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Joseph Keith Shea

Frierson,La

Summary

Greetings, I have 20+ years of railroading experience starting from a conductor trainee to my current management experience. I have been on multiple territories that cover all different types of yard, road and industry locations. I have always been a team player and stepped in to whatever situation that I was asked to step into.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Terminal Superintendent

Kansas City Southern
Shreveport, LA
09.2018 - 05.2024
  • Manages the operational testing program by observing, documenting, and evaluating safe work practices per GCOR, communicating results and utilizing the elevation process if necessary
  • Facilitates employee meetings and programs to emphasize safety and discuss safety risks
  • Investigates accidents and incidents, determines root cause and resolve or escalate
  • Meets the tactical goals of the TSP by managing equipment and staff, reporting results, and recommending solutions
  • Metrics to include equipment dwell, on-time train origination, right car/right train, work order compliance, customer performance reporting and consistent accuracy
  • Manages crew starts, crew size and overtime in a cost effective manner
  • Facilitates smooth transfers between territories
  • Makes recommendations regarding hiring, performance and termination of staff
  • Utilizes MCS (Management Control System) and computerized planning tools to create trip plans and make tactical adjustments to the TSP
  • Ensure compliance with all train orders, signals, and railroad rules and regulations for safety, operations, and the Federal
  • Railroad Administration (FRA)

Assistant Division Superintendent

Kansas City Southern
Baton Rouge, LA
02.2016 - 09.2018
  • Manage the Day to Day operations of the L&A Division
  • Eliminate safety exposures and reduce risks to our employees and assets by driving a culture of safety in our workplace
  • Lead multiple job safety briefings and field audits each day to ensure our employees and our customers are upholding their commitments to the safety of our employees
  • Reduce Non value work in our daily processes to further reduce operational cost
  • Train, mentor and develop unionized employees using various coaching and developmental tools in the classroom and in the field
  • Work closely with our customer service team and our customers to ensure all of our commitments are met and our customers were satisfied with the level of service.

Trainmaster

Kansas City Southern
Baton Rouge, LA
10.2014 - 09.2018
  • Manage the Day to Day operations of the Baton Rouge Yard
  • Lead daily job briefings to ensure that our workforce had the knowledge of any and all incidents that took place so we could avoid the same risk
  • Reduce Non value work in our daily processes to further reduce operational cost
  • Performed safety audits with other departments and with ourcustomers that we served
  • Tracked and assisted with the Exxon unit oil trains for offload in the Baton Rouge Complex
  • Road

Roadforeman of Engines

Kansas City Southern
Shreveport, LA
03.2011 - 10.2014
  • Worked to update safety procedures, airbrake, and train handling rules, resulting in improved safety practices
  • Helped to revise the company timetable to update information accuracy, resulting in increased company efficiency
  • Oversaw engineer trainees for my territory
  • Performed engineer recertification classes and check rides
  • Conducted yearly Rules Exams
  • Investigate rule violations and incidents

Locomotive Engineer

Kansas City Southern
Shreveport, LA
07.2005 - 03.2011
  • Operations of road and yard Locomotive engines
  • Daily Safety Inspections of Engines
  • Operation of Distributed Power
  • All ABTH rules and regulations per CFR 232, 240 & 242
  • Helped develop new engineers that were placed with me during their training
  • Knowledge of multiple territories such as (Greenville
  • Alliance, Dallas, Latanier, New Orleans, Beaumont, Port Arthur
  • Lake Charles, Shreveport Sub.

Conductor/Brakeman

Kansas City Southern
Shreveport, LA
03.2001 - 07.2005
  • Yard and Industry switching
  • Road Freight Duties
  • Computer skills in EWM and MCS
  • Knowledge of G.C.O.R, A.B.T.H Rules and Safety Rules

Timeline

Terminal Superintendent

Kansas City Southern
09.2018 - 05.2024

Assistant Division Superintendent

Kansas City Southern
02.2016 - 09.2018

Trainmaster

Kansas City Southern
10.2014 - 09.2018

Roadforeman of Engines

Kansas City Southern
03.2011 - 10.2014

Locomotive Engineer

Kansas City Southern
07.2005 - 03.2011

Conductor/Brakeman

Kansas City Southern
03.2001 - 07.2005

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