Department:

TransitAbout Our Job

Are you someone that loves to drive? Do you excel at customer service and enjoy serving the community? Enjoy the beautiful views of Sarasota County while soaking in the air conditioning as a Bus Driver for our adult residents and vacationing guests.

Job Description:

New Drivers (entry-level):
Starting pay is $22.00/hour + 6 weeks of paid onsite and in-route training in our Transit buses. Get your CDL on us! We provide reimbursement for your CDL permit and CDL license with passenger and airbrake endorsement.

Experienced Transit Drivers: 
Earn up to $23.50/hour, based upon relevant transit driving experience. 

Take the first step towards a lasting career, apply today!

What's in it for you?

Work a stable, full-time schedule throughout the year.

Consistent schedules so you can plan your week in advance.

Benefits that start within 60 days of hire.  

Overtime options are available!

Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)

Serve the community by sharing your knowledge of alternate routes/schedules throughout the county.

Enjoy being "outside" with the comfort of air-conditioning on all buses.

About You

Minimum Qualifications:   

High School Diploma, or its equivalent.

Valid Florida Driver's License at time of hire.

Ability to obtain a Florida Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Class "B" with passenger and air-brake endorsement within 90 days.

Physical Demands:  May at times have to lift and or move up to 50 pounds.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening:  This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening.  An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment for a period of five years.

About Everything Else

Work Hours:  Our operating times are 4:30 AM - 11:00 PM

Must be able to work flexible hours/days. 

Drivers may be expected to work any combination of hours from 4:00 AM to 11:30 PM , 7 days a week.

Please understand that once a schedule is set for the bid period, it will be all mornings or all afternoons. We offer consistent shifts throughout each week so you will know your schedule in advance and will be able to plan around it. 

Starting Pay: $22.00/hour, up to $23.50 - based upon relevant transit driving experience. 

Join the team as we transition to our new Transit brand Breeze. “Breeze” connotates a leisurely, worry-free momentum. We aspire to provide a service that carries passengers toward their best life.

The Breeze brand will go beyond what people see on the side of a bus. It must be reflected in the intuitiveness of the system, the ease of access to our services, the cleanliness of our facilities, the reliability of our vehicles, and the friendliness and professionalism of our staff.

Employee Type:Regular (Budgeted)

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)  

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)  

Benefits:

Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms and classes at multiple Sarasota County Government locations. Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)

A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.

We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different and are committed to creating a culture of understanding and respect where our employees realize that we are stronger together. 

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally. 

Sarasota County Government promotes diversity and inclusion in its workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, genetic information, religion, national origin, marital status, age or disability. A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Government employers are drug-free and tobacco-free environments, EEO/AA/ADA employers, and they prohibit discrimination in all services, programs or activities.

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.