CATS is seeking a Facilities & Transit Amenities Technician to help maintain our facilities, bus stops, shelters, grounds, and other public-facing transit amenities.

This hands-on position performs inspections, cleaning, groundskeeping, minor repairs, and general maintenance to help ensure CATS facilities and transit amenities are safe, clean, accessible, functional, and presentable.

Key Responsibilities

• Inspect and maintain bus stops, shelters, benches, signage, facilities, grounds, and other assigned assets.
• Clean bus stops, shelters, facilities, and surrounding areas, including removal of litter, trash, debris, vegetation, graffiti, and obstructions.
• Perform minor repairs to signs, shelters, benches, fencing, fixtures, and other assigned assets.
• Perform grounds maintenance, including mowing, trimming, edging, pruning, planting, watering, and vegetation control.
• Maintain landscaped areas, sidewalks, curbs, drainage areas, fencing, and other assigned property.
• Identify and report damaged, unsafe, inaccessible, or unsanitary conditions.
• Address minor hazards within assigned authority and report conditions requiring specialized repairs or additional resources.
• Complete assigned inspections, work orders, preventive maintenance, and service requests.
• Safely operate agency vehicles, hand and power tools, landscaping equipment, and other maintenance equipment.
• Load, transport, and unload tools, materials, equipment, and supplies.
• Maintain accurate work records and provide photographs or other documentation as required.
• Assist with special projects, facility preparation, weather-related response, and emergency work.
• Communicate professionally with customers, employees, contractors, and members of the public.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED, or recognized equivalent.
• At least two (2) years of experience in facilities maintenance, grounds maintenance, landscaping, property maintenance, construction, general maintenance, transit amenities, or a closely related field.
• Experience safely using hand tools, power tools, landscaping equipment, or maintenance equipment.
• Ability to identify maintenance, safety, cleanliness, accessibility, and repair concerns and perform minor repairs.
• Ability to follow work orders, safety procedures, and written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to maintain accurate work records and use electronic or mobile work-order systems as required.
• Valid driver's license and ability to meet CATS requirements for operating agency vehicles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience maintaining public facilities, transit facilities, bus stops, shelters, or other public-facing infrastructure.
• Experience performing minor building, signage, shelter, fence, facility, or equipment repairs.
• Experience with electronic work-order, inspection, or asset-management systems.
• Relevant facilities maintenance, landscaping, construction, safety, pesticide/herbicide, or trade training or certification.

Working Conditions

This is an active, field-based position requiring frequent standing and walking and may include bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, climbing, pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, and operating maintenance equipment.

Work is performed indoors and outdoors throughout the CATS service area and may involve exposure to traffic, weather, noise, dust, fumes, chemicals, and uneven surfaces.

The employee may be required to work overtime, evenings, weekends, holidays, or outside regularly scheduled hours based on operational needs, weather conditions, special events, or emergencies.

CATS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a dependable and highly organized Transportation Dispatcher to support the real-time delivery of public transit service.

The Transportation Dispatcher monitors active service, maintains continuous communication with Bus Operators and Transportation Supervisors, coordinates routine operator coverage and service adjustments, responds to incidents and disruptions, and maintains accurate operational records.

This position requires the ability to remain calm and professional in a fast-paced environment, communicate clear and timely instructions, manage multiple priorities simultaneously, and recognize when issues must be escalated to Transportation management or other departments.

Key Responsibilities

Service Control

• Monitor active transit service, operator assignments, route status, and schedule adherence using AVAIL/CAD-AVL, radio communications, and other agency systems.
• Maintain real-time communication with Bus Operators and Transportation Supervisors regarding delays, detours, breakdowns, emergencies, reliefs, and service adjustments.
• Initiate routine service-recovery actions within established procedures.
• Monitor service conditions and promptly escalate significant disruptions, safety concerns, or unresolved coverage issues.
• Provide clear, accurate, and consistent service-control communications.

Staffing and Coverage

• Receive and document operator callouts, late reports, absences, and other staffing information.
• Assist with routine replacement and coverage assignments in accordance with established procedures, seniority/labor requirements, and management direction.
• Maintain accurate run, operator assignment, absence, and coverage records.
• Promptly communicate staffing and coverage exceptions to Transportation Supervisors and management.

Incident and Emergency Communications

• Receive reports involving accidents, incidents, security concerns, customer issues, vehicle breakdowns, and other field events.
• Make required notifications to Transportation Supervisors, Risk and Safety, Maintenance, emergency responders, and management.
• Maintain accurate, time-stamped documentation of communications, notifications, and actions taken.
• Provide instructions within established procedures and promptly escalate matters requiring supervisory or management decisions.

Operational Documentation

• Maintain daily Dispatch logs, service records, payroll source information, absence and union-business records, and other assigned documentation.
• Ensure operational records are complete, accurate, timely, and consistent across shifts.
• Support data collection for missed service, delays, incidents, overtime, staffing, and performance reporting.
• Complete thorough shift-to-shift handoffs to ensure continuity of service.

Communication and Customer Service

• Communicate professionally and respectfully with Operators, Supervisors, employees, customers, and other departments.
• Use effective de-escalation techniques during stressful or challenging interactions.
• Provide accurate information and avoid speculation or conflicting instructions.
• Protect confidential employee and operational information.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in dispatch, transportation operations, customer service, communications, call-center operations, logistics, emergency communications, or another fast-paced/time-sensitive operating environment.
• Strong verbal communication and active-listening skills.
• Strong computer, data-entry, documentation, and recordkeeping skills.
• Ability to manage multiple communications, systems, and priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to remain calm, professional, and focused during emergencies, service disruptions, employee issues, and other high-pressure situations.
• Ability to follow established procedures, exercise sound judgment within assigned authority, and recognize when matters require escalation.
• Ability to learn transit routes, schedules, operating procedures, labor requirements, emergency procedures, and service-control technology.

