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SacRT is hiring at nearly $40 an hour for some jobs. Here’s how to apply

By Brianna Taylor

Updated June 16, 2022 12:29 PM

Sacramento Regional Transit driver Steve Robison waits to start his bus route in Sacramento on Monday, April 27, 2020. Robison is one of dozens of Sacramento Regional Transit bus drivers and light rail train operators who signed up for shifts during the coronavirus outbreak. Daniel Kim dkim@sacbee.com

Sacramento Regional Transit is looking to fill several part-time and full-time positions and is paying hourly wages as high as $37 an hour for bus drivers, maintenance and facility personnel and security.

In response to an uptick in ridership, RT is pushing for more employees — offering signing bonuses, paid training, help with securing permits and commercial driver licenses, according to its website.

The two-day in-person hiring event, which kicked of Tuesday, returns Wednesday, June 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the RT Administration Building in midtown Sacramento.

A job with RT comes with a range of benefits outside of standard healthcare, vacation and paid holidays including transit passes, education reimbursement, discounted theme park tickets and more. Many of the following jobs have specific requirements, which are linked.

RT will offer free bus and light rail rides to the hiring event at 1400 29th St. when riders show the “free ride flyer.”

Apply online before the event with a valid I.D, Department of Motor Vehicles driver’s record and employment, residential and conviction history.

“Although there are certain recreational activities now legal in the state of California, if you’re not able to pass a pre-employment drug screening, you will not be considered for these positions,” SacRT states on its website.

Sift through the jobs RT is looking to fill, available on its website:

Sacramento Regional Transit open positions

BUS DRIVERS

Those interested in becoming bus drivers could walk away with a “conditional” same-day offer as long as they pass a drug screen, reference check, background check and a physical. Here’s what to bring to the hiring event to be considered for employment, according to Sacramento Regional Transit:

Valid ID
Social Security Number (don’t have to have a physical copy)
Valid email address
Employment history including companies, addresses, contacts and date of employment
Residential history including addresses and dates of residence
DMV Driver Record (request it online)
Conviction history

Here’s what bus driver jobs the agency is looking to fill: