LYNDE DONALD BLAIR III
Terminal Manager
Moyock,NC
Summary
Safety-conscious Terminal Manager committed to achieving corporate goals and objectives. Expertise in directing and coordinating staff, aligning work schedules and developing budget plans. Efficient and reliable professional with exceptional problem resolution and communication skills.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Terminal Manager
Kinder Morgan
Chesapeake, VA
10.2021 - Current
- Set terminal budgets and set goals to adhere to plans
- Directed and initiated investigations to resolve shipper or customer complaints
- Hired, trained and educated new employees to improve company performance and efficiency
- Performed human resource-related tasks by interviewing and hiring employees, performing payroll functions and evaluating drivers
Sr. Terminal Supervisor
Norfolk Southern
Chesapeake, VA
08.2020 - 09.2021
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
- Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity
Terminal Supervisor
Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
Norfolk, VA
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Managed Lambert's Point export coal facility to ensure customers were receiving their proper mixture of coal to ship overseas
- Worked in the capacity of Assistant Security Officer for Norfolk Southern's Pier 6 Lambert's Point Terminal
- Conducted efficiency checks on crews to ensure all safety rules and instructions were complied with during their work
- Kept all documentation and records accurate and up-to-date with latest data to prevent errors in processing or delivery
- Worked with coal customers to understand needs and provide export coal service
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
- Responded to different incidents inside the terminal and investigated them to properly identify responsible parties
- Properly manage other team members to ensure trains were ran safely and efficiently.
Assistant Trainmaster
Pier, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
Norfolk, VA
07.2014 - 04.2018
- Managed Lambert's Point export coal facility to ensure customers were receiving their proper mixture of coal to ship overseas
- Worked in the capacity of Assistant Security Officer for Norfolk Southern's Pier 6 Lambert's Point Terminal
- Conducted efficiency checks on crews to ensure all safety rules and instructions were complied with during their work
- Kept all documentation and records accurate and up-to-date with latest data to prevent errors in processing or delivery
- Worked with coal customers to understand needs and provide export coal service
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
- Responded to different incidents inside the terminal and investigated them to properly identify responsible parties
- Properly manage other team members to ensure trains were ran safely and efficiently.
Assistant General
Yardmaster, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
Norfolk, VA
12.2011 - 07.2014
- Managed Lambert's Point export coal facility to ensure customers were receiving their proper mixture of coal to ship overseas
- Worked in the capacity of Assistant Security Officer for Norfolk Southern's Pier 6 Lambert's Point Terminal
- Conducted efficiency checks on crews to ensure all safety rules and instructions were complied with during their work
- Kept all documentation and records accurate and up-to-date with latest data to prevent errors in processing or delivery
- Worked with coal customers to understand needs and provide export coal service
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
- Responded to different incidents inside the terminal and investigated them to properly identify responsible parties
- Properly manage other team members to ensure trains were ran safely and efficiently.
Yardmaster, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
Norfolk, VA
03.2011 - 12.2011
- Managed Lambert's Point export coal facility to ensure customers were receiving their proper mixture of coal to ship overseas
- Worked in the capacity of Assistant Security Officer for Norfolk Southern's Pier 6 Lambert's Point Terminal
- Conducted efficiency checks on crews to ensure all safety rules and instructions were complied with during their work
- Kept all documentation and records accurate and up-to-date with latest data to prevent errors in processing or delivery
- Worked with coal customers to understand needs and provide export coal service
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
- Responded to different incidents inside the terminal and investigated them to properly identify responsible parties
- Properly manage other team members to ensure trains were ran safely and efficiently.
Train Conductor, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
Norfolk, VA
02.2008 - 03.2011
- Adapted routes and schedules based on weather conditions to prevent delays and alerted supervisors of changes
- Signaled to engineers regarding train stopping, starting, directional switches or emergencies
- Cut, switched and supervised loading and unloading of railcars.
Assistant Trainmaster
Norfolk Southern
Richmond, VA
03.2007 - 02.2008
- Managed prescribed territory and day to day train operations
- Responded to many different situations as emergencies and properly reported them
- (Crossing accidents, Derailments, etc.)
- Managed train crews
Operations Supervisor Trainee
Norfolk Southern Portlock Yard
Chesapeake, VA
09.2006 - 03.2007
- Learned the operations as a Supervisor and proper procedures to follow during different situations
- Worked as General Yardmaster, controlling the movements of different trains at one time to ensure safe and efficient railroading
- Ensured team members properly built outbound trains and ran them out at prescribed time
- Properly delivered different cars to different local customer as requested on their scheduled plan.
Train Conductor, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
Norfolk, VA
08.2004 - 09.2006
- Adapted routes and schedules based on weather conditions to prevent delays and alerted supervisors of changes
- Signaled to engineers regarding train stopping, starting, directional switches or emergencies
- Cut, switched and supervised loading and unloading of railcars.
Education
High School Diploma -
Hickory High School
Chesapeake, VA06.2002
Skills
- Employee training
- Staff supervision
- Delegation
- Continuous Improvement
- Safety regulations implementation
- Shipment coordination
- Transportation activity management
Timeline
Terminal Manager
Kinder Morgan
10.2021 - Current
Sr. Terminal Supervisor
Norfolk Southern
08.2020 - 09.2021
Terminal Supervisor
Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
04.2018 - 04.2020
Assistant Trainmaster
Pier, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
07.2014 - 04.2018
Assistant General
Yardmaster, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
12.2011 - 07.2014
Yardmaster, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
03.2011 - 12.2011
Train Conductor, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
02.2008 - 03.2011
Assistant Trainmaster
Norfolk Southern
03.2007 - 02.2008
Operations Supervisor Trainee
Norfolk Southern Portlock Yard
09.2006 - 03.2007
Train Conductor, Norfolk Southern Lambert's Point Yard
08.2004 - 09.2006
High School Diploma -
Hickory High School
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