Start your career at TriMet 🚌

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Looking for a new career? Drive for us and help keep the Portland region moving 🚌

No experience is needed. We’ll train you to get your CDL.

The pay💰


You’ll receive $28.22 an hour during training and for the first 18 months of work with regular, guaranteed pay increases every four months until the top rate of pay ($37.62) is reached at 35 months.

You'll also get a $7,500 hiring bonus, plus other benefits like medical and dental insurance for you and your family.


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The benefits ✅

 

  • Get full-time medical, dental and vision benefits for you and your family.
  • Two consecutive days off a week.
  • Retirement plan with generous company contribution.
  • New bus operators receive one week of paid vacation and up to 40 hours sick leave in the first year of employment, with time off increasing after the first year.
  • An expansive Employee Assistance Program with free access to mental health and counseling services, legal assistance, financial coaching and home ownership programs.
  • All employees and eligible family members can receive an annual transit pass (valued up to $1,200).
  • Employees and eligible family members have exclusive 24-hour access to five on-site fitness centers, with plans starting at $13/month.
  • TriMet bus operators receive representation by Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 757.
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