Locating Career Opportunities Near Me

A simple way to find a transit position in one of the thousands of communities that transit serves across the country is to identify the transit agencies in your desired area and search their websites for the section typically titled “Careers,” “Employment,” or “Job Listings.”

If you don’t know the names of the agencies in the area you’re interested in, you can use the Community Transportation Provider Map, developed by the National Center for Mobility Management, to search by the name of your area (e.g., city, town, and state) or by zip code. Although there is no comprehensive list of every type and size of public transit agency across the country, you can find a large number of agencies at this link. From there, you can move to their websites.

In addition to appropriate keyword searches on the traditional sites, you may also find open positions—though not always frontline positions—using the following:

• American Public Transportation Association (APTA): Search using keywords and location
• Transit Talent: Search by combining keywords with state-based searches and specific career types, such as Maintenance, Operations, and Paratransit, as well as a range of other areas.

It is important to note that not all agencies across the country post their positions on these national job boards, but they are one additional tool you can use in your search. In addition, you can search national job databases such as ZipRecruiter, Indeed, and Monster for your location, using some of the key words you have seen in materials we’ve provided, words like “transit operator,” “transit driver,” “transit mechanic,” and “transit technician.” Or, just start with “transit” and explore from there.

Take the next step, and Be a Driving Force in Your Community!