AMY SMITH
123 Main Street • Atlanta, Georgia • 30339
Home: (555) 555-1234, Cell: (555) 555-1235
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Objective: Seek the Position of Roundhouse Supervisor
SUMMARY: Highly knowledgeable and result-oriented Roundhouse Supervisor with great experience supervising and coordinating activities of workers engaged in inspecting, servicing, and repairing railway locomotives, such as diesel-electric locomotives and gasoline-powered speeders.
Summary of Qualifications
Ten years experience.
Great knowledge of Federal and state rules and regulations governing railroad operation.
Solid knowledge of principles and practices of the safe operation of railroad locomotives.
Exceptional knowledge of maintenance and safety standards related to track and signal systems.
Immense knowledge of regulations and operating procedures for transporting hazardous materials by rail.
Profound knowledge of grade crossing; railroad equipment, operating procedures and technology.
Remarkable knowledge of investigative techniques.
Strong ability to interpret and enforce state and federal railroad operation regulations.
In-depth ability to write reports.
Exceptional ability to develop and maintain interpersonal relationships.
Sound ability to investigate accident, reconstruct and evaluate evidence.
Remarkable ability to perform technical aspects of inspections that require trouble shooting signals and track systems.
Professional Experience
Department of Transportation, Rainbow County, Minneapolis 2002 - Present
Roundhouse Supervisor
Supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in inspecting, servicing, and repairing railway locomotives.
Compile operational and personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair and maintenance statistics, and test results.
Compute estimate and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, and outside contractors.
Conduct and arrange for worker training in safety, repair, and maintenance techniques, operational procedures, and equipment use.
Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, and union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, and identify and review resource needs.
Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.
Design equipment configurations to meet personnel needs.
Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment and skill of personnel.
Develop and implement electronic maintenance programs and computer information management systems.
Develop, implement, and evaluate maintenance policies and procedures.
Examine objects, systems, and facilities, and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.
Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools and gauges to verify conformance to standards and repair requirements.
Department of Transportation, Rainbow County, Minneapolis 2000 - 2002
Roundhouse Operator
Operated a railroad locomotive as a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) certified locomotive engineer and ensured the safe operation of the trains that could reach 50 cars in length and weighed 4,000 tons.
Maintained locomotives; inspected machinery, ordered parts, coordinated with contractors, supervised and participated in mechanical and electrical repairs.
Served as train dispatcher for short line railroad; wrote track warrants for railroad trains and maintenance of way forces.
Assisted in interpreting new FRA regulations and in developing operating rules.
Contacted other railroads and customers to assure railroad customers received proper and required railroad service.
Assisted in planning daily and weekly work plans regarding the scheduling of trains and maintenance work on motive power and railroad infrastructure.
Responsible for completing records associated with railroad trains and switching including switch lists, blind siding reports, waybills, locomotive inspection forms, train registers, and other necessary record keeping.
Ensured the safe handling of hazardous materials.
Trained new employees in the proper methods of performing the tasks of conductor and locomotive engineer.
Department of Transportation, Rainbow County, Minneapolis 1997 - 2000
Braker-Switcher
Performed individual switching, signaling, flagging, coupling, uncoupling, brake setting, observing, and safety tasks involved in the movement of locomotives, trains, and train cars under a variety of size, load, weather, and track conditions.
Maintained constant watch over of assigned area and equipment, checking continually for operating hazards, malfunctioning or defective equipment, or track obstructions, and informed conductor or engineer when problems arose.
Gave, passed, and responded to signals and instructions in both routine and emergency situations.
Received general directions from the conductor regarding the move to be made or the task to be done, and performed the tasks necessary to carry out the work with a minimum of further instructions.