Why Davidson Transit Organization
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedProvides employees to operate public transit for Nashville Davidson County.
- Public Transit Services$73.1M spent in FY2024
Before you apply
FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenOverview
Under the direction of the Facilities Maintenance Manager, plans, schedules, and supervises the daily maintenance and repair of agency facilities and equipment, including public-facing passenger facilities (transit centers, stations, and park-and-rides) and operations and maintenance (O&M) facilities (bus garages, shops, fueling and wash systems, and administrative buildings). Provides first-line leadership to facilities technicians and ensures that passenger facilities are safe, clean, accessible, and in service for customers and that O&M facilities and shop equipment are available to support daily service.
Responsibilities
This list indicates the general nature and level of work performed and is not an exhaustive listing of all tasks required of employees assigned to this job. Supervision: Plans, assigns, and directs the daily work of facilities technicians across multiple sites, setting priorities by safety, customer impact, and service criticality. Participates in hiring, training, coaching, and progressive discipline consistent with the collective bargaining agreement, and supports the grievance process. Manages schedules, attendance, timekeeping, and overtime, and inspects completed work.
Preventive maintenance and repair: Carries out the preventive maintenance program for buildings, grounds, and equipment, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, building automation, fire and life-safety systems, generators, roofs, and doors. Troubleshoots building systems, including programmable logic controllers, and determines whether repairs are done in-house or by contractors. Responds to facility emergencies, outages, and severe weather, including after-hours callouts. Passenger facilities: Maintains passenger facilities to agency standards for safety, cleanliness, and appearance, including waiting areas, platforms, bus bays, restrooms, lighting, signage, and landscaping.
Ensures prompt response to graffiti, vandalism, biohazards, and customer-reported conditions. Accessibility: Keeps elevators, escalators, automatic doors, ramps, and other accessible features in working order under ADA requirements (49 CFR Part 37); ensures prompt repair, reports outages, and coordinates required inspections. Work in public spaces: Coordinates bay, platform, and area closures with Operations, Customer Care, and Security, with work areas barricaded and customer notices posted.
O&M facilities: Maintains shop and yard equipment needed for daily service, including vehicle lifts, cranes and hoists, compressed air, fluid distribution, overhead doors, bus washers, and oil-water separators, along with fueling systems, storage tanks, and vehicle charging infrastructure where installed. Keeps required inspections current and coordinates work with Fleet Maintenance and Operations to protect service pull-out. Safety and environmental compliance: Enforces agency safety policies and OSHA and TOSHA requirements, including lockout/tagout, confined space, fall protection…
About Davidson Transit Organization
From its Form 990- Budget $73.1M
- Staff 885 · founded 1992
- Pays its leaders $141K–$205K (12 reported)
- Open jobs 17 · Jobs at Davidson Transit Organization · Full 990 report