Manager Engineer

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

I supervise, evaluate, and train locomotive engineers and student engineers, and investigate

accidents and injuries on the Los Angeles Service Unit. During my 16 years with the Union

Pacific Railroad (UPRR), as a conductor, remote control operator, locomotive engineer, and

manager of operating practices, I have worked in Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and

California. I have also been trained and qualified on over 1,300 miles of railroad, and on all types

of territories, trains and equipment, and freight operations.

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION: Manager in Charge of several derailment, accident, and injury

investigations. I am the primary manager on the Los Angeles Service Unit for analyzing

locomotive event recorder downloads for accident investigations. As a manager of operating

practices, one of my primary responsibilities is to investigate accidents and injuries of train

employees. To accomplish these tasks, I was required to attend and complete three training

courses given by the UPRR, Derailment Cause Finding and Prevention, MOP Seminar, and

Investigation Training, all of which addressed accident/incident investigation.

ANALYZED SAFETY DATA: I have experience analyzing data that can be used during the

course of conducting railroad inspections, or used to determine probable cause of railroad related

collisions, derailments, or other accidents/incidents. Working with my supervisor, I found the

majority of human factor incidents were caused by train and yard crews running through

switches improperly lined. I also found most of these incidents were caused from a failure to

provide protection on shoving moves, to control shoving moves, or a failure to comply with

restricted speed or its equivalent. From this analysis, operational testing was adjusted to focus

on point protection during shoving moves and restricted speed or its equivalent. Human factor

incidents were reduced as a result.

RALIROAD SAFETY AND HEALTH: My experience in the railroad industry has provided me

with knowledge of general railroad safety health principles and practices; as well as inspection

techniques. I have been trained to comply with all safety rules provided by the railroad and to

enforce those safety rules as a manger of train employees. In addition to ensuring train

employees comply with railroad safety rules such as hearing and eye protection, staying clear of

hazardous areas, ensuring equipment is secured, I also perform inspections of work areas to

identify and correct unsafe conditions.

WRITING AND SPEAKING SKILLS: I have experience communicating information pertaining

to operating practices, rules and procedures. This experience comes from being assigned as a

remote control operator trainer, giving rules classes, and instructing engineers and student

engineers on train operations. My skills communicating rule requirements to train employees

have led to increased rules compliance on the Los Angeles Service Unit. I have written several

narrative reports as both a railroad manager, when it was necessary to communicate information

to decision makers. I was given the opportunity to present a narrative on both derailment

prevention and the progress of student engineer promotion on the UPRR Los Angeles Service

Unit.

RAILROAD OPERATING PRACTICES, FEDERAL REGULATIONS, and OPERATING

RULES: As the title of my position suggests-manager of operating practices-I am expected to be

an expert on railroad operating practices, and all associated rules and procedures. My primary

function is ensuring engineers maintain certification and qualification on their assigned operating

territories. Another of my responsibilities is to perform operational testing of train employees, to

ensure compliance with all railroad operating, safety, and airbrake and train handling rules. As a

railroad manager, and as a designated supervisor of locomotive engineers (DSLE) I have the

responsibility of applying and enforcing Federal regulations and orders covering employee

qualifications, hours of service, occupational safety conditions, radio rules, operating rules and

practices, alcohol and drug programs, and locomotive engineer and conductor certification to

maintain compliance. I also have experience inspecting sites, operational testing, and observing

railroad employees to determine railroad compliance with Federal regulations regarding safety

procedures.

Army

1 Federal Drive

Fort Snelling, MN 55111 United States

05/1983 - 04/1998

Salary: 36,000.00 USD Per Year

Hours per week: 50

Staff Sergeant

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

I was in charge of running a recruiting center in Iowa, and managed all aspects of the operation,

away from military installations. Prior to my recruiting assignment, I was selected as an

instructor at the US Army’s Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas.

At this assignment, I was entrusted with training new NCO’s for the US Army. Finally, I was

assigned to support air and ground troops in West Germany as an air defense artillery technician.

WRITING AND SPEAKING SKILLS: As an instructor at the Non Commissioned Officers

(NCO) Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, I was required prepare and give presentations to students

on a daily basis. As an instructor at the NCO Academy, and as an Army recruiter, I regularly

wrote reports on the status of students or recruiting events to senior leadership.

DECORATONS AND MEDALS: Meritorious Service Medal/ Army Commendation Medal 4th

Award/ Army Achievement Medal 5th Award/ Army Good Conduct Medal 4th Award/ Non

Commissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon with numeral 3/ Army Service

Ribbon / Overseas Service Ribbon 2nd Award/ US Army Basic Recruiter with 3 Gold

Achievement Stars.

MILITARY EDUCATION: Instructor Training Course/ Small Group Instructor Course/ Army

Recruiting Course.

Job Related Training:

Trip Optimizer (locomotive fuel conservation) 07/21/2014

Cab Red Zone training (sterile locomotive cab/crew resource management) 07/16/14

Responding to critical Incidents 07/21/14

Title 49 CFR 217 and 218 good faith Challenge training 05/20/14

Electronic Devices training (49 CFR 220) 05/20/14

Human Factor Incidents training 05/16/14

Title 49 CFR 240-242 training (engineer/conductor certification) 05/20/14,

Rail Security class 05/14/14,

Shoving cars and engines, clearance points, and use of switches and derails training (49 CFR

218, Subpart F) 01/15/14

California workplace harassment training 01/03/14

Drugs and Alcohol training (49 CFR 219) 04/11/14

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