Description:

Envida together in life

Here at Envida, our Mission is to promote access and support our clients to live independently and with dignity. Envida provides transportation services and home care services. We are looking for Compassionate, Resourceful, Dependable, Resilient and Innovative staff that will help us to reach and be the highest standard in integrating services that connect people to their community.

We embody our values:Compassionate: We provide a foundation for independence with honor & respectResourceful: We creatively solve problems and embrace opportunitiesDependable: We are there. Reliable support you can trust.Resilient: We learn quickly, adapt and preserve to achieve positive results.Visionary: We are forward thinking leaders that drive positive change.Innovative: We develop higher levels of service, courageously.

Who you are:

Do you want to make a difference in your community? Do you want to be responsible for transporting people with disabilities, low-income, and/or older adults from their home to medical appointments, work, errands, church, and other reasons? We are looking for a dependable and capable Bus on Chassis (BOC) Transit Driver who will drive a bus style shuttle to transport our clients in wheelchairs and other disabled passengers providing door-through-door service, ensuring passenger and vehicle safety and commitment to schedule.

What you will be doing:

• Provide safe and punctual transportation and assistance to the public that may include people with disabilities or older adults with courteously and compassion.

• Communicate daily with dispatch while on the road regarding deviation from schedule or any other concerns.

• Conduct documented pre- then post-trip inspections daily on vehicle to ensure safety and ready for operation.

• Maintain daily accurate and up-to-date paperwork associated with driving duties including fuel purchases, accident reports, incidents reports, vehicle condition reports and other records as requested by management.

• Collect and secure passenger donations daily and deliver to the main office.

• Communicate with supervisor, other drivers, and office staff regarding deviation from schedule or any other concerns.

• Mandatory attendance at periodic safety training meetings.

• Stop frequently, often only a few blocks apart and when a passenger requests a stop.

• Collect fares and issue change.

• Answer questions about schedules, routes, and transfer points.

• Report accidents or other traffic disruptions to a central dispatcher and follow directions when using an alternate route.

• Assist disabled passengers.

• Check the bus tires, lights, and oil and do other basic maintenance.

• Follow state and federal transit regulations.

• Keep passengers informed of delays.

• Fully understand how to operate and safely drive chassis.

• Prepares units for transport with chassis and body modifications as needed to accommodate for transport and drive-away.

• Works within all safety guidelines to ensure an efficient and safe transfer process.

• Notify managers of any maintenance or delivery issues encountered.

• Ensuring vehicles are clean and presentable.

• Ensuring the lot is organized, clean, and free from trash, litter, and debris.

• Arranging and parking vehicles in designated lot areas.

• Guaranteeing dealership license plate frames are affixed to vehicles.

• Overseeing and maintaining keys.

• Obey all applicable traffic laws and drive in according to the weather/road conditions.

• Always make safety a priority

• Performs other duties as requested by management.

Hours: Part Time Position

Early Mornings Monday - Friday: 3AM - 11AM

Subject to change with advanced notice.

Benefits:

Sick leave

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid orientation

Paid training

Employee Referral Program

Requirements:

What you need to do to be successful:

• Adheres to Envida dress code; appearance is neat and clean.
• Adheres to legal practice standards, including applicable federal, state, and local regulations and standards.
• Completes annual education requirements.
• Always maintain confidentiality in all business records.
• Demonstrates effective time management and organizational skills.
• Participates in the organization's performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities. Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, ethics, and goals of the organization.
• Foster a growth oriented, positive, and encouraging environment while keeping employees and management accountable to company policies, procedures, and guidelines.

What is required to be a BOC Transit Driver:

• Ability to function independently using good judgement and maturity.

• Must be 25 years old or older.

• High school diploma or GED.

• Valid current Colorado driver's license with a clean Motor Vehicle Record.

• Able to pass a background check and drug test.

• Work with people in wheelchairs from their home to their destination, with a maximum of three steps.

• Problem solving and conflict management and always maintain composure and safety of passengers.

• Must be able to review, complete, and submit paperwork electronically.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to Stand, Walk, Sit, Stoop, Kneel, Crouch and or Crawl up to 1/3 of the time

Must be able to Push, Pull, Lift, Reach with Hands and Arms and/or exert force up to 50 pounds up to 1/2 of the time

Must be able to Talk and use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel

(Must be able to perform repetitive motions associated with driving (use of foot controls, use of hands, grasping firm/heavy with both hands and fine dexterity with both hands.)

Vision Requirements:

• Close Vision at 20 inches or less
• Color Vision with ability to identify and distinguish colors
• Peripheral Vision with ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point
• Depth Perception - three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships
• Ability to adjust focus - to adjust eye to bring an object into sharp focus

Hearing Requirements:

• Ability to hear alarms on equipment
• Ability to hear phone calls
• Ability to hear passengers while driving