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San Carlos, CAFull-time$115–120K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Transportation Manager provides operational oversight, manages day-to-day operations, and directly supervises staff and financial performance. The role oversees expenses, claims, safety practices, facilities, buses, route schedules, reporting, purchasing, and employee engagement. First Student seeks a candidate with a four-year degree or equivalent, at least three years of management experience, strong communication and interpersonal skills, presentation skills, and a business background in financial, strategic, or organizational analysis.
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Full job description
First Student is Now Hiring a Transportation Manager
At First Student, our Transportation Managers are a constant reflection of our company’s commitment to safety and customer service. The Transportation Manager is responsible for providing operational oversight, day-to-day management, and directly supervising staff and financial performance.
At First Student, we are proud to offer:
- Annual Salary: $115,000 - $120,000 + Bonus
- Full benefits including medical, dental, vision, & 401(k)
- Paid holidays and PTO
- Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities due to a strong presence across North America
- Positive and rewarding work environment
- Access to earned wages before payday through Chime® MyPay at Work™*
- Salt® Rewards Program for employee savings and rewards
Transportation Manager Responsibilities:
- Manages operational expenses and explains budget variances
- Manages injury and collision claims
- Ensures safety practices and applicable regulations are obeyed by all employees
- Ensure facilities and buses are maintained to First Student safety and environmental standards
- Sets accurate schedules for routes
- Minimizes route drive times and mileage while adhering to contractual and regulatory mandates
- Provides accurate and timely operational and financial reporting as requested by AGM and/or finance
- Ensures purchases follow company processes and policies
- Drives employee engagement and recognition
Transportation Manager Experience and Skills Required:
- 4-year degree or equivalent
- Minimum 3 years management experience
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
- Business background in financial, strategic, and/or organizational analysis First Student’s commitment to putting our customers first, dedication to safety, and an ambition to deliver dependable transportation makes for a working environment you’ll love. As a huge company with 120,000 staff and over 2.5 billion customers worldwide, you’ll also enjoy security, a brilliant future, and excellent training.
Apply today to join our team! Language Requirement This role requires English proficiency. Federal, state, and local requirements, including U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, require training, safety communications, company policies, employment documents, and other job-related communications be conducted in English.
First for a reason: At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.
In the state of Washington, all technician and driving positions, including but not limited to van drivers and any other position requiring employees to drive a company-owned vehicle, are considered safety-sensitive and are therefore subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. First is also committed to providing a drug-free workplace. First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law. Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is at this link or upon request https://www.phila.gov/media/20210423160847/Fair-Chance-Hiring-law-poster.pdf.
How this job compares
Set against the 323 open Transportation Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115–120K/yr
- California median$85–115K/yr28 salary ranges
- US median$76–100K/yr208 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $118K, is 23% above the California median midpoint ($96K) — in the middle half of Transportation Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 32 open Transportation Manager jobs in California and 323 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Transportation Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (274 postings).
- Education
- 29 of the 323 open Transportation Manager jobs (9%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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