OC Transpo plans to host its first ever multi-day recruitment roadshow and job honest on the finish of the month because it tries to make a whole lot of hires this yr.
Recruiters will arrange cubicles at a lot of transit stations from Might 24 to 26 to talk with job seekers about present openings and the way to apply, and also will maintain a bigger job honest at Greenboro Station on Might 27 between 9 am and three pm
OC Transpo has “bold” recruitment targets this yr to rent greater than 500 workers, from bus operators and customer support representatives to particular constables and licensed mechanics, mentioned transit normal supervisor Renée Amilcar. Most of these are to fill vacancies.
The company has already introduced in 150 transit operators this yr, however desires to rent 360 in whole, he mentioned.
OC Transpo has been coping with a scarcity of drivers for a while. When a visit on a bus route is cancelled, one of the crucial frequent causes is that OC Transpo does not have sufficient operators. That may embrace drivers who’re sick, Amilcar mentioned.
OC Transpo tracks and presents knowledge on such cancellations each month. On a median day in March, for example, 231 of 8,367 scheduled bus journeys weren’t delivered — about three per cent. Probably the most affected routes had been the substitute buses for the north-south Trillium Line that is at the moment beneath development, in addition to on routes 15 and 85.
Transit companies has probably the most workers of any division within the Metropolis of Ottawa — and a thousand greater than the Ottawa police — with an estimated 3,250 full-time positions budgeted in 2023.