Bus Attendant: 

• Join a dedicated high-performing team of County professionals!
• Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! 
• Award-winning wellness program including free gyms and classes at multiple Sarasota County Government locations. 
• 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service.

This position is routine service work which includes: cleaning, washing, fueling, checking and topping off coolant/oil/power steering/transmission/windshield washer fluids, maintaining fuel and fluids usage records and driving buses.  Probe farebox daily and dump farebox cash box.

**Subject to Passing Substance Screening:  This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening.  An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five years.

Check out our robust employee benefits: https://www.scgov.net/government/human-resources/employee-health-and-benefits

Duties:

• Cleans interior of buses including windows, seats, dash areas and driver’s area around pedals, and sweeps and mops floors.
• Cleans exterior of buses including wheels and tires as needed by hand or with the Automatic Bus Washer.
• Fuels transit buses/support vehicles, probes and removes GFI cash box.
• Checks fluid levels, such as coolant, engine oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid, windshield washer fluid and diesel exhaust fluid.
• Installation of public service messages inside buses.
• Records mileage, vehicle number, fuel gallons and fluids on the fuel sheet matrix form.
• Drives buses around yard and negotiates around the fuel islands.

Minimum Qualifications:  A High School Diploma or equivalent.  Must maintain Florida Driver's License to stay employed in this classification.

Job Competencies:

• Follow oral and written instructions and directions.

• Ability to record data, perform physical and laboring work.

• Ability to operate buses safely.

• Ability to provide good customer service.

• Operational knowledge of buses, vans, oil reels, fuel pumps, steam pressure washer, drive thru vehicle wash, and Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF).

Work Hours:  40 Hours Per Week - 4:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

Sarasota County Government is committed to wellness and successful applicants must be tobacco free for six months preceding date of application.

Drug Free Work Environment             EOE/AA/ADA