Bus Drivers

Position Type:
Transportation/Bus/ Transportation Driver

Date Posted:
5/31/2023

Location:
Transportation Department

Date Available:
08/21/2023

Closing Date:
Until filled

District:
Thornapple Kellogg Schools - website
Position:

Bus Drivers - TK Schools is in need of hiring bus drivers prior to the 2023-2024 school year.

Are you creative, fun and responsible? Do you want your nights, weekends, holidays and summer off? We have the job for you!

Do you like kids? Do you like to drive? Why not combine them both and come get paid to do so while having an everlasting impact on the students of the TK community. We offer the following:
Competitive wages
Competitively priced healthcare options
We provide all of the training necessary to obtain your CDL, pay for it AND pay you while you train.
Full-time drivers hired with a current CDL and a Michigan School Bus Driver Certification will receive a $750 bonus after working one full year with Thornapple
Kellogg Schools.
This is all on top of having your nights, weekends, holidays and summers off. Contact us today at [email protected] or give us a call at 269-795-5540 if this sounds like something you would be interested in!

Hours:

Monday - Friday

6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Student days only

Qualifications:

1.Must successfully complete, or have already completed, a Bus Driver Training Program including classroom instruction, behind the wheel instruction and the written and driving skills

tests.

2. Must meet the Michigan School Bus Driver Certification requirements including the minimum hours of instruction and satisfactorily passing knowledge examination.

3. Must meet state requirements for appropriate licensing and state physical examination requirements.

4. Must meet local, county and state standards for driving skills test and local and state standards for driving record check.

5. Must pass drug and alcohol screenings.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

1. High school diploma or an acceptable alternate-based high school equivalency.

2. Valid Michigan driver's license, or has completed the necessary bus driver's courses to secure a CDL A or B with a "P" and "S" endorsements and passed required medical examination

(DOT).

3. Must be a good communicator, both in verbal and written communications.

4. Must be able to open and close the entrance and emergency doors and perform repetitive motions in the course of driving a school bus.

5. Must be able to bend, support and otherwise physically carry a student/ passenger/rider into and out of a school bus, especially in the case of an emergency.

6. Must be able to carry and lift into and from the school bus, assorted personal articles and adaptive equipment of various weights and sizes up to 40 pounds.

7. Must be able to bend, twist and stretch for the cleaning and securing of equipment in the interior of the school bus.

8. Must be able to bend, stretch, pull or drag all students/passengers/riders, equipment (i.e. car seats, wheelchairs, fire extinguisher) or other types of articles that would be of varying sizes

and weight out of the emergency exits on demand.

To Apply:

Thornapple Kellogg School District manages employment applications online at https://www.applitrack.com/kent/onlineapp/default.aspx. No hard copy applications or resumes will be accepted for this position.

Please contact the Transportation Department at 269-795-5540 with any questions you may have.

Thornapple Kellogg School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender or physical/mental disability in its educational programming, enrollment or employment.