Preferred Qualifications

• Public transit, fixed-route transportation, or passenger transportation experience.
• Previous dispatch, service-control, radio communications, logistics, or transportation coordination experience.
• Experience using CAD/AVL, dispatch, scheduling, radio, GPS, fleet-management, or similar real-time operating systems.
• Knowledge of fixed-route transit operations, routes, schedules, and service-recovery practices.
• Experience working in a unionized transportation environment.
• Experience maintaining detailed, time-sensitive operational logs and records.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work rotating shifts, including early mornings, evenings, overnight shifts, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to work extended hours or overtime as operationally required.
• Reliable attendance and punctuality are essential due to the continuous nature of transit operations.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking an experienced Transportation Supervisor to provide first-line supervision of Bus Operators and daily fixed-route field operations.

The Transportation Supervisor is responsible for monitoring on-time performance, operator performance, service reliability, and field conditions; responding to service disruptions; coaching and directing employees; and addressing routine employee and customer-service issues.

The position serves as a visible field-management presence and works closely with Dispatch and Transportation management to maintain safe, reliable, professional, and customer-focused transit service.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor on-time performance and fixed-route service at terminals, hubs, relief points, and other operating locations.
• Respond to delays, detours, overloads, vehicle issues, service gaps, and unusual operating conditions.
• Coordinate with Dispatch to support service recovery, route coverage, and operator deployment.
• Ensure Bus Operators follow assigned routes, schedules, safe operating practices, customer-service expectations, and agency procedures.
• Provide daily direction, coaching, counseling, and performance feedback to Bus Operators and other assigned employees.
• Address routine attendance, conduct, customer-service, uniform, and performance concerns at the appropriate supervisory level.
• Accurately and promptly document employee observations, coaching, incidents, and performance concerns.
• Recognize positive employee performance and reinforce agency standards and expectations.
• Assist customers during service disruptions and provide accurate service information.
• Respond professionally to employee/customer conflicts and assist in de-escalating challenging situations.
• Support accessibility and ADA service requirements in the field.
• Maintain consistent communication with Dispatch and Transportation management.
• Complete assigned field checks, ride checks, terminal inspections, incident documentation, and supervisory reports.
• Escalate significant or unresolved employee, safety, customer, or operational issues to appropriate management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in public transit operations, commercial/passenger transportation, bus operations, dispatch, field operations, or a closely related transportation environment.
• Working knowledge of fixed-route operations, service reliability, safe driving practices, customer service, and incident response.
• Demonstrated ability to provide direction, coaching, or guidance to employees and address routine workplace or operational issues.
• Ability to monitor service performance and make timely decisions in a fast-paced operating environment.
• Strong communication, judgment, documentation, conflict-resolution, de-escalation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate professionally with employees, customers, Dispatch, management, and other departments.
• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with Passenger and Air Brake endorsements, if required by CATS for assigned responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous Bus Operator or fixed-route public transit experience.
• At least one (1) year of supervisory, lead, dispatch, training, or other experience involving responsibility for directing or coaching employees.
• Experience responding to service disruptions, incidents, customer concerns, or employee-performance matters.
• Knowledge of ADA requirements applicable to public transit operations.
• Experience working in a unionized transportation environment.
• Experience with CAD/AVL, dispatch, scheduling, or other transit operating systems.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work variable shifts, including early mornings, evenings, overnight hours, weekends, and holidays as assigned.
• Ability to work aboard transit vehicles and at terminals, hubs, facilities, roadways, and other field locations.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to respond to operational incidents and service disruptions as required.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking an experienced Transportation Manager to manage the day-to-day delivery of fixed-route transit service and provide leadership to Transportation Supervisors, Dispatchers, and other assigned staff.

The Transportation Manager is accountable for daily service reliability, workforce deployment, supervisory and Dispatch performance, employee accountability, operational communication, and timely resolution of service issues. The Manager leads through supervisors and Dispatch, establishes clear expectations, monitors operational performance, and ensures scheduled service is delivered safely, reliably, and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct daily fixed-route service delivery, including pull-out, route coverage, service interruptions, detours, missed trips, and service recovery.
• Ensure appropriate Transportation Supervisor and Dispatch coverage throughout the operating day.
• Coordinate responses to employee callouts, uncovered work, vehicle shortages, incidents, special events, and unusual service conditions.
• Directly supervise, coach, evaluate, and hold Transportation Supervisors and Dispatchers accountable for performance.
• Establish expectations for field supervision, terminal/hub monitoring, operator support, service control, documentation, and communication.
• Develop supervisors' ability to independently manage routine employee and service issues.
• Monitor operator and supervisory staffing, attendance, callouts, vacation, overtime, and uncovered assignments.
• Identify recurring staffing and service-coverage issues and recommend corrective action.
• Coordinate with Service Planning regarding schedules, run cuts, running times, and other issues affecting service reliability and operability.
• Facilitate attendance and employee-performance management in coordination with Human Resources.
• Ensure employee documentation is timely, accurate, and consistent with agency policies and applicable collective bargaining requirements.
• Coordinate significant employee and labor-relations matters with the Director and Human Resources.
• Ensure effective communication among Operators, Dispatch, Transportation Supervisors, Maintenance, Risk and Safety, Customer Engagement, and management.
• Coordinate service-impacting vehicle issues and operational incidents with Maintenance and Risk and Safety.
• Ensure customer-impacting service information is promptly communicated to appropriate departments.
• Monitor service reliability, missed trips, on-time performance, overtime, attendance, complaints, incidents, and other operational performance measures.
• Analyze performance trends, initiate corrective action, and prepare recurring management reports.
• Ensure operational systems, records, and data are used consistently and accurately.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in public transit operations, fixed-route transportation, passenger transportation, dispatch/service control, or a closely related transportation environment.
• Minimum of three (3) years of supervisory or management experience involving responsibility for transportation employees, supervisors, Dispatchers, Operators, or comparable operational staff.
• Demonstrated experience managing daily transportation service, workforce deployment, staffing, Dispatch, service interruptions, or service recovery.
• Working knowledge of fixed-route transit operations, Dispatch/service control, workforce scheduling, attendance management, and service reliability.
• Experience managing employee performance, documentation, attendance, or other workforce-accountability processes.
• Ability to use operational data and technology to monitor service performance and make timely operating decisions.
• Strong leadership, coaching, conflict-resolution, communication, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple operational priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor's degree in Transportation, Business Administration, Public Administration, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant fixed-route public transit operations experience.
• Experience managing Transportation Supervisors, Dispatchers, or other operational leaders.
• Experience working in a unionized transportation environment.
• Knowledge of collective bargaining agreements and their application to attendance, scheduling, overtime, work assignments, and employee accountability.
• Experience with CAD/AVL, scheduling, dispatch, workforce-management, or other transit operational systems.
• Experience using service-performance data to improve on-time performance, reduce missed trips, control overtime, and improve service reliability.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work variable shifts, evenings, weekends, and holidays as operational needs require.
• Ability to respond to significant service disruptions, incidents, staffing shortages, and other urgent operational issues.
• Ability to work in office, terminal, transit, and field environments as necessary.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a detail-oriented Transit Asset Coordinator to coordinate agency transit-asset inventories, condition information, documentation, and reporting used to support operations, capital planning, regulatory compliance, and lifecycle decision-making.

