Safety Operator
Safety Officer - Transportation
Reports to: Manager I - Transportation
PC#: 1152-2
Pay Grade: 305
Duty Days: 245
Salary Range: $33,320 - $40,905
Position Purpose
Coordinates safety program and instructs fleet drivers in matters pertaining to traffic and safety regulations. Confers with department heads concerning problems, accident rates, and abuse of equipment; recommends measures to improve safety records and to conserve equipment.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Investigates reports of improper use of buses, such as speeding and reckless/unsafe driving.
- Investigates all accidents and submits reports.
- Investigates and confers with principals concerning student behavior, parental complaints, and missing students.
- Investigates complaints of possible hazardous walking routes to schools and bus stops.
- Evaluates safety of bus stop locations and recommends alternate locations.
- Coordinates special events for safety with the loading and unloading of students.
Safety
- Follows established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties including lifting and climbing; operates tools and equipment according to established safety procedures.
- Corrects unsafe conditions in work area and promptly reports any conditions that are not immediately correctable to supervisor.
Personal Work Relationships
- All Fort Worth ISD employees must maintain a commitment to the District’s mission, vision, and strategic goals.
- Exhibits high professionalism, standards of conduct and work ethic.
- Demonstrates high quality customer service; builds rapport/relationship with the consumer.
- Demonstrates cultural competence in interactions with others; is respectful of co-workers; communicates and acts as a team player; promotes teamwork. Responds and acts appropriately in confrontational situations.
Other Duties as Assigned
- Performs all job related duties as assigned and in accordance to the Board rules, policies and regulations. All employees are expected to comply with lawful directives in rare situations driven by need where a team effort is required.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of safety protocols, including District rules and regulations, and Texas rules of the road.
- Knowledge of federal and state guidelines and District policies and procedures regarding education and students.
- Skill in accurate report writing using business language, grammar, and punctuation.
- Skill in accident investigations, including assessing the safety of a scene to be investigated, managing witnesses, and compiling facts/data.
- Skill in active listening; giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points communicated, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Skill in operating applicable software including email and word processing to status work assignments.
- Skill in critical thinking; using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses and formulate solutions or conclusions to problems.
- Ability to read and understand safety manuals, calculate mileage, and load counts.
- Ability to operate school bus, office equipment, 2-way radio, radar gun, and safety equipment.
- Ability to organize and coordinate work.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both oral and written forms.
- Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to performance and professional growth.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
Travel Requirements
- Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.
Physical & Mental Demands, Work Hazards
- Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment, including computer and peripherals.
- Posture: Prolonged sitting and standing; occasional stooping, squatting, kneeling, bending, pushing/pulling, and twisting.
- Motion: Frequent repetitive hand motions, including keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching.
- Lifting: Frequent heavy lifting and carrying (10 to 50 pounds).
- Exerting: Occasional exerting 50 to 150 pounds to move objects during an investigation, possibly carry a child, or possibly restrain a child or adult.
- Environment: Works 70% in the field and 30% in an office setting, including facilitating safety training in a classroom, outside, or on a bus; may require occasional irregular and/or prolonged hours.
- Attendance: Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position.
- Mental Demands: Maintains emotional control under stress; works with frequent interruptions; may respond to emergency situations, and remain or return to investigate; may require occasional irregular and/or prolonged hours.
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Education: Accredited High School diploma, GED, or Texas Certificate of High School Equivalency.
- Certification/License: Clear and valid Texas CDL Class B driver’s license with (P) passenger and (S) school bus endorsement or ability to obtain license within 60 days after employment; insurable by the District’s insurance carrier.
- Experience: Must have law enforcement experience 2 to 5 years.
- Language: Bilingual (English/Spanish) working proficiency preferred in some settings.
INSURABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DRIVERS
- Must be at least 21 years old.
- NO positive drug or alcohol tests including pre-employment, random, post-accident or reasonable suspicion.
- Driving and accident record:
Valid Texas Department of Public Safety Driver Record Check Type 3A-Certified list of all crashes and violations http://dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/driverrecords.htm
- NO more than 2 violations during previous 36 months including:
- moving traffic violations (including no more than 1 preventable accident);
- failure to provide proof of valid driver’s license or proof of insurance;
- equipment violations.
- NO Driving Under the Influence (DUI) for drug or alcohol.
- NO leaving scene of an accident (bodily injury or physical damage).
- NO vehicular assault, manslaughter, or homicide.
- NO operating a vehicle with suspended or revoked driver’s license.
- NO reckless driving, speed contests, drag racing, or highway racing.
- NO use of a vehicle in commission of a felony.
- NO operating a vehicle without owner’s permission (unauthorized use or grand theft).
- NO permitting an unlicensed person to drive.
- NO speeding more than 20 mph over the posted speed limit.
- NO history of a conviction in a commercial or personal motor vehicle.
- Additional restrictions may apply if directed by FWISD’s Fleet Insurance Carrier.
This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.