Marina Michele Gallegos
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Professional Experience
Motive Power Resources, Minooka IL 2/2014 to Present
Field Service Technician
•Consult with home office on days progress for operational readiness and schedule for releases
•Identify probable causes to defective equipment and able to modify in a timely manner
•Communicate with home office on repairs required from various customers
•Coordinate with customer Supervisor’s on planned repairs and location for the day
•Work on EMD locomotives (SW's, GP's, SD40's, & SD50's)
•Repair and/or replace inoperative components both electrical and mechanical to maintain operational readiness
•Maintain and perform daily, bi-annual and annual preventive maintenance on locomotives
Wi-Tronix, Bolingbrook, IL 2/2012 to 2/2014
Field Technician
•Consult with customers on issues of troubleshooting methods and commissioning of new installations
•Interfaced locomotives clients such as Amtrak, BNSF, Canadian Railway, CSX and more that use EMD and GE locomotives to Wi-Tronix Back Office
•Worked with Back Office Support, schedule work for the day
•Coordinated with Amtrak Supervisor’s schedule to work on moving equipment
•Organized with Amtrak Mechanical and Power Desk destination of moving equipment
•Communicate with Supervisor’s repairs to close open WO’s in WMS
•Provided detailed information on CI’s for future troubleshooting techniques
•Input RMA requests for customers when needed
•Advised customers on troubleshooting methods and website information
•Updated and maintained spreadsheets for out of warranty repairs
•Identified problematic issues and inform department head so that information may be passed for troubleshooting
•Communicate and interface well with all levels of management and technicians
•Worked with hydraulic and pneumatic systems
Canadian National Railway, Illinois Central Railroad; Homewood IL 5/1999 to 11/2011
Locomotive Mechanical Supervisor/Locomotive Mechanical Electrician 4/2004 to 11/2011
•Supervised, scheduled work, conducted training (to include daily safety briefs), counseled and oversaw the assignments of 80 subordinates
•Updated information into a computerized system to maintain status reports on end item equipment, including: reports on maintenance repair items, repair progress, operational readiness and schedule/line-up for dispatch
•Responsibilities also included: for ordering, pulling material as needed, receiving and distributing material for the progress of repairs on end item moving equipment
•Worked with small switch engines, EMD locomotives and GE locomotives (GP38, SD40's, SD50, SD60, SD70/75's, GE-Dash 8, GE-Dash 9 and GEVOS)
•Supervised quality control inspection, assigned minor repairs for operational readiness on inbound equipment and responsible for holding equipment for major repairs
•Communicated with other departments on operational readiness and schedule for release
Locomotive Mechanical Electrician 5/1999 to 4/2004
•Ensured quality performance of equipment by utilizing electrical test equipment such as: voltmeters, meggar, hi-pot, battery chargers and computerized testing equipment
•Gained experience using pneumatic and hand tools, torque wrenches and air pressure gauges
•Utilized diagrams and schematics to troubleshoot equipment
•Repaired and replaced inoperative electrical components to maintain operational readiness
•Maintained and performed daily, bi-annual and annual preventive maintenance on locomotives
Maintenance Management Specialist United States Marine Corps, Fort Sheridan, IL 7/1992 to 4/1999
Diesel Engine Mechanic
•Updated information into a computerized system to maintain status reports on end item equipment, including: reports on maintenance repair items, parts ordering and shipment status
•Received, distributed and maintained an in-stock inventory of parts valued at $1 million
•Assisted in the restructuring of asset control within two different organizations valued at an estimated $100 million
•Supervised, scheduled work, conducted training, counseled and monitored assigned work of 50 subordinates
Education and Training
Maria High School Chicago, IL
Specialized Training as Maintenance Management Specialist 29 Palms, CA
Basic Automotive Diesel Mechanical Training Camp Johnson, NC
TTC Locomotive Training on SD40-2, SD50, SD60, SD70 & SD70-m Homewood, IL
EMD Training on SD70-m Locomotives LaGrange, IL
Awards
(2) Good Conduct Medals
National Defense Medal
Sea Service Deployment Medal