The Coordinator works across departments to maintain accurate and reliable records for vehicles, facilities, stops, shelters, equipment, technology, and other assigned assets. The position supports asset condition tracking, replacement planning, required reporting, data quality, and continuous improvement of asset-management processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate inventories and records for assigned transit assets, including vehicles, facilities, stops, shelters, amenities, equipment, technology, and other asset classes.
• Track asset identification, location, status, condition, useful life, warranty, replacement, and disposition information.
• Coordinate periodic physical verification of assets and reconcile discrepancies between system records and actual inventory.
• Support asset condition assessments and documentation of deficiencies.
• Track planned replacement, rehabilitation, repair, and improvement needs.
• Provide asset information to support capital planning, budgeting, grant development, and procurement activities.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Facilities, IT, Finance, Procurement, Transportation, and other departments regarding asset information and status.
• Support Transit Asset Management (TAM) and other required asset-reporting processes.
• Maintain organized source documentation and audit-ready asset records.
• Prepare recurring asset reports, dashboards, inventories, and management summaries.
• Monitor reporting deadlines, inspections, documentation requirements, and assigned corrective actions.
• Establish and maintain standardized asset-data procedures, classifications, and naming conventions.
• Identify missing, outdated, duplicate, or inconsistent asset information and coordinate corrections.
• Analyze asset information and trends to identify lifecycle concerns and priority needs for management review.
• Support coordination and integration of asset information across agency systems.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in asset management, inventory control, fleet or facilities records, data management, capital planning, equipment/property records, accounting support, or a closely related administrative/data function.
• Strong spreadsheet, database, documentation, reconciliation, and recordkeeping skills.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain detailed records, identify discrepancies, and coordinate corrections.
• Ability to organize and analyze data and prepare accurate reports and summaries.
• Ability to coordinate information across multiple departments, systems, and asset owners.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor's degree in Business, Transportation, Asset Management, Engineering Technology, Public Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Experience with public transit, fleet, facilities, infrastructure, equipment, or other physical-asset environments.
• Knowledge of Transit Asset Management (TAM) principles and FTA asset-reporting requirements.
• Experience with asset-management, fleet-management, inventory, work-order, GIS, or similar information systems.
• Experience conducting or supporting physical inventories or asset condition assessments.
• Experience supporting capital planning, budgeting, grants, procurement, or asset-replacement activities.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to conduct physical verification and condition reviews of assets at agency facilities and field locations as necessary.
• Ability to occasionally work outside normal business hours or outdoors as operational needs require.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Transit Service Planning Coordinator to support fixed-route service planning, schedule development, service analysis, mapping, public timetable information, and implementation of service changes.

The Coordinator uses ridership, scheduling, and operating data to evaluate route performance, running times, service reliability, productivity, and customer access. The position works closely with Transportation and other departments to develop practical service recommendations and ensure approved schedules and service changes can be operated effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze route performance, ridership, productivity, on-time performance, missed trips, running times, recovery time, and customer demand.
• Identify opportunities to improve routes, schedules, service spans, frequencies, stops, and operating performance.
• Prepare service-planning recommendations, alternatives, reports, and supporting data for management review.
• Develop and maintain route schedules, public timetables, running-time profiles, recovery times, and related service-planning information.
• Support run development, operator work assignments, relief points, and schedule implementation in coordination with Transportation.
• Compare schedules with actual field conditions and operating performance and recommend adjustments when appropriate.
• Coordinate implementation details for approved service changes.
• Maintain accurate route, stop, schedule, GIS, GTFS, and related service-planning data as assigned.
• Prepare maps, charts, tables, reports, and presentations.
• Conduct field observations and ride checks to validate planning and scheduling information.
• Support service-planning data quality and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with Transportation, Customer Engagement, Maintenance, IT, and other departments regarding service changes and customer information.
• Support public outreach, meetings, and communications related to proposed or approved service changes.
• Support special-event, detour, and temporary-service planning as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in transit planning, transit scheduling, transportation operations/analysis, GIS, data analysis, service planning, or a closely related field.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with spreadsheets and operational or performance data.
• Working knowledge of fixed-route transportation operations, scheduling, or service-planning principles.
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and develop clear recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate schedules, records, and technical information.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical information clearly.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Planning, Transportation, Geography, Public Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Public transit or fixed-route transportation experience.
• Experience developing or analyzing transit schedules, running times, recovery times, routes, or service changes.
• Experience with GIS, GTFS, transit scheduling software, mapping, or data-visualization tools.
• Experience analyzing ridership, on-time performance, service reliability, or other transit performance measures.
• Experience supporting public outreach or implementation of transit service changes.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to conduct field observations and ride transit service as necessary.
• Ability to work occasional variable hours, evenings, weekends, or holidays to observe service or support service changes as required.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Position Summary

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking an experienced Mobility & OnDemand Program Manager to manage assigned demand-responsive transportation programs, which may include paratransit, microtransit, OnDemand, first/last-mile, and other mobility services.

