Route Technician

Description:

• Job Summary:
• Cleans and maintains bus shelters, bus benches, or other bus stop furniture on presorted routes. The route specialist will install advertising posters, following paper and/or electronic work order instructions. Expected to use basic janitorial cleaning equipment and small hand tools and other necessary equipment and chemicals to clean and contain vandalism and general damage to bus stop amenities.
• Drive a company issued vehicle, normally a small to full size pickup truck. Safe and proper driving must be practiced at all times, following all on-the-road laws of the City and State. The ability to navigate in heavy traffic, both freeway and surface streets, is necessary.
• Must clean bus stops and amenities to maintain a safe, sanitary, and pleasant appearance.
• Work with janitorial equipment such as brooms, shovels, buckets, window cleaning brushes and squeegees, hand and cordless power tools, such as drills, wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers.
• Installs paper and plastic substrate advertisement materials that hang in bus shelter ad kiosks. The ad doors are both hydraulically lifted and manually propped open. Posting work orders are completed on a handheld device provided by the customer. The device is a ruggedized version of a cellphone. Basic understanding of a small device keyboard and simple instructions is necessary.
• Wear appropriate safety equipment and follows established safety practices and procedures.
• Utilize computerized Asset Management System (Kloudgin/Workforce) forms and mobile device reports to receive, report problems on route, and complete work orders. Communicates with other route specialists, supervisors, managers, and administrative staff.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Must be 18 years or older, and had a valid California driver’s license for a least one year. Must have a basic level of English comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing.
• Current driver’s license with a three-year clean record of moving violations (1 point)
• Janitorial and/or some driving preferred, but not necessary

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; repeated stooping, kneeling, and crouching. The employee frequently is required to get in and out of the vehicle, up to seventy-five times per shift. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving vehicle and bus traffic. The employee is frequently exposed to street noise and occasionally is exposed to loud noise.