Part-Time Driver

Full Job Description

Job Description
This part-time Driver primarily responsible for operating the County van and/or bus to support the Home-Delivered Meals Program, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of meals to clients in the community. This includes loading, transporting, and delivering meals directly to clients' homes while maintaining proper food handling and safety standards. In addition, the driver provides transportation services for clients to and from designated locations on a daily basis. Responsibilities include transporting clients to medical appointments, pharmacies, post offices, and other essential designations, as well as facilitating special trips such as outings to malls and senior center field trips.

Essential Duties

• Delivering meals to homes as part of the home delivered meals programs
• Communicating with and assisting clients entering and leaving van/bus and escorts as needed, including the physically and mentally disabled.
• Maintaining accurate records, operating van, bus, and wheelchair lift
• Following oral and written instructions
• Collecting, recording, and posting contributions by clients for transportation and turning them into the supervisor
• Driving a designated county vehicle to support senior programs
• Delivering meals to homes as needed as part of home delivered meals programs
  

Public Speaking Duties

• Announcements to groups
• Communicating with and assisting clients, including the physically and mentally disabled

Other Job Requirements/Information

• This job is a safety sensitive position that will require a pre-employment drug test and subsequent random drug and alcohol testing.
• This job requires fingerprinting.

Hourly rate
Salary will be $15.75 per hour.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. AND
• One year of experience operating multi-passenger vehicles
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered.
• Valid driver's license
• Understanding of county roads and streets

Preferred Qualifications in addition to the above minimum qualifications

• Commercial Driver's License with Air Brake qualification
• CPR Certified (after employment)
• Defensive driving training (after employment)

For more information about this department, please click here.

Qualifications

About Gwinnett County

Welcome to Gwinnett County Government

Gwinnett County Government is an award-winning employer that believes in investing in its employees by providing corporate level benefits, a wellness program, professional development opportunities, career advancement, and more

Careers with impact

Gwinnett County sets the standard as a dynamic, vibrant community where all people can enjoy economic opportunities, safe neighborhoods, plentiful greenspace, and recreational facilities.

We are committed to hiring those who share our dedication to making life better for our residents and business owners.

The culture of superior service that our employees have created reflects that standard and helps staff, residents, and stakeholders remain vibrantly connected.

Exceptional benefits

Working for Gwinnett County comes with exceptional benefits, including health coverage, a robust wellness program (Spouses can participate, too!), onsite employee wellness center, longevity pay, tuition reimbursement, and more.

The value of Gwinnett County benefits can be up to 49 percent of an individual’s total compensation.

World-class community

More than a million residents make up Gwinnett’s diverse community. The County is located just 45 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 30 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Georgia Highway 316 reduces travel time to the University of Georgia to 25 minutes.

Gwinnett County is an award-winning employer!

• Atlanta’s Healthiest Employer by Atlanta Business Chronicle
• Green Communities Platinum Certification for Gwinnett County from the Atlanta Regional Commission
• Top 100 Healthiest Workplaces in America by Springbuk and PR NewsWire and more!

VisionGwinnett is the preferred community where everyone thrives! MissionGwinnett proudly supports our vibrantly connected community by delivering superior services.

ValuesIntegrity: We believe in being honest, building trust, and having strong moral principles.Accountability: We believe in stewardship, transparency, and sustainability.Equity: We believe in fairness and respect for all.Inclusivity: We believe in engaging, embracing, and unifying our communities.Innovation: We believe in continual adaptation of technology, process, and experience.

Hiring ProcessGwinnett County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information regarding our hiring process, please click the links below:

• Hiring Process
• FAQs

Gwinnett County is committed to creating a diverse workforce.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (including sex), race, color, national origin (including ancestry), gender (identity and expression), sexual orientation, age, marital status, familial status (including pregnancy), disability, military or veteran status, religion, political affiliation, immigration status, homeless status, or any other category protected by law.