The Manager is responsible for program performance, customer experience, service quality, operational coordination, accessibility and regulatory compliance, vendor performance, and continuous improvement. The position works closely with Transportation, Dispatch, Planning, Customer Engagement, contractors, and technology providers to deliver dependable, accessible, and cost-effective mobility services that complement CATS fixed-route transit.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily performance and service delivery for assigned demand-responsive mobility programs.
• Monitor trip requests, capacity, denials, no-shows, cancellations, on-time performance, productivity, and service quality.
• Coordinate with Dispatch, Transportation, Customer Engagement, contractors, and vendors to resolve operational and customer-service issues.
• Develop and coordinate contingency responses for staffing, vehicle, technology, and service disruptions.
• Ensure assigned mobility programs comply with applicable ADA accessibility requirements, agency policies, and program standards.
• Monitor assigned eligibility, reservation/booking, complaint, appeal, and customer-information processes.
• Promote respectful, reliable, and accessible service for customers with disabilities and other mobility needs.
• Analyze customer feedback and service data to identify recurring issues and implement improvements.
• Manage contractor and vendor performance, service-level expectations, and corrective actions.
• Monitor scheduling, dispatch, booking, fare/payment, mobile, and reporting technology used by assigned programs.
• Support procurement, implementation, testing, and improvement of mobility technology and contracted services.
• Prepare and monitor program budgets, forecasts, performance reports, and management recommendations.
• Analyze cost per trip, passengers per hour, service hours, mileage, demand, denials, overtime, and other performance measures.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity, resource utilization, customer experience, and service quality.
• Coordinate service changes, outreach activities, and mobility pilot initiatives with Planning, Customer Engagement, and other departments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in paratransit, demand-responsive transportation, mobility management, transportation operations, dispatch/scheduling, customer transportation services, or a closely related service program.
• Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory, management, or program-management experience involving employees, contractors, vendors, or transportation/service operations.
• Experience monitoring service performance, operational metrics, customer-service processes, or transportation program outcomes.
• Experience working with scheduling, dispatch, reservation, booking, transportation, or related operational technology.
• Experience coordinating or managing contractors, vendors, service providers, or cross-functional operational relationships.
• Working knowledge of accessibility, customer-service, and regulatory requirements applicable to transportation or public-facing services.
• Strong leadership, analytical, communication, conflict-resolution, organizational, and program-management skills.
• Ability to analyze performance data and translate findings into operational improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, Planning, Public Administration, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Public transit, paratransit, microtransit, OnDemand, or other demand-responsive transportation experience.
• Knowledge of ADA complementary paratransit and public-transit accessibility requirements.
• Experience with paratransit or demand-response scheduling/dispatch software and technology.
• Experience managing contracted transportation services and service-level agreements.
• Experience with program budgets, cost analysis, performance dashboards, or transportation performance reporting.
• Experience working in a unionized or public-sector environment.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Department: Maintenance
Reports To: Director of Maintenance
Supervises: None, unless assigned
Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is accepting applications from qualified employees for the position of Maintenance Data Coordinator.

Position Summary

The Maintenance Data Coordinator coordinates maintenance data, work-order records, preventive-maintenance documentation, fleet mileage, defect information, parts and labor data, and recurring performance reports.

The position helps ensure Maintenance records are accurate, timely, complete, and audit-ready and provides information used by management to monitor fleet reliability, preventive-maintenance compliance, work-order backlog, productivity, and other maintenance performance measures.

Key Responsibilities

• Review maintenance work orders for completeness, accuracy, coding, labor, parts, mileage, defects, repairs, and closeout information.
• Identify missing, incomplete, or inconsistent records and coordinate corrections with Maintenance supervisors and staff.
• Maintain standardized data-entry procedures, coding conventions, and vehicle/equipment history records.
• Monitor preventive-maintenance due dates, mileage/hours, completion status, and exceptions.
• Prepare upcoming-due, overdue, and preventive-maintenance compliance reports.
• Maintain supporting documentation for audits, inspections, and management reviews.
• Prepare recurring reports and dashboards for fleet availability, road calls, reliability, open work orders, repeat defects, PM compliance, labor, overtime, and parts usage.
• Analyze data for trends, inconsistencies, and unusual patterns requiring management review.
• Support weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements.
• Provide source data for executive, Finance, asset-management, and regulatory reporting as assigned.
• Track defect trends, repeat repairs, warranty items, and repair status as assigned.
• Support warranty documentation with accurate repair and parts histories.
• Coordinate data needs with Maintenance, Transit Asset, Finance, Procurement, Transportation, and other departments.
• Support maintenance-management software, data cleanup, standardized user procedures, and report development.
• Assist users with data and reporting questions and identify opportunities to improve data quality and workflow.
• Maintain organized electronic records and protect confidential and sensitive information.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in data coordination, maintenance records, work-order administration, fleet systems, inventory, accounting support, reporting, database administration, or a related administrative/data function.
• Strong spreadsheet, data-entry, reconciliation, recordkeeping, and reporting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to review detailed information for accuracy, identify discrepancies, and coordinate corrections.
• Ability to organize and analyze data and prepare accurate recurring reports.
• Ability to learn maintenance terminology, vehicle and equipment records, preventive-maintenance processes, and fleet-management software.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree or relevant technical, business, accounting, data, or administrative education.
• Experience with fleet maintenance, transportation, vehicle/equipment, work-order, or asset-management systems.
• Experience tracking preventive-maintenance schedules or compliance requirements.
• Experience developing spreadsheets, dashboards, or recurring performance reports.
• Experience with inventory, parts, warranties, or maintenance-related records.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work variable hours as operational needs require.
• Ability to occasionally work in maintenance shop, facility, and field environments.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking an experienced Fleet Safety Supervisor to lead fleet-safety activities focused on safe vehicle operation, operator driving performance, defensive-driving practices, preventable-accident reduction, and remedial coaching.

