Shuttle-UM NITE Ride & Paratransit Driver - Student

JOIN THE DRIVING FORCE OF MARYLAND!

Drive our smaller NITE Ride and Paratransit vehicles—no commercial driver’s license (CDL) is required. NITE Ride is Shuttle-UM’s overnight, on-demand service that serves campus seven days a week. Paratransit is our subscription, on-demand service that provides curb-to-curb transportation for individuals with disabilities. 

  • Earn $16.50 per hour, even during training. 
  • Earn a $1,000 scholarship for every 192 hours driven per semester (about 12 hours per week for a semester)
  • Flexible hours: NITE Ride operates from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. daily; paratransit operates 24/7.   

REQUIREMENTS

  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to maintain punctuality and adhere to Shuttle-UM attendance policies
  • Pass a pre-employment Department of Transportation physical and drug screening, as well as random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident (if required) drug and alcohol screening
  • Complete approximately 8 hours of paid training to learn how to drive NITE Ride and Paratransit vans. 
  • Ability to train occasional nights and weekends

APPLY

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Only accepting student applicants. To apply, please fill out this online application. If you have any questions or concerns please email dotshrm@umd.edu or call 301-314-9713.

 

$16.50/HR; Part-time