Regina Strader
Lakebay,WA
Summary
Seasoned mechanical supervisor with over 20 years of experience in railroad industry, demonstrating expertise in Rail customer service, clerical tasks, and AAR billing and contract shop management. Dependable professional with track record of success in field, attention to detail and proactive mindset. Seeks opportunities to improve processes and workflows for team benefit. Conscientious, hardworking and excels at multitasking in fast-paced environments.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Mechanical Agent Manager/AAR Billing Manager
Cathcart Rail
Tacoma, WA
07.2022 - 11.2025
- AAR billing manager. I Inputted and reviewed AAR and contract billing to billing program such as Kaleris. Also experienced using Express yards
- As location Manager I managed and over seen daily rail operations, tracking rail car inventory, administrative and clerical duties
- Daily correspondence with customers and railrod needs
- Meet location monthly production efficiencies
- Control location expenses
Location Manager/Mechanical Supervisor
Harbor Rail Services
Tacoma, WA
09.2015 - 06.2022
- Manage and over see daily rail operations, tracking rail car inventory, administrative and clerical duties
- Daily correspondence with customers and railrod needs
- Meet location monthly production efficiencies
- Control location expenses.
Administrative Assistant
Harbor Rail Services
Tacoma
02.2014 - 06.2016
- Perform clerical duties
- Audit AAR billing
- Prepare daily work and 2101 Milwaukee Way inspection logs
- Identify equipment defects and mandatory servicing Tacoma, WA 98421 via Railinc
- Input completed repairs and component association via Office Asst/Inventory Railinc
- Inventory Control and purchaser.
Asst. Superintendent Freight Car Dept.
Coast Engine and Equipment company
Tacoma
08.1997 - 07.2009
- Managed and overseen all Railcar dept
- Daily repair operations to include intermodal, box, flat, autorack and special build
- Performed inbound and outbound inspections
- Customer service, relations and correspondence
- Received and processed customer work orders, owner maintenance requests, EW, FRA and AAR mandated repairs
- Freight car estimator and inspector
- Certified autorack inspector (expired)
- Trained over 100+ new employees according to standard and safety operating and repair procedures
- Contract and AAR billing
- Quality Assurance welder/fitter/fabricator
- Airman/Airbrakes forklift and trackmobile certified.
Education
Science -
Bates
Certificate of completion Welding -
Cloverpark
Skills
- Production Management
- Rail car tracking and inventory
- Office management
- Employee development and management
- Rail Car repair
- Inventory management
- Safety trainning
- Microsoft office
- Word
- Exel
- AAR billing
- Clerical
- Fork lift operator
Timeline
Mechanical Agent Manager/AAR Billing Manager
Cathcart Rail
07.2022 - 11.2025
Location Manager/Mechanical Supervisor
Harbor Rail Services
09.2015 - 06.2022
Administrative Assistant
Harbor Rail Services
02.2014 - 06.2016
Asst. Superintendent Freight Car Dept.
Coast Engine and Equipment company
08.1997 - 07.2009
Science -
Bates
Certificate of completion Welding -
Cloverpark