The Fleet Safety Supervisor conducts field observations, reviews video and vehicle-performance information, identifies unsafe driving trends, and works closely with Transportation, Maintenance, and Risk and Safety to improve operator performance and reduce preventable accidents.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct road observations, ride checks, spot checks, facility checks, and other assessments of Bus Operator driving performance.
• Review video, telematics, customer complaints, accident/incident information, and performance trends to identify unsafe driving behaviors and areas requiring corrective action.
• Provide safety coaching and recommend remedial training or management follow-up.
• Recognize and reinforce safe driving practices and performance.
• Support accident review and preventability determinations.
• Identify recurring accident types, locations, driving behaviors, and vehicle-related factors.
• Develop and implement targeted fleet-safety initiatives, coaching, and corrective interventions.
• Track the effectiveness of safety interventions and report trends to the Risk and Safety Manager.
• Coordinate with Maintenance regarding safety-related vehicle conditions, recurring defects, and road-call concerns.
• Support safe vehicle inspection practices and operator defect-reporting requirements.
• Escalate unresolved safety-critical fleet concerns.
• Participate in reviews of vehicles, equipment, and technology that may affect operator or fleet safety.
• Deliver or coordinate defensive-driving, remedial, post-accident, and refresher instruction.
• Maintain accurate driving-observation, coaching, training, and related safety records.
• Prepare fleet-safety performance reports and ensure consistent application of agency driving and safety standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in commercial vehicle operation, public transit operations, fleet safety, transportation safety, driver training/coaching, or a closely related field.
• Experience operating commercial or transit vehicles and evaluating safe driving practices.
• Working knowledge of defensive driving, accident prevention, commercial/transit vehicle operations, and safe vehicle-operating practices.
• Experience conducting or participating in driving observations, accident reviews, safety assessments, operator coaching, or remedial instruction.
• Ability to review and interpret video, telematics, incident information, and driving-performance data.
• Strong communication, coaching, documentation, judgment, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills.
• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with appropriate Passenger and Air Brake endorsements, or ability to meet applicable CATS CDL requirements for the position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Public transit or fixed-route bus operations experience.
• Previous fleet-safety, transit-safety, supervisory, driver-instructor, or training experience.
• Experience conducting preventability reviews or post-accident assessments.
• Experience using onboard video, telematics, or other driver-performance monitoring systems.
• Instructor, defensive-driving, transit-safety, or related professional certification.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work variable shifts, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, to observe service across operating periods.
• Ability to respond to significant fleet-safety events as operational needs require.
• Ability to work aboard transit vehicles and in field and outdoor environments.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a Facilities and Transit Amenities Manager to manage the maintenance, condition, cleanliness, accessibility, and functionality of agency facilities, buildings and grounds, bus stops, shelters, and other customer-facing transit amenities.

The Manager oversees employees and contractors, establishes inspection and preventive-maintenance priorities, coordinates repairs and projects, and ensures facilities and transit amenities are maintained in a safe, clean, accessible, and professional condition.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the maintenance, repair, inspection, and upkeep of agency buildings, grounds, utilities, and assigned facility systems.
• Establish preventive-maintenance schedules and prioritize corrective and emergency repairs.
• Oversee the condition, inspection, repair, cleaning, and accessibility of bus stops, shelters, benches, signage, trash receptacles, and other transit amenities.
• Coordinate resolution of vegetation, trash, graffiti, lighting, signage, accessibility, and other facility or amenity concerns.
• Prioritize work based on safety, accessibility, customer impact, and asset condition.
• Supervise, schedule, coach, and evaluate assigned Facilities, Custodial, Buildings and Grounds, and Transit Amenities personnel.
• Manage custodial, landscaping, repair, construction, and other assigned contractors and vendors.
• Monitor work quality, productivity, response times, safety, and contractor performance.
• Maintain accurate work orders, inspection records, asset information, repair histories, warranties, and project documentation.
• Support facility and transit-amenity renovations, installations, capital projects, and procurement activities.
• Monitor assigned budgets, materials, vendor invoices, work orders, and project status.
• Ensure compliance with applicable ADA accessibility, safety, environmental, building, and agency requirements.
• Coordinate facility and amenity work with Maintenance, Transportation, Risk and Safety, Procurement, and other departments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in facilities management, building maintenance, grounds maintenance, construction, property management, transit amenities, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory, lead, or management experience involving employees, contractors, vendors, or facilities-related operations.
• Working knowledge of preventive maintenance, work-order management, facility inspections, safety practices, and basic building/facility systems.
• Experience coordinating repairs, maintenance activities, contractors, vendors, or facility-related projects.
• Strong planning, prioritization, documentation, communication, customer-service, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond appropriately to urgent facility or customer-impacting conditions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing facilities, grounds, custodial operations, transit amenities, or similar public-facing assets.
• Experience with contractor/vendor management and facility or construction projects.
• Knowledge of ADA accessibility requirements applicable to facilities and public spaces.
• Experience with computerized maintenance/work-order or asset-management systems.
• Relevant facilities, trade, construction, or project-management certification.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work variable hours, weekends, holidays, and respond to urgent facility or transit-amenity issues as operational needs require.
• Ability to work in facilities, field locations, and outdoor environments in varying weather conditions.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) invites qualified former employees to explore opportunities to return to the CATS team. If you previously worked for CATS and are interested in bringing your experience, skills, and knowledge back to the agency, we want to hear from you.

Opportunities may be available in a variety of areas, including Transportation Operators, Transportation Operations, Fleet Maintenance, Risk and Safety, Facilities, Customer Service, Administration, and other operational and support positions.

Positions and availability vary based on current agency needs. Former employees must meet the qualifications for the position for which they are considered and be eligible for rehire under applicable CATS policies.

