Transportation Coordinator

Archuleta County is a doorway to the four seasons of outdoor adventure which landed the Town in Outdoors Magazine's top 10 best Towns in American (2015) and Men's Journal "20 Best Mountain Towns in America (2017). Located just 35 miles north of the New Mexico border, 152 miles north of Santa Fe, and 285 miles southwest of Denver, Archuleta County is surrounded by nearly 3 million acres of National Forest with easy access to the Rocky Mountains and southern Colorado’s incredible landscape.

Visitors and residents enjoy golfing, fishing, horseback riding, waterskiing, paddle boarding, skiing and snowboarding on the slopes of the nearby Wolf Creek ski resort, and exploring mountain bike and hiking trails, camping and ATVing. Just west of Pagosa Springs, lies Chimney Rock National Monument and Navajo State Park. A short drive away you can enjoy Mesa Verde National Park.

Pagosa Springs is home to the world’s deepest geothermal hot springs. The Mother Spring aquifer fills the baths at The Springs Resort & Spa, The Overlook Hot Springs, and Healing Waters Resort & Spa.

The Transportation Coordinator performs professional transit management, administrative, and coordination work to provide public transportation in the Town of Pagosa Springs and Archuleta County. Prepares and presents technical transit information to the Public Works Director, County Administrator. Archuleta County Board of County Commissioners, Town of Pagosa Springs, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Colorado Department of Transportation and the general public.

Essential Functions

• Plans, directs, and supervises staff, operations, and activities of the Transportation Department.

• Applies for and manages program grants including the Federal Transit Administration and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) grants that provide funding for operations and capital purchases for transit services.

• Monitors the performance of the various transportation programs including monitoring contracts evaluating programs and activities and conducts budget/cost projections.

• Prepares, recommends, and monitors the budget. Reviews and approves expenditures.

• Develops and implements upon approval plans, policies, and procedures for maintaining a viable public transit service for the Archuleta County urbanized areas and Town of Pagosa Springs.

• Coordinates transit activities and functions. Identifies community needs through working with public interest groups and private/public employers and makes recommendations through the Public Works Director and the County Administrator to the Board of County Commissioners for policy development, fare and pass structures, and related matters to improve the efficiency of operations.

• Implements policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the adopted drug and alcohol requirements of the Federal Transit Administration, and Archuleta County’s personnel policies and procedures.

• Exercises direct supervision of employees, operations, and activities within the Transportation Department. Operational activities include coordinating staff training, assigning, and reviewing work, evaluating performance, and recommending disciplinary action as needed. Staff management will also include managing the interview and selection process.

• Conducts vehicle and job orientations and training for staff.

• Schedules and coordinates daily tasks and transportation schedules.

• Creates and maintains vehicle maintenance and service records. Maintains statistical records of transit ridership, vehicles, pass programs, and capital inventories.

• Maintains records of administrative and operational spending.

• Participates in public hearings when requested before the County’s elected and appointed boards. Updates project reviews after public hearings.

• Responds to and resolves complaints regarding services, staff, and/or other matters related to the Transportation Department.

• Coordinates programs, services, and activities with other County managers including, Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management and Fleet.