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Academy of Art University is seeking full-time Class B Drivers with two or more years of professional driving experience, preferably in San Francisco. As a Driver for Academy of Art University, you will be responsible for safely transporting students, faculty and staff to and from residential halls, classrooms and other Academy buildings.

Drivers will operate a variety of transit vehicles, including, buses, school buses, 33-seater shuttle buses cars and 7- passenger vans, along assigned routes while navigating the city streets of San Francisco. Our Drivers must be able to provide superior customer service in a safe, courteous and reliable manner; this is essential to the transportation team’s success in providing passengers with the best possible experience.

If you are an experienced driver who enjoys providing transportation to passengers and values safety above all else, this may be your next opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Transport students, faculty and staff between facilities on time according to schedule

• Ensure bus safety by adhering to vehicle and traffic safety regulations at all times, including the performance of safety inspections before and after every shift and following regulated procedure for all accidents and breakdowns

• Maintain bus cleanliness throughout shift

• Reflect courteous and helpful image at all times: call out stops, return all lost and found items to security, maintain neat and clean appearance

• Comply with all DOT and FMCSA requirements in addition to all Academy policies and procedures

• Maintain a commercial Class B license, certification(s) including passenger endorsement without airbrakes, and testing as required by DOT and FMCSA

Requirements:

• Possess and maintain a valid California driver's license with passenger endorsement.

• Be ensurable through ArtU insurance carrier.

• Ability to successful pass a driving test.

• Possess a minimum of two years of professional passenger driving experience, preferably in San Francisco.

• Be friendly, patient and enjoy interacting with others.

• Ability to be vigilant while driving throughout downtown San Francisco.

Compensation for our Bus Drivers is $28.00 per hour.

Bus Drivers are scheduled 40 hours per week for 37.5 weeks per year. Hours are scheduled during the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters.

WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING A DRIVER TO WORK MONDAY - FRIDAY 2:00 PM TO 10:30 PM

Application Deadline: September 21, 2026

Benefits:

Academy of Art University offers full-time employees health insurance, 401k options, paid vacation based on years of service (15 days' accrual at start), paid holidays, paid sick leave and a commuter benefit program.  The Academy also offers full-time employees an opportunity to take one undergraduate course tuition free each semester. 

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Academy of Art University is an equal opportunity employer.  All applicants will be considered regardless of age, Aids or HIV positive status, marital status, domestic partnership, medical condition or genetic characteristics, race or national origin, pregnancy, religion, sex, gender identity, gender or sexual orientation, name change, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran status or other status protected by federal, state, local or other law. Academy of Art University will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Equal access to the hiring process, services, and employment is available to all persons. Applicants requiring accommodations to the application and/or interview process should contact the Human Resources Department at [email protected].