CATS provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking an experienced Director of Maintenance to provide executive leadership for fleet maintenance, vehicle availability and reliability, preventive maintenance, repair quality, facilities and transit amenities, parts and inventory, maintenance data, and related asset-management functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead fleet maintenance, facilities, transit amenities, parts, maintenance data, and assigned asset-management functions.

• Establish departmental priorities, procedures, staffing plans, performance standards, and accountability measures.

• Direct and evaluate Maintenance managers, supervisors, and professional/support staff.

• Maintain senior accountability for daily fleet availability and safe, reliable pull-out.

• Monitor road calls, repeat defects, out-of-service vehicles, repair turnaround, reliability, and maintenance backlog.

• Ensure preventive maintenance inspections and scheduled maintenance are completed timely and to established standards.

• Establish quality-control expectations for repairs, inspections, safety defects, and return-to-service decisions.

• Ensure safety-critical defects are appropriately addressed before vehicles are returned to service.

• Oversee agency facilities, buildings and grounds, bus stops, shelters, and other assigned transit amenities.

• Ensure maintenance work orders, labor, parts, mileage, defects, inspections, and asset records are accurate and timely.

• Use maintenance and performance data to identify trends, improve productivity, manage backlog, and support fleet and asset decisions.

• Manage departmental operating and capital resources within approved budgets.

• Monitor overtime, parts usage, inventory, vendor performance, warranties, and contract requirements.

• Support vehicle, equipment, and facility specifications, procurement, acceptance, and commissioning.

• Ensure Maintenance operations comply with agency safety procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Coordinate with Transportation, Risk and Safety, Procurement, Finance, Planning, and other departments to support agency operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in fleet maintenance, heavy-duty vehicle maintenance, transit maintenance, facilities maintenance, fleet operations, or a closely related field.

• Minimum of five (5) years of management experience, including responsibility for supervising managers, supervisors, maintenance personnel, or major maintenance functions.

• Demonstrated experience managing preventive maintenance, vehicle availability, repair quality, work-order systems, parts/inventory, or fleet reliability.

• Experience managing departmental budgets, vendors, contracts, labor resources, and operational performance.

• Strong knowledge of fleet maintenance operations, diagnostics, preventive maintenance, repair quality, safety compliance, and maintenance performance measures.

• Strong leadership, employee/labor relations, analytical, communication, organizational, and cross-departmental coordination skills.

• Bachelor’s degree or technical degree in Fleet Management, Automotive/Diesel Technology, Engineering, Transportation, Business, Public Administration, or a related field; equivalent directly related education, technical certifications, and experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing public transit, heavy-duty bus, commercial fleet, municipal fleet, or similar large-scale maintenance operations.

• Experience leading multiple maintenance functions through managers and supervisors.

• Experience with fleet maintenance management systems, asset-management systems, and maintenance performance data.

• Experience with vehicle procurement, acceptance, warranties, and manufacturer/vendor relationships.

• Experience overseeing facilities, transit amenities, or other physical assets.

• Experience working in a unionized environment.

• Relevant fleet, automotive, diesel, maintenance, or asset-management certifications preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work variable hours and respond to significant fleet, facility, or operational issues as service needs require.

• Ability to work in maintenance shops, facilities, field locations, and outdoor environments as necessary.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a Risk and Safety Supervisor to provide day-to-day oversight of agency safety activities, accident and incident investigations, field safety observations, hazard identification, corrective-action follow-up, and safety documentation.
The Supervisor works closely with the Risk and Safety Manager and operating departments to ensure safety policies and procedures are consistently applied in the field and that assigned investigations, inspections, and corrective actions are completed accurately and timely.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond to and investigate vehicle accidents, incidents, employee injuries, passenger events, and other safety matters.

• Collect statements, photographs, video, vehicle and scene information, and other supporting documentation.

• Prepare objective and thorough investigation reports for management review.

• Track open investigations and assigned corrective actions through completion.

• Conduct field safety observations, facility inspections, ride checks, and safety audits.

• Identify unsafe behaviors, hazards, procedural gaps, and recurring safety concerns.

• Coordinate immediate mitigation or escalation when unsafe conditions require prompt action.

• Document safety findings and verify completion of assigned corrective actions.

• Coordinate with Transportation, Maintenance, Security, and other departments regarding safety concerns and incident response.

• Promote consistent reporting and escalation of hazards, near misses, and unsafe conditions.

• Maintain accurate safety files, investigation records, inspection documentation, and other required safety records.

• Support regulatory reports, audits, inspections, and required safety-plan documentation.

• Ensure assigned safety data and documentation are accurate and submitted within established timeframes.

• Protect confidential and sensitive safety and investigation information.

Qualifications

• Experience in transit safety, transportation operations, accident/incident investigation, occupational safety, law enforcement, fleet operations, regulatory compliance, or a closely related field.

• Knowledge of accident/incident investigation, report writing, hazard identification, and safety procedures.

• Strong judgment, communication, interviewing, documentation, organizational, and conflict-resolution skills.

• Ability to effectively interact with employees, supervisors, management, customers, law enforcement, and other stakeholders.

• Ability to manage multiple investigations, inspections, and follow-up activities simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in public transit, transportation, fleet operations, occupational safety, law enforcement, or another safety-sensitive operating environment.

• Experience conducting accident, incident, or workplace safety investigations.

• Knowledge of FTA, DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, PTASP, SMS, or related transportation/workplace safety requirements.

• Relevant safety, accident-investigation, transportation, or occupational-safety certification or training preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work variable shifts, evenings, weekends, holidays, and outdoors as required by service needs.

• Must maintain any licenses, certifications, or credentials required for assigned responsibilities

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking an experienced Director of Transportation and Service Planning to provide senior leadership for fixed-route transportation operations, service planning, mobility programs, and transit asset coordination.

