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Job Description
Definition & Distinguishing Characteristics
Under the direct supervision of the Transit Manager, the Operations Supervisor coordinates transit operations, including the maintenance shop, while providing administrative support. Key responsibilities include supervising staff, managing the equipment maintenance program, preparing schedules and payroll, maintaining records, ordering parts, and training personnel. Additional duties involve assisting with dispatch, operating transit buses as needed, and performing related tasks to ensure efficient and compliant service. If you're interested, check out the job description HERE .
Who is the ideal Candidate?
The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, organized professional with experience in operations coordination and administrative support. Familiarity with transit systems, maintenance processes, and record-keeping is preferred, along with adaptability and a proactive approach.
What are the benefits?- A beautiful, safe community in which to work and serve.
- Dedicated and fun work family that you will be welcomed into.
- A job with WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
- A LIFETIME PAYCHECK (2% @ 60 for Classic Members or 2% @ 62 for New Members) - As long as you work for 5 years and vest in the CalPERS system, you will receive a retirement paycheck for the rest of your life.
- Amazing health care BENEFITS at NO COST to you - Unless you choose a premium health care plan.
- Authentically kind and engaged leadership who truly enjoy developing staff.
- Deferred Compensation.
- PAID vacation, PAID holidays (13), and PAID sick leave
- Vacation Parity - Previous service with a public agency counts towards vacation accrual at Colusa County. A public agency includes cities, counties, districts, military and similar entities. To learn more about vacation parity please see our benefit summary.
Supervision & Examples of Duties
Receives direct supervision from the Transit Manager.
Exercises direct supervision over transit drivers, Lead Transit Specialist, and maintenance personnel.
Qualifications
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: - Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:- Three years’ experience in a supervisory capacity and one year bookkeeping experience.
- Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade.
License or Certificate:
Possession of a Class A or B California Driver's License with a current Passenger (P) endorsement.
Current General Public Para-transit Vehicle (GPPV) Certificate.
DOT Medical Certificate.
Supplemental Information
The salary range above consists of 15 steps. Steps 1-6 are annual merit steps with approximately 5% difference between each step, based on successful performance. Steps 7-15 are additional merit steps, requiring 2 years of satisfactory performance at the previous step. Steps 7-14 provide 2.5% increases, while Step 15 offers a 5% increase. The final salary offered will depend on the applicant's experience and qualifications, ranging from steps 1 to 15.
Colusa County offers an excellent benefit package. For a summary of benefits, please click here: 2025 Benefit Summary
Closing Date/Time: 1/19/2025 11:59 PM Pacific -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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County of Colusa
Show moreThe County of Colusa, nestled in the heart of the Sacramento Valley approximately 60 miles north of Sacramento and 100 miles northeast of the San Francisco Bay Area, is a vibrant community rich in history and tradition and, offering a wonderful environment in which to live, work and play. The County, with approximately 22,000 residents, includes two incorporated cities; Colusa, which is the county seat, and Williams. The local economy is largely agriculturally based producing crops valued at more than $900 million each year and exporting farm commodities throughout the United States and to about seventy countries worldwide.
County government business is still conducted within the antebellum court house which was built in 1861 and has operated continuously ever since. The County’s annual General Fund budget is roughly $28 million; the total budget is about $78 million. The workforce is comprised of approximately 350 full-time equivalent positions that are assigned to five represented bargaining units.
Colusa County also offers many diverse outdoor recreational opportunities and is considered to be a sportsman’s paradise. The Sacramento River meanders through the County. Portions of five national protected areas are located within the county: Butte Sink Wildlife Refuge; Colusa National Wildlife Refuge; Delevan National Wildlife Refuge; Mendocino National Forest and; Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Recreational opportunities such as hiking, bird watching, camping and water sports abound. The Sacramento River and local lakes, offer world class fishing
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