Assistant General Manager / Transportation Manager

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MV Transportation is seeking anAssistant General Manager/Transportation Managerto provide support, leadership and direction to assigned operating personnel to ensure delivery of the division business plan in our fast-paced transit business.

Job Responsibilities:

Oversee the operations division and employees.
• Supervise the daily activities of all operators, supervisors, dispatchers, and other operationally focused personnel.
• Ensure all operational performance goals are met.
• Ensure effective operations design, system scheduling, and management.
• Ensure effective quality assurance.
• Provide the highest quality passenger and resident service.
• Prevent and mitigate service delays, interruptions, and accidents.
• Complete data collection, compilation, analysis, and reporting.
• Manage compliance with FTA and other federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
• Ensure knowledge, preparedness, and professionalism of all operating personnel.
• Ensure professional and effective response to comments from passengers and the general public.
• Shall have expertise and technical proficiency to assist with route and schedule planning and optimization.
• Respond to specific requests for other assistance as the need arises.
• Attend local and regional meetings at the County's request.
• Ensures all company policies and procedures are in place and being followed.
• Ensures the company vision, values and culture are understood, communicated and promoted throughout operations.
• Ensures liquidated damages are kept to a minimum and failures are corrected.
• Develop and maintain a positive employee and labor relations.
• Directly oversees operations department managers.
• Trains and mentors a future successor for backfill.
• Successfully manages the Operations Department annual budget.
• Assumes responsibility of the General Manager during his/her absence.

Talent Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent; college degree preferred.
• Shall have a minimum of five (5) years of direct successful experience in an Assistant General Manager, Transportation Manager or Assistant Transportation Manager capacity with at least three (3) years at the Assistant General Manager/ Transportation Manager level managing a transit property/operation of 50 fixed-route vehicles and 110+ employees.
• Certifications according to local contract as required.
• Knowledge of State and Federal regulations as well as company policies and procedures.
• Experience in development of runs, shift bids and run cuts.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills including written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and be a self-starter.
• Strong supervision skills with ability to lead others to success.
• Ability to develop solutions to challenge through planning and implementation.
• Ability to write and speak English.

Starting salary range: $90,698 - $114,179

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Where permissible under applicable state and local law, applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug test and background check after receiving a conditional offer of employment.

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