Covy Middleton

•Main objective is safety of employees and pushing production and ensuring quality work is being performed

•Roundhouse Forman which includes precision decision making when building locomotive consists and responding to locomotive failures in yard / line of road

•Insuring quality servicing of locomotives across service track

•Insuring quality locomotive consists are built in order for crews to go out and pull freight

•Back shop foreman which includes driving shop production and shifting man power accordingly to ensure locomotives are repaired in a timely manner and released to pull freight

•Leading employees by giving clear and pinpointed directions to ensure efficient shop production and doing so safely

•Holding employees accountable and correcting any and all unsafe behavior

•Covering as shop operations manager which includes planning out manpower assigned to locomotives, spotting of locomotives efficiently for work to be performed, leading employees and ensuring they work safely and efficiently

•Main objective was working on heavy repair / damage to railroad locomotives

•Learned basic locomotive maintenance inspections per FRA regulations

•Learned basic knowledge of locomotive operations

•Rebuilt front / rear of locomotives from scratch by fabricating material

•Worked in heavy overhaul of locomotives, engine change outs, alternators, radiators, air compressors, ETC

•Occasional moving of locomotives for spotting purposes to perform work

•Worked safely and efficiently with no injuries

•Learned how to inspect and repair railroad freight cars in accordance to federal railroad regulations.

• Worked safely and efficiently with no work related injuries

• Worked in rail yard performing quality inspections of inbound and outbound train consists

• Worked on rail car heavy repair track addressing minor to heavy defects / damage

• Operated wheel truck to go out line of road and repair rail cars at outside points in yards / siding / mainline emergencies

• Operated machinery such as forklifts, backhoes, skid steer, cranes

• During this career path I learned the basics about railroad operations and how operations work

• Main objective was was train derailments and rail car load shifts / adjustments

• Accomplished getting CDL in order to pull heavy machinery

• Learned how to work efficiently while maintaining safety

• 24 hr call 365 days a year and worked in harsh and demanding environments

• Worked as a team to complete a common goal

•Maintained vehicle fleet with scheduled maintenance

• Operated heavy Machinery, Side booms, Trackhoe, cranes, dozer, backhoe