Hybrid Transportation Supervisor en City of Annapolis (MD)

About the Department

The Transportation Supervisor plays a pivotal role in overseeing and managing the transportation operations of our company. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring the efficient and timely transportation of goods and materials while maintaining compliance with safety regulations and company policies. This role requires strong leadership skills, logistical expertise, and the ability to effectively manage a team of drivers and transportation staff.

Supervises the daily operations of the City Municipal Transportation Services and does related work as required.

Position Duties

(Note: The duties and responsibilities enumerated in this job description are for the purpose of determining a common set of minimum qualifications and salary level for all positions in this class. They are not intended to include all the job duties of all positions in the job classification. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described.)

• Plans and schedules bus services including breaks of all operational personnel to provide uninterrupted public transportation services; 

• Monitors vehicle locations and movement patterns and makes decisions affecting service scheduling and reliability;

• Supervises the daily work performance of operational personnel;

• Maintains adequate inventory controls;

• Performs or oversees the maintaining and processing of all operational records and reports;

• Responds to and reports upon complaints, incidents, accidents and other emergency situations;

• Monitors daily fare collection and deposits;

• Makes Mobility reservations and monitors service provided;

• Monitors operators’ attendance and addresses any concerns;

• Monitors all communication, two-way radio, telephone and surveillance camera systems;

• Recommends disciplinary action as appropriate;

• Monitors vehicle operation performance on the road;

• Recommends route changes based on weather conditions, special events and road conditions;

• Operates buses as needed; and

• Performs other related job duties as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of State regulations and laws pertaining to motor bus operations; 

• Knowledge of the operational principles and practices of modern transit systems; 

• Knowledge of bus maintenance and repair programs; 

• Ability to plan and supervise the work of others; 

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and with the public; 

• Ability to read, understand and implement complex schedules and manuals;

• Ability to operate small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems;

• Ability to operate computers for data entry, word processing and/or recordkeeping purposes; 

• Ability to operate handheld electronic devices including cell phones; and

• Ability to operate and repair small/light equipment, such as power tools.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited High School or holds an acceptable equivalency diploma (GED); and three (3) years of related operational experience in transit systems..

• This position is designated as Safety Sensitive due to the  tasks or duties that the employer reasonably believes could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task, other individuals, and or may lead to damage to property. This position is subject to drug and alcohol testing to include pre-employment testing.

Special Qualifications:

• Possession of a valid Maryland Commercial Driver’s License with passenger and air brake endorsements.

• Consent to chemical substance screening consistent with mandated Federal, State, and City guidelines and programs, to include random tests for the detection of drug or alcohol use.

Preferred Qualifications:

N/A

Other Qualifications

Physical/Mental Demands:

• The work is sedentary and generally the employee may be required to speak, walk, stand, bend, and/or carry light items to include paper, books or files.

• The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing ability:  sufficient to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

• Feeling ability: sufficient to perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Dexterity ability: sufficient to pick, pinch, grasp, type, or otherwise work, primarily with fingers and palm rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

• Handling ability: sufficient to pick, hold, or otherwise work, primarily with the whole hand.

• Hearing ability: sufficient to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound. 

• Lifting ability: sufficient to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. 

• Mental Acuity: sufficient to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

• Pulling ability: sufficient to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Pushing ability: sufficient to use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

• Reaching ability: sufficient to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

• Speaking ability: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

• Standing ability: Particularly for sustained periods of time. 

• Visual ability: sufficient to operate buses both day and night, to observe unsafe conditions of roadways, to read and write reports, correspondence, instructions, etc.

• Walking ability: sufficient to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.

Work Environment:

• The work environment entails minimal discomforts that may be associated with an office environment.

• Work is performed in a safe and secure work environment that may periodically have unpredicted requirements or demands.