoy a competitive total compensation package and a generous paid leave depending on years of service!

The Benefits of City Employment
In addition to offering a rewarding work environment and excellent salary, the City of Santa Rosa provides a generous suite of benefits, including:

• Retirement through CalPERS
• A competitive leave accrual package
• Your choice of three health plans
• A flexible spending program
• Employer contributions to a Retiree Health Savings plan
• And top of the line employer paid vision and dental coverage. 

More information regarding benefits associated with this position can be found on our City's benefits information page.
 
About The Position
As a Bus Service Worker, you will be responsible for performing daily routine servicing of transit buses and transit department vehicles.   A Bus Service Worker maintains daily work logs manually or by using the electronic program TrakTik.

A Bus Service Worker cleans, fuels, parks, and performs basic service and maintenance to all assigned vehicles. Duties include maintenance work performed in the field at bus stops and facilities removing litter, graffiti, emptying trash bins and removing weeds and brush.

The Ideal Candidate will:
- Put safety first 
- Be dependable
- Be self-motivated
- Be willing to work night and weekend shifts
- Be able to perform established routine duties independently
- Possess knowledge of janitorial and basic maintenance tasks 

Special Requirements:

Safety-Sensitive:
The work performed by the Bus Service Worker is considered safety sensitive by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). Incumbents are subject to the FTA/USDOT Drug and Alcohol Testing regulations. Employees assigned to safety-sensitive classifications must take and pass a pre-employment drug test and are subject to random drug and alcohol testing once employed.

Driving History Standard:
In order to qualify for this position, applicants must meet the City of Santa Rosa Driving History Standard for Bus Service Worker. To view the City of Santa Rosa Driving History Standard, please click HERE.

License:
This position performs safety-sensitive duties and incumbents must have the ability to obtain and maintain a valid Class B license with air brake and passenger endorsements prior to the end of the probationary period.  All training necessary to obtain this license is provided.
 
Work Hours/Shift Differential:
Work assignments include night and weekend shifts. Work is performed seven (7) days a week, including holidays. Employees shall receive a shift differential equal to 5% of base pay per hour for an entire shift when one or more hours of the work shift are worked and the work occurs between the hours of (4) p.m. and (12) a.m. or between (12) a.m. and (7) a.m. Monday through Friday, or any hours on Saturday or Sunday  

Selection Process
The selection process may include a minimum qualifications assessment, an application and supplemental questionnaire review, and department selection interviews. An eligibility list will be created as a result of this recruitment that may be used to fill current and future Regular and Temporary openings as they occur while the list is active. 

Please complete a thoughtful, thorough Supplemental Questionnaire submission. As part of the selection process, your responses to these questions will be scored using criteria specific to this position. Incomplete responses, or responses such as "See Resume" may not be considered.

If you have any questions about this exciting opportunity, please contact Karen Rodriguez at  krodriguez@cpshr.us or contact Human Resources, at 707-543-3060. 

Examples of Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Duties:

• Clean buses, including disposing of litter, washing the exterior, using an extension washer and operating a bus wash rack, cleaning the interiors and washing the windows, inside and out
• Wash and dust seats, walls, handrails, door wells and passenger areas
• Sweep, vacuum, mop and scrape foreign objects off floor
• Load, unload and transport cleaning materials
• Use an electronic probe to collect data from the fare boxes, lift and remove fare box vault weighing up to 50 pounds for emptying
• Drive buses during the course of their maintenance
• Fuel buses and operate key guard on fuel island, check fluid levels (oil, power steering, coolant and transmission fluid), add fluids as needed and maintain log of fluid and fuel use of each bus
• Maneuver an oil bowser into the garage to be filled with oil and maneuver the full bowser weighing up to 275 pounds back to the work area
• Follow safe work practices and observe safety rules and precautions; read work orders
• Maintain daily work logs 
• Perform related duties as assigned

Additional Duties: In addition to the duties listed in the Essential Duties Section, each employee in this classification may perform the following duties. 

• Help start buses, drive light trucks
• Clean and perform minor custodial maintenance at bus shelters including litter pick up, wipe down of all surfaces, pressure wash, repair and/or report vandalism, including graffiti, damage or major maintenance requirements

Any single position may not be assigned all duties listed above, nor do the examples cover all duties which may be assigned.

Required Qualifications

Knowledge of: Uses, purposes and safe handling of a variety of general vehicle fluids, cleaning solvents, petroleum products, custodial equipment, and common hand tools; safe work practices, including safety precautions for driving buses, light vehicles and mechanical equipment and appropriate response to petroleum product spills. Ability to: Operate bus washing apparatus; quickly and accurately check and replenish fluid levels on transit busses; Determine appropriate cleaning methods, read gauges and repeatedly perform heavy manual labor under adverse weather conditions; operate transit vehicles; work in confined spaces; wear protective gear; lift and carry 50 pound fare box, maneuver an oil bowser weighing up to 275 pounds, and drag extended length of hose; perform work involving prolonged periods of standing, stooping, reaching, crawling and climbing; walk and work on slippery surfaces; understand and carry out oral and written directions in order to accomplish assigned tasks in a timely manner; hear and distinguish oral directions while working in noisy conditions; read and understand work orders, fill out work orders and daily logs of work performed; communicate and get along with co-workers. Experience and Education: Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: Experience- Sufficient experience in custodial, general maintenance or vehicle servicing and/or cleaning to demonstrate possession of the knowledge and ability listed above.

License or Certificate: Possession of a valid Class C California motor vehicle operator's license. Possession of First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification from the American Red Cross is desirable.

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Additional Information

Work in this classification may involve exposure to variable weather, noise, dust, fumes, vibrations, airborne particles, biohazards, noxious odors, grease, oil, cleaning chemicals, solvents and spills. Assignments may involve climbing, reaching, stooping and walking on slippery surfaces. Work includes regular lifting of fare boxes weighing up to 50 pounds and maneuvering an oil bowser weighing up to 275 pounds over distances of up to 150 yards. Incumbents will be assigned to weekend shifts and evening or night shifts, or may be called out for emergency work.
The City of Santa Rosa is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. 

The City does not discriminate on the basis of disability in employment. Requests for reasonable accommodations needed to participate in the recruitment process may be made by submitting a Request for Reasonable Accommodation Form within five (5) business days of being noticed that an event requiring accommodation is occurring. You may also contact the Human Resources Department at (707) 543-3060 or jobs@srcity.org.