Analyst Routing I

First for a reason

First Student is the largest school transportation provider in North America with more than a century of experience providing safe and reliable transportation. We work with 1,250 school districts in 39 states and 8 Canadian provinces carrying approximately five million students in 21,000 schools daily.

The Routing Analyst is responsible for building and maintaining accurate and efficient route schemes in routing systems for First Student locations and our school district customer. The Routing Analyst interacts with customer and location contacts on a daily basis to ensure route updates and changes are performed on a timely basis. This position will also provide routing and data support for consulting and analytical studies conducted by FPS.

Our company offers competitive salary and benefit packages as well as internal job growth opportunities. We are looking for the next leader to join our team!

Routing Analyst Responsibilities

Initialize, configure and populate all data components required in computerized routing systems, including: maps, boundaries, hazards, school parameters, transportation policies and students – training is provided for routing platforms used.Loads and edits map, student and transportation data within computerized routing systems. Works with source data in various formats, including: Excel, Access, Word, and text files. Recognizes and resolves issues associated with data loading, data quality, etc.Coordinate routing updates and change requests across multiple locationsActs as day-to-day point contact for FS location staff and school district administratorsKeep supervisor apprised of any issues, challenges, special requests in locationsAssist other FPS staff with complex analyses in various software packages of student, transportation, boundary, or other data.Logs hours worked and other relevant project information into web-based tracking toolPerforms other duties and responsibilities as assigned including help with special projects.Complies with First Student's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Routing Analyst Experience and Skills Required

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.Proven problem-solving ability and good written and verbal communication skills.Proven experience working independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.Proficiency with MS Office suite.Solid keyboarding skills.Ability to analyze and troubleshoot various data formats quickly and accurately.Ability to learn to work with electronic maps.Ability to learn to efficiently navigate complex systems

Training will be provided for well-qualified candidates!!

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!

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 .