The Director is responsible for ensuring safe, reliable, efficient, accessible, and customer-focused transit service while aligning staffing, schedules, service design, and operating resources with Agency goals. This position leads managers and professional staff and works closely with executive leadership and other departments to improve service reliability, productivity, ridership, and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for transportation operations, service planning, and mobility programs.
• Maintain senior accountability for daily service delivery, including pull-out, route coverage, missed service, on-time performance, staffing, and service recovery.
• Oversee route planning, schedules, run cuts, service changes, operator work assignments, and service standards.
• Use ridership, productivity, service, and customer data to identify trends and drive operational improvements.
• Provide oversight of paratransit, microtransit, OnDemand, and other mobility programs.
• Monitor staffing, absenteeism, overtime, vacancies, supervisory coverage, and employee performance.
• Ensure compliance with Agency policies, collective bargaining requirements, ADA requirements, and performance standards.
• Lead and develop managers, supervisors, planners, dispatch personnel, and other assigned staff.
• Establish performance measures and corrective-action plans to improve accountability and service delivery.
• Collaborate with Maintenance, Safety, Customer Engagement, Human Resources, Finance, IT, and executive leadership.
• Represent the department in executive, public, community, and stakeholder meetings.

Qualifications

• Significant progressively responsible public transit experience, including senior management experience in fixed-route operations and/or service planning.
• Demonstrated experience leading managers, supervisors, planners, dispatch staff, and frontline transportation employees.
• Strong knowledge of transit operations, scheduling, service planning, labor relations, ADA requirements, customer service, and performance measurement.
• Strong analytical, leadership, communication, conflict-resolution, and project-management skills.
• Ability to use operational and ridership data to drive measurable service improvements.
• Bachelor's degree in transportation, public administration, business administration, planning, management, or related field preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.

Department: Transportation and Service Planning
Employment Type: Full-Time

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Payroll & Human Resources Specialist is responsible for coordinating and administering the Agency's payroll process while providing limited human resources support functions. This position serves as the Human Resources Department's payroll subject matter expert and is responsible for ensuring employees are paid accurately and timely in accordance with federal and state wage and hour laws, Agency policies, collective bargaining agreements, and established payroll procedures.

The position works closely with Finance, Operations, department managers, and the Agency's payroll vendor to process payroll, research and resolve discrepancies, process payroll corrections, maintain payroll records, and ensure compliance with applicable regulations.

In addition to payroll administration, the position provides support for employee records, benefits administration, leave administration, and other human resources activities as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Payroll Administration (Approximately 80%)

• Coordinate and process biweekly payroll in partnership with Finance and the Agency's payroll vendor.
• Audit employee time records for accuracy and completeness.
• Process payroll adjustments, corrections, supplemental payrolls, and retroactive payments.
• Review payroll registers and exception reports.
• Verify earnings codes, leave balances, premiums, differentials, overtime, and deductions.
• Process leave payouts, final pay calculations, and other special payroll transactions.
• Research and resolve payroll discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Respond to employee payroll questions and concerns.
• Maintain payroll records and supporting documentation.
• Ensure compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), IRS regulations, Louisiana wage payment laws, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.
• Coordinate payroll activities with Human Resources, Finance, and department managers.
• Assist with year-end payroll processing, W-2 preparation, and payroll audits.
• Recommend improvements to payroll processes and internal controls.
• Maintain confidentiality of payroll and personnel information.

Human Resources Support (Approximately 20%)

• Maintain employee personnel files and payroll records.
• Process new hire, transfer, promotion, and separation documentation affecting payroll.
• Assist with benefits enrollment and payroll deductions.
• Process employee status changes within the HRIS.
• Assist with leave administration, including FMLA and Workers' Compensation tracking.
• Prepare employment verification requests.
• Assist with HR compliance reporting.
• Support recruiting and onboarding activities as needed.
• Provide general HR customer service to employees.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, Finance, or a closely related field.

Experience

Minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible payroll administration experience.

Experience should include:

• Processing multi-department payroll
• Payroll audits and corrections
• HRIS/payroll systems
• Payroll reporting
• Leave administration
• Employee records management

Experience in a unionized, public sector, or transit environment is strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Payroll administration
• FLSA and wage and hour regulations
• Payroll taxes and reporting
• Timekeeping systems
• Payroll auditing
• Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)
• Microsoft Excel and payroll software
• Employee benefits deductions
• Collective bargaining agreements

Ability to:

• Maintain strict confidentiality.
• Analyze and resolve payroll discrepancies.
• Interpret Agency policies and labor agreements.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Prioritize competing deadlines.
• Communicate effectively with employees, managers, and vendors.
• Exercise sound judgment and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC)
• Experience with Netchex or similar HRIS/payroll systems
• Experience processing payroll for 150+ employees
• Public transit or government payroll experience
• Knowledge of DOT/FTA employment requirements

Position Summary

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking an experienced Risk and Safety Manager to provide leadership and management oversight of the agency’s operational safety risk, accident/incident management, regulatory compliance, safety assurance, and related security functions.

