Operations

Driving and safety

• Transport passengers on buses or coaches in optimum safety conditions
• Provide a driving service that is rational, comfortable and economical according to the timetable
• Ensure compliance with the safety rules inside one's vehicle
• Forestall and manage route incidents

Service

• Welcome and inform the clients
• Sell the transport tickets and manage the cash

Administrative

• Carry out the formalities for signing on and signing off for the duty rosters as well as the related administrative and technical tasks
• Watch over one's vehicle and inform the maintenance department about any malfunctioning
• Inform the central office about any traffic problem, accident, etc.

Your profile:

• You are 21 years old at the minimum (legal obligation)
• You hold a D driver's license and the equivalent of a FIMO Passenger license (French for: Obligatory Minimum Initial Training)
• You are a qualified bus/coach driver: CAP diploma (City & Guilds equivalent) for conductors and drivers of passengers or TP qualification in Interurban Road Transportation of Passengers

The qualities required:

• Excellent driving skills
• Cool-headed and highly aware of safety issues
• Smart appearance, good oral expression, very good people skills and conscientiousness
• Punctuality, flexibility and responsiveness

Training courses to qualify for this post:

• Equivalent of CAP AACR: CAP diploma for conductors and drivers of passengers. To join the CAP course, you must be 21 years old at minimum and hold a B driving license.
• TP qualification in Interurban Road Transport of Passengers. Training: 420 hours open to holders of a B driving license and aged over 21.

The work hours involve a 35-hour week contract and the Drivers may have to work weekends. Before being hired, a safety medical visit (tests on your hearing, eyesight, reflexes, etc.) is mandatory. The work of a bus Driver requires repetitive gestures and contortions.
The professionals are exposed to acoustic and thermal stress and the mental pressures are strong (tension, attention, etc.).

Management of drivers

• Draw up the daily schedules of drivers
• Supervise the drivers on the ground
• Manage the duty rosters
• Handle the prepayments

Management of the fleet

• Make the daily assignments of vehicles in coordination with the maintenance department
• Inspect every day the condition of the fleet (bodywork, onboard equipment, bus documents, cleanliness, etc.)
• Check the mileage counters at the end of each month

Management of operations

• Manage the daily scheduling uncertainties (last-minute absences, etc.)
• Find solutions for unexpected problems (deviation, breakdowns, accidents)
• Ensure compliance with the transport safety rules and regulations
• Monitor the application of the legal requirements (driving time, daily and weekly overtime, break times, etc.)
• Take part in actions to monitor the quality of the service

Your profile:

• You hold a D driving license and FIMO qualification and know how to drive a bus
• You have prior experience of the passenger transportation business
• You have already occupied a post with managerial duties

The requisite qualities:

• Conscientiousness, reactivity, organizational ability, practicality
• Good people skills
• Excellent approach to handling conflicts

Training courses to qualify for this post:

• Internal courses of the drivers-conductors
• Equivalent of TSTP (Technicien Supérieur Transport de Personne)
• Equivalent of RPTP (Responsable Production Transport de Personne)

You must be able to take over the bus to replace an absent driver in order to ensure service continuity.

Management

• Ensure the motivation and efficiency of the personnel: participation in recruitment, organization of reception / training, definition of objectives, evaluation and counseling
• Participate in the management of personnel-management issues and guarantee the good working climate of operations

Commercial and development duties

• Apply a commercial strategy reflecting Regional Management policy by developing sales in line with the margin objectives laid down
• Handle relations with the organizing authorities and the industrial clients
• Manage new projects, invitations to tender, new acquisitions

Management

• Guarantee the correct definition of the resources necessary for the execution of contracts: human, material, financial
• Define, optimize and follow up the investment and operations budgets and the indicators

QHSE

• Be the guarantor of the implementation of the Quality Hygiene Safety Environment rules (QHSE)

Your profile:

• 2 to 5 years of higher education; you have prior experience in the passenger transport business
• You are a good field operator
• You have acquired solid and successful experience in managing operational teams
• You have a good knowledge of IRP

The requisite qualities:

• Independence
• Leadership
• Multitasking
• Flexibility and responsiveness
• Managerial quality
• Sense of responsibility

Training courses to qualify for this post:

• Equivalent of BTS Transport de Personnes
• Professional BA in passenger transportation: urban and interurban / BA in management of passenger transportation production / BA in management of passenger transportation services
• MA in economics and management, specialty: urban and regional passenger transportation
• MA in the operation and development of public transportation networks

These posts require great flexibility and responsiveness and excellent resistance to stress.

Management

• Take on the operational responsibility for the entity and achieve the objectives concerning growth, quality and the profitability of the services provided
• Draw up, optimize and respect the investment and operations budgets

Strategy

• Design and implement the development strategy of the entity
• Develop the sales in compliance with the margin objectives decided on

Management

• Lead and mobilize the team individually and collectively

Your profile:

• You are a higher education graduate (Engineering or Business School, University, etc.)
• You have solid prior experience

The requisite qualities:

• Sense of responsibility
• Leadership
• Good sales skills
• Proven people skills
• Drive and focused on results

Training courses to qualify for this post:

• +5 years of higher education, general and specializing in public transportation (Engineering or Business School, University)

These posts require great flexibility and responsiveness and excellent resistance to stress.