Matthew Murphy
Findlay,OH
Summary
Seeking a position to make a positive impact on the organization, achieve a sense of accomplishment, and further develop existing experiences, skills, and abilities. Committed to proactively identifying and achieving target goals while ensuring accountability for both myself and the team I lead.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Terminal Manager
TTX Company
09.2022 - Current
- Responsibilities included managing the Ohio/Kentucky region of the Northeast Division
- Duties include traveling to all 4 locations CXNB, CXCO, CXLK and NSRB
- Oversee 4 locations total of 59 employees and 10 supervisors
- 24/7 coverage as all locations field administrator
- Manage monthly/quarterly goals and expectations to each location in compliance with TTX Company standards and core values
- Implement processes and procedures tailored to each locations operational needs in order to meet our goals of service we are here to provide
- Provide locations with methods of utilization in order to produce a quality product safely to our customers
- Create and implement JSA’s for procedural compliance of our safety performance
- Maintain monthly and yearly training for each locations employees and supervision
- Build a Culture of Safety and Quality between the workforce and management
- Responsible for Educating, Developing, Improving and Leading by example to all employees and managers in all areas of our job.
Mechanical Foreman I
TTX Company
03.2021 - 09.2022
- Responsibilities included working at and managing multiple location for multiple Host railroads
- Manage both Rip and Ramp operations at times weeks, weekends, days and nights
- Prior experience allowed me to maintain managing contract employees during day to day operations
- Experience with and overall understanding of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Association of American Railroads (AAR) regulations and standards
- Understanding of TTX Company’s message of Safety and Quality.
General Foreman
Norfolk Southern Corporation
04.2011 - Current
- Responsible to manage a 24/7 freight yard production facility, handling in excess of 3500 cars per day where all freight cars require mechanical inspection and/or repair
- Responsible to monitor & measure performance metrics for the operation
- Provide training to employees on the various freight car types, identification of defects and correct course for repair
- Overseeing lean processes to increase operational asset utilization and implement a road map for overall streamlining and consolidation of assets and manpower
- 24/7 Classification Yard, Repair Facility & Main Line operation management
- Created and implemented processes to increase operation revenue and employee efficiency
- Responsible for managing contract employee manpower, facilitating training, and disciplinary action when necessary
- Experience with and corporate training in NSight principles & multi-step problem solving
- Experience with and overall understanding of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Association of American Railroads (AAR) regulations and standards.
Mechanical Supervisor
Norfolk Southern Corporation
- Oversaw freight car & locomotive repair facilities and operations
- Responsible to manage an Intermodal Freight Yard & Automotive Loading Facility where I worked in directly with industry contractors to perform inspections and repairs of equipment
- Experience with SAP Software, material handling, material turning and corporate inventory
- Implemented changes to increase employee utilization and efficiency
- Member of the Wreck Masters crew specializing in derailments, wrecks and incidents with required use of cranes and other heavy equipment.
Mechanical Supervisor
Norfolk Southern Corporation
- Completed an extensive yearlong training program that included contract management, business development, crisis management and hazardous commodity handling
- Oversaw and managed multiple intermodal yards and repair facilities at once where intermodal freight loading, multiple joint inspections, TTX Class Repair and locomotive servicing were simultaneously being performed
- Managed all freight car material and inventory
- Created and managed an in house process to increase revenue by reducing overall cost associated with refurbish-able freight car material.
Freight Car Repairer (Journeyman Carman)
Norfolk Southern Corporation
- Firsthand experience with freight car repair in accordance with FRA & AAR Standards
- Experience with FRA requirements for initial terminal testing of rolling stock
- Experience with reading freight car and locomotive blueprints for equipment construction and repair
- Experience with AAR Open Top Loading inspections and measuring requirements
- Comfortable with freight car billing and reporting in accordance with the AAR
- 24/7 response to mainline emergencies and wreck crew experiences.
Education
High School Diploma -
Burch High School
Delbarton, WV05.2007
Skills
- Rotating Equipment
- Hand and power tools
- Parts Replacement
- Machine Operation
Timeline
Terminal Manager
TTX Company
09.2022 - Current
Mechanical Foreman I
TTX Company
03.2021 - 09.2022
General Foreman
Norfolk Southern Corporation
04.2011 - Current
Mechanical Supervisor
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Mechanical Supervisor
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Freight Car Repairer (Journeyman Carman)
Norfolk Southern Corporation
High School Diploma -
Burch High School
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