Mechanical Engineer Manager

Brad A. Steffel

Yorba Linda, CA ***** 562-***-**** *********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/bradsteffel

Accomplished Mechanical Engineer and Sr. Maintenance Manager/Director with extensive experience and consistently demonstrated leadership success in Mechanical Maintenance and Repair; Reliability Centered Maintenance, Operations, Transportation, Facilities and Supply Chain Management; and Transportation Engineering. Deep expertise in the Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry. LEAN trained and proficient.

KEY SKILLS

Mechanical Design

Facility Layout Planning

A3 Problem Solving

Public Speaking

Constraint Analysis

5S / Kanban

Budget Management

Managing Contractors

Value Stream Mapping

Reliability Centered Maintenance

Extensive Experience Working with OEMs and Suppliers

Data Analysis using Excel and Access

EXPERIENCE

Union Pacific Railroad 1998 – 2020

Director / Senior Director System Locomotive Facilities, Commerce, CA 2010 - 2020

Led all aspects of safety, reliability, productivity and employee development at facilities in designated area of responsibility ranging from 185 to 1,250 employees. LEAN trained and proficient.

Managed labor, material and contract expense budgets and implemented process changes to realize a 30% reduction in annual expenses.

Maintained the most reliable system locomotive facility to facilitate delivery of premium service for key customers and achieved perfect peak season performance.

Manager / Senior Manager Locomotive Maintenance, Carson, CA 2005 - 2010

Managed people and processes around daily servicing and repair of locomotives.

Developed and implemented local safety programs resulting in over 80% reduction in reportable injuries and several consecutive injury-free years of operation.

Improved reliability of locomotives dispatched from local facility through improved process compliance, resulting in a 70% reduction in originating failures.

Used LEAN tools to streamline value stream resulting in a 50% reduction in cycle time of semi-annual maintenance performed on locomotives.

Manager Mechanical Engineering, Omaha, NE 1998 - 2005

Electro Motive Division Locomotive Fleet Manager, responsible for developing work scope for half of company’s transportation locomotive fleet. Provided locomotive control system engineering technical support to system locomotive facilities.

Developed remote monitoring and diagnostics system for evaluating locomotive health and populating maintenance work orders.

Developed Key Performance Indicators used by Union Pacific today to track and improve local reliability performance at each of the system locomotive facilities.

Cargill Meat Solutions, Schuyler, NE 1994 – 1997

Facility Maintenance / Material Operations / Quality Control

Responsible for maintenance and repairs of meat processing plant. Managed and distributed inventory, facility equipment and supplies. Worked with engineering for acquisition of materials for facility repair and rebuilding projects. Tracked and analyzed data for USDA compliance reporting.

EDUCATION

University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE

BSME - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

GPA: 3.4, Dean’s List

Member of ASME

Union Pacific Leadership Development Program – Omaha, NE

Program entry only achieved through nomination/recommendation of Senior Leadership

Recipient of the Leadership Award for LDP Group 94

REFERENCES

Barry Kanuch Union Pacific Railroad 402-***-****

Chief Mechanical Officer (Retired)

John C. Estes Jr. Union Pacific Railroad 402-***-****

Chief Mechanical Officer (Retired)

Russell Lowe Union Pacific Railroad 817-***-****

Director System Locomotive Facility (Retired)

Joseph Martell Union Pacific Railroad 909-***-****

Superintendent

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