Private Family Chauffeur (Atherton, CA)
Excellence Services, LLC | Atherton, CA 94027 | Full-time, on site | Hourly (non-exempt)
Pay: $35 to $50 per hour, based on experience. Overtime is paid under California law.
About the role
We are hiring a full-time chauffeur for a private family in Atherton. Driving comes first: the children's school and activity runs every weekday, and short-notice drives for the family. Between drives you look after the vehicles and help with light errands and property tasks. It is not a personal assistant role.
Schedule
Full-time, 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 8 hours a day. Every weekday starts on site in Atherton at 7:30 am for the first school run. Your hours are set a week ahead around the family's driving, in one of two patterns:
- Day pattern (days without evening driving): 7:30 am to 4:00 pm, with a 30-minute meal break.
- Split pattern (days with evening driving, usually two or three a week): 7:30 to about 9:00 am, an unpaid mid-day break, then from the afternoon school pickup (about 1:00 or 2:15 pm) through the last evening drive (about 8:45 pm), with a 30-minute meal break.
Short-notice drives during your scheduled hours are part of the job. If we ask you to come in outside your schedule or to work more than 8 hours in a day, you are paid as California law requires, including overtime and at least two hours of pay for a second call-in. Occasional weekend driving is scheduled ahead when possible and paid.
What you will do
Driving
- Drive family members and guests to and from school, daily activities, appointments and events, safely and on time.
- Short-notice drives, airport runs, and local pickups and deliveries.
- Wash the family vehicles and keep them clean inside and out, fueled or charged, and ready; book and track service and maintenance.
- Take and confirm driving tasks in the household team chat, with your expected arrival time and short photo updates.
Between drives (you stay ready to drive at short notice)
- Pick up supplies and materials from local hardware and garden stores; receive packages and break down boxes.
- Keep the garage and tool shed organized and help with inventory.
- Light fixes and upkeep you can put down when a drive comes up (if qualified); report bigger problems with photos.
- Escort outside vendors and contractors on site when asked by the property manager.
General
- Keep everything about the family, the home and its guests strictly confidential.
What you need
- At least 3 years of paid experience as a private, family or executive chauffeur (5 or more years preferred).
- Live within about a 45-minute commute of Atherton and arrive on site by 7:30 am reliably. On split-pattern days you come in twice.
- A valid California driver's license and a clean driving record. We review your driving record after a conditional offer, and our insurer must approve you as a driver.
- A road test with our team in our vehicles, including large SUVs and passenger vans.
- A background check after a conditional offer.
- Comfort using a smartphone and team chat every day.
- Basic handyman skills are a plus.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Annual flu vaccine (required for our on-site roles; reasonable accommodation as required by law).
- Authorization to work in the U.S. We do not sponsor visas.
- Willingness to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Benefits
- Medical coverage for the employee.
- Paid sick leave under California law; paid vacation and paid holidays as set out in the offer.
Excellence Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.
To apply: apply through this posting with your resume. Please include how many years you have driven professionally and for whom (family, executive or company), without naming your clients, and whether the split pattern on evening-driving days works for you.
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