The Manager establishes safety priorities, monitors agency safety performance, oversees regulatory and Safety Management System requirements, and ensures identified hazards and corrective actions are appropriately addressed. This position leads assigned Safety and Security staff and works collaboratively with Transportation, Maintenance, Human Resources, Customer Engagement, Facilities, and executive leadership to strengthen safety performance throughout the agency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and administer agency operational safety risk and safety-assurance programs.
• Establish safety policies, procedures, goals, performance expectations, and departmental priorities.
• Supervise and provide direction to the Risk and Safety Supervisor, Security Team, and other assigned Safety staff.
• Provide management oversight of accident and incident investigations, preventability reviews, hazard identification, and corrective actions.
• Analyze accident, incident, injury, and safety data to identify trends, recurring hazards, and operational risks.
• Ensure significant safety concerns are appropriately investigated, escalated, and resolved.
• Recommend operational, procedural, equipment, or policy changes to mitigate identified safety risks.
• Oversee compliance with applicable FTA, DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, CDL, and other transportation and workplace safety requirements.
• Oversee implementation and maintenance of the agency’s Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) and Safety Management System (SMS).
• Ensure required safety documentation, regulatory reporting, audits, inspections, and corrective actions are completed appropriately.
• Monitor safety performance and provide assessments and recommendations to agency leadership.
• Coordinate safety responsibilities and accountability across agency departments.
• Provide leadership oversight to the Security Team and coordinate significant security matters with internal departments, law enforcement, and external partners.
• Facilitate safety committees and cross-departmental safety reviews as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Transportation, Occupational Safety, Risk Management, Public Administration, Business, Emergency Management, or a related field; equivalent directly related experience may be considered in lieu of the degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in transit safety, transportation safety, fleet safety, occupational safety, operational safety risk, regulatory compliance, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of supervisory or management experience.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing accident/incident investigations, preventability reviews, hazard identification, corrective actions, or similar safety functions.
• Working knowledge of transportation and workplace safety regulations and safety-management principles.
• Ability to analyze safety performance, identify trends and operational risks, and develop practical recommendations.
• Strong leadership, judgment, analytical, investigative, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in public transit, transportation, fleet operations, logistics, or another highly regulated operating environment.
• Working knowledge of PTASP, SMS, FTA, DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, ADA, and related transportation safety requirements.
• Experience supervising safety and/or security personnel.
• Experience working with law enforcement, emergency responders, or regulatory agencies.
• Experience working in a unionized environment.
• Professional certification such as CSP, ASP, ARM, CRM, or comparable safety/risk credential preferred.

Additional Requirements

Ability to work variable hours and respond to significant safety or security events as operational needs require. Position may require work in operational, field, and outdoor environments.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Clean driving record.
• Three years of experience as a vehicle mechanic in any area.
• Knowledge of vehicle mechanics, including: diesel and gasoline engines, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Ability to independently or with minimal assistance provide repair service to engine and all mechanic parts of a bus or vehicle.
• Must be able to read, interpret and follow repair and installation instructions; perform repair and maintenance timely as assigned by Supervisors and Managers and must maintain required schedule 
• Possession or the ability to obtain within 30 days of employment, Valid Louisiana Commercial Driver’s License with passenger endorsement
• Must satisfactorily pass a background examination, physical examination, and drug/alcohol screening.

Note*: The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities. Specific assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the agency.

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, CATS complies with applicable state and local laws
governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment,
including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  A high school diploma or equivalent and three years’ experience in transit with at least one year in supervisory/management capacity in any field and at least two years as an operator with CATS. A valid Louisiana Commercial Driver’s License & DOT Medical Card is required. 

SUMMARY:   Performs daily servicing, inspection, removal of vaults from fare boxes and cleans buses and other CATS Transit vehicles.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES:  Knowledge of fleet training principles and practices, knowledge of operational and mechanical aspects of fleet equipment. Knowledge of federal, state, and local statutes, codes and standards of the policies and procedures that relate to bus, trolley and van operation. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Ability to establish working relationships within department, agency, and external vendors. 

Essential Duties: 
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 
·        Perform daily service of buses such as; adding fuel, checking and adding fluids and coolants, cleaning interiors, washing exteriors, emptying vaults from fare boxes, checking tires for thread and pressure. 
·        Inspects for and reports torn seats, rotting floors, cracked windows, loose mirrors, worn or damaged tires, fluid leaks, improper or unusual odors, etc. 
·        Perform custodial building maintenance in the garage, such as sweeping and washing floors. 
·        Perform periodic maintenance work on service equipment such as the bus washer. 
·        Fully knowledgeable of and maintain compliance with all safety rules and regulations. 
·        Insure proper safety tools and equipment are used at all times and understand the requirement for reporting safety hazards and/or violations. 
·        Assist mechanics with minor maintenance, as requested. 
·        Other duties as assigned. 

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, CATS complies with applicable state and local laws
governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment,
including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

• Applicants must have a valid Commercial Driver's License with Passenger Endorsement for job consideration. 

• Examines bus to insure its proper mechanical operation, including review of all safety features.

• Safely operates transit buses in revenue service according to the State of Louisiana traffic regulations, transporting passengers over established city routes according to required time schedule.

• Collects bus fares, issues transfers, and answers passengers’ questions in a professional and congenial manner.

• Conduct ridership surveys, reports bus stop and bus shelter problems, delays due to accidents, street closures, and passenger misconduct incidents.

• Provides passengers with information regarding bus routes, answers service questions and announces major bus stops and transfer points.

• Enforce company policies regulating passenger conduct.

• Assists in loading, securing, and unloading wheelchairs and passengers based on the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.

• Reports any dangerous conditions that could jeopardize the safety of the passenger or other members of the public.

• Maintains contact with dispatch and reports current position and conditions effecting the operation of the route as required.

• Attendance during regularly scheduled work hours and outside regular hours as necessary.

• Effective and respectful communication and interaction with other employees, supervisors, individuals from other organizations, and customers.

• Other duties as assigned or apparent.

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Skilled in safe driving practices and great customer service skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively both oral and written including presentation abilities.

• Ability to establish and maintain an effective and cooperative working relationship with coworkers, supervisors, other company employees, city officials and the general public using courtesy, tact, and good judgment.

• Ability to deal with difficult situations and understand the views and concerns of others.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a diverse workforce.

• Ability to work in varying weather conditions.

• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices within 90 days of employment.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or equivalent

• MUST be at least 21 years of age or older and possess a valid Commercial Driver's License with Passenger Endorsement

• MUST be available to work varying shifts to include days, nights, weekends and holidays. • MUST be able to pass physical agility tests with no limitations on upper or lower back.

• MUST be able to walk, kneel, bend, push and/or pull to complete moderate to heavy lifting when necessary to perform the essential functions of the position.

How to apply:  Please visit www.brcats.com/apply to complete and submit online application or download, complete and submit application to catscareers@brcats.com.   

CATS provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.