The Division of Transit Services coordinates transit services in Montgomery County. Transit accomplishes an essential mobility mission of the County, connecting people, communities, workplaces, educational institutions, recreational opportunities and many other essential destinations. The Division plans, schedules and manages the County's own Ride On bus system consisting of County owned and operated buses. The Ride On system is designed to complement the service provided by the other transit providers in the County and provides almost 30 million trips per year.

Transit Services is seeking a Safety & Training Supervisor who will be responsible for providing direct supervision over Safety and Training Instructors, who in turn have primary responsibility for delivering safety and operational training for all newly employed bus operators, and for delivering safety, security and compliance training for all current bus operators and other employees in transit-related job classes.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Exercises the full range of administrative and technical supervisory duties, responsibilities, and authorities over a subordinate staff.

• Establishes work priorities, assigns work and oversees all quality assurance checks and functions.

• Assumes ultimate responsibility for such administrative supervisory functions as interviewing potential candidates; preparing appropriate recruiting documentation; interfacing as necessary with departmental administrative staff and external officials; ensuring training of subordinate staff in all phases of customer service protocol, procedures, and records maintenance.

• Plans and coordinates the activities of safety and operations training instructors related to new bus operator training and current and new bus operator safety, security, and operations training.

• Updates the current training curriculum and develops new training material as necessary.

• Schedules retraining for operators returning to duty following an injury, accident, illness, etc. and communicates these plans to the respective operation depots.

• Conducts performance evaluations for subordinate staff and serves as performance reviewer and approval of authority for new and current bus operator appraisals.

• Schedules, coordinates, and participates in periodic divisions' safety meetings, fire drills and evacuation plan training.

• Serves as a chairperson of the Accident Appeals Committee to include setting up the month and yearly accident review schedule, reviewing documents and video evidence prior to the formal review; completing required documentation, communicating with the union, and entering information in the accident database.

This position REQUIRES the Safety & Training Supervisor to possess and maintain at all times a valid Commercial Driver's License with Passenger and Airbrakes endorsements from applicant's state of residence, and the ability to drive a County vehicle to get/from/around areas of Ride On operations. Additionally, positions will safely operate a passenger bus - during emergencies, at supervisor request, and for training and demonstrations.

Work requires employee to work various hours/shifts and days and ability to perform tasks outside and in adverse weather conditions. Physical demands include work performed both inside in a typical office environment, and outside while inspecting and overseeing bus operator safety and operations training exercises.

The individual selected for this position will be considered an Essential Employee. Essential employees must report to work during a period of general emergency or liberal leave.

To ensure a positive workplace and to comply with federal, state and County laws, the incumbent is responsible for completing mandatory trainings within the first three to six months or within the specified timeframe.

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Effective August 30, 2021 all new hires will be required to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus prior to their first date of employment. Individuals who are unable to be vaccinated should contact OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov to discuss possible accommodations.

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Experience : Four (4) years of transit supervisor or transit instructor experience.

Education : Completion of High School or possession of a High School Certificate of completion recognized in the State of Maryland.

Equivalency : None.

Other : Applicants must be twenty-one (21) years of age as of the first day of employment in a position in this class.

LICENSE : Possession and maintenance at all times of a valid Commercial Class B (or equivalent) driver’s license with passenger endorsement and air brakes, and a valid DOT card issued by the applicant’s state of residence.

There are NO Preferred Criteria Assessments . All Applicants will be reviewed by the Office of Human Resources (OHR) for minimum qualifications. Those applicants who meet minimum qualifications will be rated "Qualified", placed on the eligible list, and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications of the same grade or higher will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.

Preferences for interview will be given to applicants with experience in the following:

• Experience in evaluation of training programs and trainees.

• Experience in classroom and field instruction methods.

• Experience with regulations and procedures, bus system safety principles and transit equipment in order to be able to demonstrate the operation and procedures involved with all types of equipment.

• Experience supervising, providing work direction and prioritizing workloads to employees.

• Experience working with computer applications.

• Experience adapting to changes in organization and resolving conflict.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicate on your resume.