🚍 Now Hiring: School Bus Monitor (Columbia, MO) - $17.95/Hour

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🏆 Voted Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report (2025-2026)

Looking for a rewarding part-time position with a consistent schedule? Tired of working nights, weekends, holidays, or unpredictable shifts?

Join our team serving Columbia Schools and enjoy a schedule that allows you to be home when it matters most.

Schedule Required: ✅ Monday-Friday
✅ Morning Routes: Approximately 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
✅ Afternoon Routes: Approximately 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
✅ Must be available for BOTH AM and PM shifts

Make a Difference Every Day

As a School Bus Monitor, you'll play a vital role in helping students travel safely to and from school. This is an active, hands-on position where you'll assist students boarding and exiting the bus, support students with special transportation needs, and help maintain a safe, positive environment.

This is more than just riding the bus. We're looking for attentive, engaged team members who are committed to student safety and ready to actively assist children throughout the route.

What You'll Do

• Help students safely board and exit the bus
• Assist students with mobility needs and wheelchair accommodations
• Secure wheelchairs and safety restraints when required
• Maintain a safe and orderly environment on the bus
• Support the driver so they can focus on safe vehicle operation
• Conduct child checks at the end of each route
• Greet students and provide assistance as needed
• Ensure students arrive safely at their destination

Physical Requirements

This is an active position and applicants must be able to:

• Kneel and secure wheelchair restraints
• Bend, stoop, and assist students as needed
• Ascend and descend school bus stairs
• Fasten safety equipment and secure students in seats
• Assist students during loading and unloading procedures

Benefits Available

• Medical Fixed-Payment Indemnity
• Dental
• Vision
• Accident Plan
• Critical Illness Coverage
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life & AD&D
• Paid Holidays
• PTO

We're Looking For People Who Are:

✔ Dependable and punctual
✔ Comfortable working with children
✔ Patient, compassionate, and safety-focused
✔ Available for both morning and afternoon routes
✔ Physically capable of assisting students as needed

Apply today and help make a positive impact in the lives of Columbia students every day! 🚍💛

DS Bus Lines, INC. (part of Beacon Mobility) is values-based school bus and employee shuttle contract services company.  We have over 30 years’ experience in student transportation services. Family, Safety, Service, and Respect are the core values that govern our work environment and enrich our support within each community we work.  Children are precious cargo and require the very best talent to manage and safeguard their daily travel to and from school.

Beacon Mobility is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Beacon Mobility makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

DS Bus Lines is a family-oriented company that focuses on our core values of family, respect, service, and safety. We understand how important of a responsibility transporting children is and we take that role very seriously. We strive to create mutual respect and trust with school districts so that we can work together to provide the best possible service for students and parents.