Voyago is seeking responsible and compassionate individuals to join our team as Para Transit Drivers!
Your Role
As a Para Transit Driver, you will take pride in playing a key role in ensuring the independence and mobility of our city’s disabled passengers.
Your efforts will directly contribute to their ability to access essential services, appointments, and daily activities safely and comfortably.
You will provide safe, reliable transportation, while delivering excellent customer service and assisting passengers with care and respect.
You will perform basic vehicle inspections at the start of each shift to ensure the vehicle is in good working order, including checking tire pressure, brakes, lights, and other essential systems.
The rate of pay for this position is $18.50 per hour.
Perks of Driving a Para Transit Bus :
- Make a Difference : You’ll have the rewarding opportunity to help individuals with disabilities and seniors maintain their independence and access essential services.
- Job Stability : Para transit drivers are essential workers, ensuring that transportation needs are met for vulnerable populations, providing long-term job security.
- Flexible Scheduling : Enjoy flexible shifts, with both full-time and part-time opportunities available to suit your lifestyle.
- Training and Development : Voyago offers a free licence upgrade and the opportunity to gain valuable skills through ongoing training, including customer service, vehicle safety, and emergency response.
- Competitive Pay and Benefits : Receive competitive wages, along with comprehensive benefits packages for full time employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
- Build Relationships : Form meaningful connections with regular passengers, creating a positive impact on their daily lives.
- Experience a dynamic work environment working with the public and the people in your community, meeting new passengers each with their own unique, heartwarming stories to share.
No two days are the same, and you'll build connections that make your work truly rewarding.
Requirements
Your Profile :
- You are a safe driver with a clean driving record
- You can obtain a clean criminal record search and / or vulnerable sector screening
- You hold a valid Ontario G class license and are open to upgrading to an F class license. Voyago provides all required on-road and in-class training to support this upgrade (preference will be given to candidates who already hold an upgraded license).
- You are comfortable upgrading your licence to a class F
- You have excellent customer service skills
- You are comfortable working around any type of service animal
- You have a sound knowledge of the city of London
- You are comfortable with a fast paced physically demanding job (pushing wheelchairs with a maximum of 250lbs. Twisting, pulling, getting low to the ground to secure the wheelchairs)
- You are available to work one of our flexable full time or part time shift packages. The para service runs 7 days a week between 6am and 12am.
Additional details on specific shift packages will be shared with selected candidates)
Your Location :
Your work location will be at the Voyago Transportation main yard, 573 Admiral Court London, ON
Benefits
The Perks of Working with Voyago :
- We support the development, work-life balance and well-being of our employees
- We build a supportive corporate culture that encourages diversity and enables our people to flourish.
- We enable our employees to have a positive social impact by deploying sustainable mobility solutions.
- We offer our employees opportunities to build their own experience within a local, global Group.
- We offer comprehensive benefits packages for full time employees with an Employee and Family Assistance Program, a great company perks program and an Employee Referral Bonus for all staff
- We are an Award Winning company
- As a subsidiary of Transdev, we provide opportunities for a rewarding career with a growing, global transportation provider
- We focus on innovation and sustainable environmental initiatives
- We offer a competitive hourly pay
- We offer on the job training and job shadowing
- We offer free licence upgrade
Voyago is committed to provide accommodation for individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. Accommodations are available upon request of the internal or external applicant.
If you require an accommodation due to a disability for an interview, please notify Human Resources directly to make appropriate arrangements when contacted for an interview.
We thank all applicants however only those under consideration will be contacted.